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Car Forum / Driving, Maintenance, Tuning / Driving / August 2005Some idiots never learn...
Here's this year's latest incarnation. http://www.westcoastsportscars.com/gasday.html <sigh> http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/petition/gasout.htm  Signature~/Garth |"I believe that it is better to tell the truth than a lie. Almgren | I believe it is better to be free than to be a slave. ******* | And I believe it is better to know than to be ignorant." (pgp@v6stang.com for secure mail info) --H.L. Mencken (1880-1956) >Here's this year's latest incarnation. >http://www.westcoastsportscars.com/gasday.html > ><sigh> This is like that call by latino community leaders a couple of years ago, telling their latino bretheren to stay home from school and work on one certain day to "demonstrate latino economic power." > >Here's this year's latest incarnation. > >http://www.westcoastsportscars.com/gasday.html [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > ago, telling their latino bretheren to stay home from school and work > on one certain day to "demonstrate latino economic power." Uh ? You mean the world *didn't* stop ? ;-) Graham >> >Here's this year's latest incarnation. >> >http://www.westcoastsportscars.com/gasday.html [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > >You mean the world *didn't* stop ? ;-) Not that I recall. In fact, I distinctly remember that my lawn was mowed that day. ;) > Here's this year's latest incarnation. > http://www.westcoastsportscars.com/gasday.html > > <sigh> > > http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/petition/gasout.htm This one is a little different than boycotting a particular oil company. These guys are suggesting not buying gas at ALL instead of shifting where it's bought. Given a large enough boycott, it could have a small effect. Granted, one day isn't going to really do much, given our huge economy. >> Here's this year's latest incarnation. >> http://www.westcoastsportscars.com/gasday.html [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Granted, one day isn't going to really do much, given our huge economy. So, people buy large quantities beforehand, which makes up for the lost sales the next day, so there really isn't an effect. SignatureNick H. "We are fast approaching the stage of the ultimate inversion: The stage where the government is free to do anything it pleases, while the citizens may act only by permission - which is the stage of the darkest periods of human history, the stage of rule by brute force." -Ayn Rand >>> Here's this year's latest incarnation. >>> http://www.westcoastsportscars.com/gasday.html [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > So, people buy large quantities beforehand, which makes up for the lost > sales the next day, so there really isn't an effect. true. not that i support this boycott, but at least it does a better job of doing what the boycott *should* do--that is, reduce usage, albeit temporarily, rather than shift usage to a different date with no aggregate effect on overall consumption. if people took the work boycott to heart (and just stayed home--didn't drive anywhere) then we would see a drop in consumption on that date. brink >>> This one is a little different than boycotting a particular oil >>> company. These guys are suggesting not buying gas at ALL instead of [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] >if people took the work boycott to heart (and just stayed home--didn't drive >anywhere) then we would see a drop in consumption on that date. OTOH, if people simply walked, rode their bikes, carpooled, or took public transit to work on that day, the same effect would be achieved but nobody would risk losing their job or any of their pay. >>>> This one is a little different than boycotting a particular oil >>>> company. These guys are suggesting not buying gas at ALL instead of [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > public transit to work on that day, the same effect would be achieved > but nobody would risk losing their job or any of their pay. again true... i think the point of the "gasout" is for there to be a noticeable dif other than just fewer cars on the road. it's supposed to be fewer people at work. brink On Thu, 25 Aug 2005 21:49:31 -0700, brink , said the following in rec.autos.driving... > >>>> This one is a little different than boycotting a particular oil > >>>> company. These guys are suggesting not buying gas at ALL instead of [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > noticeable dif other than just fewer cars on the road. it's supposed to be > fewer people at work. And hopefully fewer people in the stores also. That's where the corporations would really be hit. But, as I suggested a few weeks ago, this needs to ba an ongoing thing - say a boycott day every week instead of just a oneday boycott and that's it. SignaturePaul Self-appointed unofficial overseer of kooks and trolls in rec.autos.driving. They love Spam: boilingpitsofsewage@yahoo.com Clinton in office: 88 cents a gallon. Bush: $3.00 a gallon. >Clinton in office: 88 cents a gallon. Clinton: signs free trade agreement; jobs go off-shore. >Bush: $3.00 a gallon. Bush: Left with Clinton's mess. >>Clinton in office: 88 cents a gallon. > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Bush: Left with Clinton's mess. As if Bush isn't pushing the 'free trade' delusion as well. > Here's this year's latest incarnation. > http://www.westcoastsportscars.com/gasday.html > > <sigh> > > http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/petition/gasout.htm If everyone rode their bikes to work/school for one week, that could decrease demand by a bit... however, that would never happen... > > Here's this year's latest incarnation. > > http://www.westcoastsportscars.com/gasday.html [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > If everyone rode their bikes to work/school for one week, that could > decrease demand by a bit... however, that would never happen... Ahhh - a dreamer realist ! Graham >> Here's this year's latest incarnation. >> http://www.westcoastsportscars.com/gasday.html [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >If everyone rode their bikes to work/school for one week, that could >decrease demand by a bit... however, that would never happen... Not with about 1500 feet of ascent each way, no. SignatureThere's no such thing as a free lunch, but certain accounting practices can result in a fully-depreciated one. Garth Almgren <nospam@v6stang.com> wrote in news:3n4udoF19i7u1U1 @individual.net: > Here's this year's latest incarnation. > http://www.westcoastsportscars.com/gasday.html > > <sigh> > > http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/petition/gasout.htm Is it any coincidence that the day they are calling for is the Friday before Laborday? Yea, 4 day weekend! Doug |
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