Comments on: Drivers Finally Responding to Rising Gas Prices?

By: Michael Shaw

Michael Shaw — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 03:31:45 +0000

Help us bring down fuel prices. Begin the Begin. Lets get started! Consumer Power can be organized and directed at specific products for the benefit of the group. Same as Organized Union power is directed at employers to achieve their desires. The first two fuel suppliers for our “do not purchase from” list will be EXXON and BP. Exxon includes Mobil, Esso and Exxon/Mobil. BP includes Amoco, AMPM, Arco and Castrol. The start date is a day we feel the pain most, April 15th. Remember, once on the “no purchase” list we agree not to purchase any fuel from these stations until they reduce the price to $1.50 per gallon. First, the email. Even if you do not currently purchase any of these products, you need to send an email. No Director of any corporation is going to ignore a couple hundred thousand emails saying “good bye”! If they do, they will become a believer on April 15th. First Exxon, go to http://www.exxonmobil.com. Click on “Contact Us” in the Heading and follow the directions given. Title your email “Fair Fuel Price”. Then BP. Go to http://www.bpconsum@bp.com. Click on “Reach BP in your country” and select the United States. Select “contact us in the United States” and then select “General Questions and Comments. My email is as follows: “Gentlemen, I believe your current fuel prices to the American Consumer are beyond fair and hurt the economic well being of our Country. Beginning April 15th, unless you immediately reduce the fuel pump price to $1.50 per gallon and agree to hold that price for one year, I will not support any of your outlets.” O.K.! Lets get started. Even if you currently don’t use either of these products we need you to send an email. If some of these stations are friends of yours, go ahead, fill up on April 14th and give them a copy of your email. That will help get some attention. On April 15th start using Costco, Flying J, Maverick, whatever, just not any of the above. If we continue to be ignored, then on April 22nd we will select two more companies and send more emails. These executives are not stupid. They will respond, maybe not immediately to the base we are demanding, but they will respond. And we will continue our demand! While I believe it will be all over within six weeks, you must prepare and discipline yourself to honor the commitment. Those lower immediate prices will be very tempting, but remember our goal! Now send this out to everyone in your address file. Please do it even if you are not sure about joining, some of your friends might feel otherwise. On the 10th I will be sending out all three communications once again just as a reminder for action. As my friend in the cold country would say, “just get er done”. PLEASE SENT THIS TO ALL IN YOUR ADDRESS BOOK

By: galvo

galvo — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 01:11:33 +0000

there are quite a few recreation areas in the metrony area that really need additional bus services to reach them. Gas consumption and private car usage could be easily decreased if bike friendly shuttle buses from metro-north train stations such as cold springs were initiated. There are a lot of hikers and bicyclist that would take public transit if it was provided.
Hiker parking lots at Harriman state park are overflowing, yet no bus service through the park linking cold springs to sloatsberg.

By: Gilgemesh

Gilgemesh — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 15:40:14 +0000

One important event that isn’t covered in your post is the new stance that the gorvernment has taken on fuel efficiency. It isn’t much, but insisting on more fuel efficient cars and trucks will go a lot further towards lowering gas consumption than telling people not to drive their car of choice. Now we just need to change the law from 35 gallons by 2020 to 35 gallons by 2012. Here is the NPR story link if you want more details on the legislation: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=17415995

By: Streetsblog LA » Today’s Headlines

Streetsblog LA » Today’s Headlines — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 15:04:04 +0000

[...] American Gas Consumption Down in Beginning of 2008 (MTR) [...]

By: Streetsblog » Today’s Headlines

Streetsblog » Today’s Headlines — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 12:18:49 +0000

[...] to Target Driving on Broadway (R’dale Press)American Gas Consumption Down in Beginning of 2008 (MTR)Environmental Defense: Tech Fixes Alone Won’t Solve Climate Change (Forbes)UK Law Requiring Bikes [...]

By: ruckrover

ruckrover — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 07:54:32 +0000

PEAK OIL is a global emergency. Many of the optimists here are right – but only in the timescale of 20 years. And we probably haven’t got that and with every passing week the peak oil “cliff” of declining production approaches.

It will soon not be radical to say “TAX SUV’s and Hummers OFF THE ROAD!”

We need electrification of transport and free regular reliable public transport.

SUV taxes could go towards hybrids and plug-in hybrids.

Oil is precious and needs to be rationed for AIR TRANSPORT, SHIPPING, AGRICULTURE and MINING.

NOT USED TO DRIVE A GAS-GUZZLER FROM A TO THE SUPERMARKET!

By: cjwirth

cjwirth — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 23:35:20 +0000

Good article. Peak Oil is the beginning of the extremely high gas prices and increasing inflation as well, as documented in this report: http://www.peakoilassociates.com/POAnalysis.html