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sheri25

Don't Pump Gas On May 15th!!!
in April 1997, there was a "gas out" conducted nationwide in protest of gas prices.
Gasoline prices dropped 30 cents a gallon overnight.

On May 15th 2007, all myspace members are asked to not go to a gas station in protest of
high gas prices. Gas is now over $3.00 a gallon in most places.

There are 73,000,000+ American members currently on the myspace network, and the
average car takes about 20 to 30 dollars to fill up.

If all myspace members did not go to the pump on the 15th, it would take
$2,200,000,000.00 (that's BILLION) out of the oil companys pockets for just one day,
so please do not go to the gas station on May 15th and lets try to put a dent in the
Middle Eastern oil industry for at least one day.

Tell Everyone

If you agree (which I cant see why you wouldnt) repost this bulletin repost it with
'Don't pump gas on May 15th

 
Apr 22, 07 11:18 pm
vado retro

gas should be 5 bucks a gallon!

Apr 22, 07 11:21 pm  · 
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mdlerweed

May 14th

gas companies set record for one day sales

Apr 22, 07 11:21 pm  · 
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mdlerweed

gas is still cheaper than bottled water

Apr 22, 07 11:23 pm  · 
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Apurimac

and that kids is why i drive a 2000 Focus, when i do drive.

Apr 22, 07 11:25 pm  · 
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mdlerweed

vado

aint you Amish?

Apr 22, 07 11:36 pm  · 
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drums please, Fab?

this chain letter spam does nothing

but if it makes you feel good on that day, whatever

Apr 22, 07 11:38 pm  · 
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drums please, Fab?
good times
Apr 22, 07 11:39 pm  · 
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Janosh

Vado Retro is right. No peace until gas is $5 a gallon.

Apr 22, 07 11:41 pm  · 
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Apurimac

if you REALLY wanted to send a message you could boycott gas entirely.

Apr 22, 07 11:46 pm  · 
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cvankle

I thought this was gonna be a boycott on body emissions...bummer

Apr 22, 07 11:49 pm  · 
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mdlerweed

when you post questions about architecture, you dont get any responses...

Apr 22, 07 11:54 pm  · 
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Old Fogey - please don't give up hope. Your input is highly valued, respected et al even if not shared and its loss would be a shame indeed.

However usually when the pressure and anticipation of the "did I get in" you find the intelligence of the conversation dips ever so slightly. But once it approaches summer the faithful will regain.

Apr 23, 07 12:34 am  · 
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garpike

Shouldn't it be don't drive for a day?

Don't by gas for a day = absolutely no loss in profit.

Apr 23, 07 12:59 am  · 
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dia

I'm with Garpike - dont drive. Transferring what you would've bought one day to another day dont do nothing. Dumb myspacers.

Apr 23, 07 1:05 am  · 
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Apurimac

I think one of the problems OF is that architecture is so bloody hard to talk about, on an internet chat forum its damn near impossible it seems.

Apr 23, 07 1:26 am  · 
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4arch

I remember paying $0.93 a gallon in 1998. I remember paying aproximately double that ($1.86) 5 years later. That did not slow people down at all. In fact, that's when the SUV craze really went into full swing. Now it's almost 5 years later and we've almost doubled again and it has still not put the breaks on our thirst for gas. I'm beginning to think there's virtually no price at which Americans would significantly alter their habits...or if there is that it would have to be a very sudden and dramatic jump in prices.

Apr 23, 07 7:58 am  · 
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Apurimac

bring on uk prices... $10 dollars a gallon.

Apr 23, 07 8:01 am  · 
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jaja

In the netherlands gas is about $12.00 a gallon. And while we are ad it, the average home in europe is less than 800 sq. foot. In the US is 2.343 sq foot.

Americans really got it good.

Apr 23, 07 8:43 am  · 
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Apurimac

Yeah we do jaja, yeah we do...

Apr 23, 07 9:43 am  · 
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aquapura

Wasn't the May 15th gas-out from last year??

I've been getting emails like this for years now, always from people that hate the "big evil oil companies" then turn right around and pump 20 gallons into their cars. If you think the oil companies are so evil and terrible stop being a hypocrit and quit purchasing their product all together. Get a bicycle or walk.

Apr 23, 07 10:25 am  · 
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JMBarquero/squirrelly

To voice my opinion, yes OldFog, don't stop contributing to our little community, because if you do, it will only become.....my do I dare say...a myspace type site?!?! God forbid. So yes, I know some of those threads as of late are a bit trite, but lets try to focus and just read past the sillyness and become involved in the threads that are worth while.

As for the gas price, I'm with Vado and others...esp here in Los Angeles, where people just "dont get it". I think that unless it's at $5.00+ per gallon, people will not consider other means. Shit, I probably think it has to be at least $8.00 before anyone here thinks of other alternative means. I mean, you have people driving lambos, porsches and ferraris, parked outside their Beverly Glen (and other neighborhoods) overpriced apartment, just so that they can look cool when they drive around town. it's shear madness and nonesense.



Apr 23, 07 11:25 am  · 
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Fogey- when I get bored on the discussions, I entertain myself in the news section for a while, and come back to the discussions when I see something interesting.

Apr 23, 07 12:28 pm  · 
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Jonas77

huuttthummm
what about BioDiesel ?

Apr 23, 07 12:38 pm  · 
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awww. I'm really excited about the move, too. Yesterday I picked up one of these and read it cover-to-cover (well, except for the bits about Redmond, Tacoma, Bellvue, etc.) I get mad when I find something good on craigslist, because I know it'll be snapped up by the time I get there. It's been very hard to stay mentally present at work.

Apr 23, 07 7:33 pm  · 
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myriam

I love that myspace business math...apparently oil companies pay nothing to pump, refine, transport, and sell their oil. Pure profit, baby!

Apr 23, 07 8:00 pm  · 
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And of course, you buying it on the 14th or the 16th instead of the 15th is going to seriously affect their business practice. Didn't you know that all profits are made on the 15th of each month?

Apr 23, 07 8:02 pm  · 
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curious about biodiesel...seems to cause the same problem if the cars being driven by the larger countries are still driving things that barely get the anything over 30 mpg (which at one point not too long ago was the global average)

It would be nice to see simple changes raise the global average to 40 mpg average (urban/city)

biodiesel completely replacing conventional diesel and available at all /worldwide pumping stations

more diesel options - maybe all models

Apr 24, 07 12:21 am  · 
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snooker

I like the idea of dual fuel vechicles.....they are driving them in Brazil. You can burn either gas or ethanol. I like it because it keeps people a bit more honest at the pump as far as the suppliers go.

The amazing thing to switch from one to the other is a flip of a switch.....now I ask where the hell are the Big Three American Motor Companies on this one.....out building Hummers of course...and Japan....where the heck are they in the American Market....they don't give a damn.....The Automotive industry is driven by some crazy ass People.....Just ask Lee.....I ... a ...cooo....ko..ko....

Apr 24, 07 1:12 am  · 
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Jonas77

all i know is i run my diesel car on Veggie Waste Oil it is free minus my time to collect it and it is the most powerful thing on the road while getting 55mpg

Apr 24, 07 11:33 am  · 
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+i

we're all concerned about the "gas" in the car... but what about the pollution and energy it takes to MAKE all of these cars to begin with. and the more we beg for "environmentally friendly" cars, the more the car manufacturers grin because they're still in demand to make them.

Apr 24, 07 11:40 am  · 
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+i

RIDE A BIKE or WALK YOUR FAT ASS TO WORK

Apr 24, 07 11:41 am  · 
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To have that as an effective solution, people would actually need to live somewhere near-ish to where they work. As long as housing prices cause people to live 60+ miles away from their offices, it won't happen.

disclaimer: when I make the move to Seattle, I am giving up my car in favor of biking, but I couldn't concieve of it where I currently live

Apr 24, 07 11:53 am  · 
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+i

What good is a man
Who won't take a stand
What good is a cynic
With no better plan

Reality is sharp
It cuts at me like a knife
Everyone i know
Is in the fight of their life

Take your face out of your hands
And clear your eyes
You have a right to your dreams
And don't be denied

Apr 24, 07 11:53 am  · 
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Jonas77

a hybrid electrical bike at that charged from sun energy.

Apr 24, 07 4:00 pm  · 
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drums please, Fab?

did you gas your car today?

May 14, 07 2:22 pm  · 
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Ms Beary

I don't buy gas. I have no idea what it costs, or where it is cheaper. I sigh heavily when the "crisis" of the $70 SUV fill-up comes up in conversation. Poor babies.

You aren't a truck driver, or a farmer who needs gas, and lots of it, to live. Quitcherbitchin. Besides, it will never work.

May 14, 07 2:36 pm  · 
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garpike

I wish I lived closer to work so I could just buy bananas for fuel, and discuss the other gas I get.

May 14, 07 2:38 pm  · 
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Ms Beary

By the way, rationalist, I saw somewhere (green thread central perhaps?) there was conversation you were a part of about riding the bike to work saving about $4k a year and average loss of weight was 13 pounds or something. That sounds about right! What a great incentive, huh? I didn't lose 13 pounds, but maybe 8.

May 14, 07 2:40 pm  · 
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Say No to Student Loans

Gas should be expensive- we need to save the ozone-

May 14, 07 2:47 pm  · 
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Strawbeary- yep, it was me that posted that. I actually just got my bike this weekend, only put about 13 miles on it so far, but hoping that will be more every week that passes until I'm a bicycle-only commuter (supplemented by public transit in bad weather). I found those statistics on the website of a bicycle shop in Washington that was promoting a ride-to-work day.

Hey that brings up a thought- what would be WAY more effective than a don't-buy-gas day would be a bike-to-work day. When you're just avoiding gassing up on a certain day, all you do is put off the inevitable. By actually not driving that day, THEN you would save gas.

May 14, 07 2:56 pm  · 
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Ms Beary

we have a bike to work day here, i don't really notice it though

May 14, 07 3:00 pm  · 
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treekiller

I'm thinking about getting a horse... more efficient at converting plants to motion then biodeisel or ethenol. plus you get a good supply of compost and tasty meat if you are so inclined.

May 14, 07 3:04 pm  · 
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postal

just got my bike last weekend too... I can't wait to start riding to work.

actually, there should be mandated bike lanes in the burbs, just like the city... like routes that actually connect to places like work and home and such... the only paths i remember up where i grew up in the burbs was one street that connected to a park... they just aren't functional. anyway, i gots to see about getting a membership to the public locker room down at millenium park... biking 10 miles to work is going to leave me awfully sweaty...

anyone else know how i can convince the suburbanite gf of mine to switch jobs and not make the 1hr 15 min commute in the morning?

May 14, 07 3:10 pm  · 
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garpike

postal, add up her annual spending on fuel and maintenance. And compare it to say a vacation, or something she might be saving for. But don't compare the savings to an expensive bike. Ha.

May 14, 07 3:16 pm  · 
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Actually I (and many bikers apparently from the chatter about it) find some of the city bike lanes more dangerous than just pulling your ass out there like a car, because of cars turning right, busses pulling over, people turning in and out of driveways.... I was noticing on a ride yesterday that I did indeed have a bit more maneuverability on streets without bike lanes, though I certainly enjoyed the extra space on streets that had them. I work right on Santa Monica Blvd. and see at least two bikers a day nearly get run down in that bike lane.

Apparently my building doesn't even have a bike rack, so I'm going to ask the boss if my bike can live in our server and materials room on days I choose to bike in.

May 14, 07 3:19 pm  · 
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Ms Beary

we (there are several other bike riders in the office) bring our bikes inside the office too.

a horse would be pretty expensive to take care of, tk, but good idea!

May 14, 07 3:23 pm  · 
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mightylittle™

i love bike to work day!

too bad my bike commute would be HELL ON WHEELS with about 15miles and 2500 vertical feet...no way i could do it.

i drive exclusively biodiesel.

so everyday is don't-buy-gas-day in the republic of mightylittle.

bay arae BTWD is this week too...

May 14, 07 3:24 pm  · 
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garpike

This is the national bike to work week, right? Some BTWD's on Thrusday and some Friday?

May 14, 07 3:33 pm  · 
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garpike

LA is Thursday as well. If your ride is too long, Metro is offering free rides that day (with your bike of course).

May 14, 07 3:34 pm  · 
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I don't feel comfy enough in traffic to try it yet... I'm postponing and holding a personal bike to work day in a month or so.

May 14, 07 3:34 pm  · 
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