Don't get gas on May 19th

[POS_S13]

read here http://board.accordtuner.com/showthread.php?t=10037

iono if it'll werk, people are gonna fill up the day after or before so wouldn't it all balance out? maybe if a lotta people throughtout the U.S. could boycott gas stations for a week then i can see that making a difference but i'm not sure about a day.

[C-Kwik]

People will just buy gas before and after that day. It would be completely ineffective.

[rydwhite]

People in the U.S. can't effectively boycott gas. If we did, then the entire world economy would take a plunge, because half the people wouldn't be able to get to work and trucking would stop. I don't think that even a week of boycotting would make any difference, mostly because we have to get sometime and they know that.

[SilviaS14KA24DE]

lol I guess I won't be getting gas on wednesday next week, because i ususally buy gas on THURSDAY! mauhaahahahahha....... >_< crap, wtf am i talking about...

[Bronze MFP]

*slaps hand*

no more accord websites for you!

[Syntax360]

if enough people did it on that day, it would send a message and nothing more. i think that's all they're trying to do - 'MAKE MAY 19TH A DAY THAT THE CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES SAY "ENOUGH IS ENOUGH"'

i don't know about all that choking on stockpile crap, but it could be an effective protest. to bad not enough people will try it.

[90N240]

what if every1 bout gas on one day i mean fill everything u have up, maybe the wouldnt have anymore and it would take a few days to restock. then u would show em:pface

[D1SR240]

it won't work, as long as you buy the same amount of gas as you usually do then it won't work, it doesn't matter if you buy 60 gallons for 3 weeks and then not buy gas for 3 weeks, you still pay the same amount of money as if you were to get 20 gallons a week. Unless we stop using gas for a while this won't work. but of course there's no way that we won't use gas.

~swave

[thes14project]

actually, It is scientifically backed, as far as the loss of money, but it more than likely won't change prices, because most about 70% of oil is traded on the futures market, i.e. gas companies have already bought thier gas for the next several months at a fixed price well below what it is up to now. Kinda like a discount type thing. The only reason they jack prices is to make profit in order to buy the next several months worth. If Opec lowers prices, then all that extra money goes in the companies pocket. That's how they get so rich.

[annunziato39]

I work at NYMEX, the futures market for Crude Oil, Heating oil, Natral Gas and GASOLINE. (If you have ever seen the movie "Trading Places" with Dan Akroid and Eddie Murphy, I work on the Trading Floor) This is the highest gas prices have ever gotten.... ever... in the history of gasoline being a traded commodity these are the most expensive prices. The problem is no one can stop the oil companies from completely manipulating gas. And in all reality, there are only 5 large oil companies, when there use to be (early '90's) dozens of small ones that would liquidate the markets. Now when Mobil/exxon, Texaco/Chevron, BP, Conaco and Shell decide they want prices to go up, the just force the market to go up and no one can stop them, its a simple reality. Whatever small oil comapnies are out there cannot stay in. Its like the small companies are playing p0ker with $10 and the Big oil companies are playing with $10,000. No one can stop this except the governement, but they won't because these oil companies have the politicians in their back pocket. Expect to see $3.00 this summer.

[annunziato39]

As far as a nation wide Boycott of gasoline, i don't think it would do much except hurt the people who own the gas station and are only getting somelike 3 cents for ever gallon sold. So in reality, with prices so high and less people buying gas, these gas station owners are making less money and the oil companies are reaping all of the rewards...******es.....

[Dattebayo]

well there arent that many independant stations around anymore. they are the only ones who would suffer. At least if there isnt some kind of independant franchise deal going around.Its not like they are going to close a hundred stations because of one day...

[cory2081]

The thing that would really hurt them, as far as I can see, is if everyone minimized travel. That way people wouldn't be buying as much, demand would drop. I tell ya what I'd like to see, and I've thought about this alot......Hybrid conversion kits for non-hybrid vehicles. It really wouldn't be all that hard to do, the technology and components are already there. Imagine getting an extra 30-40 HP and another, I dunno, 15-20MPG in our 240s!! Now that would really mess them up!!!!!

[br2819]

everywhere else in the world they are paying atleast 2 dollars a liter so i'm not complaining

[MainEvent212]

large electric motors in the trunk...w00t...that's the future right there...a toggle switch at any time that would convert the car to an electric motor where power goes straight to the idfferential...i need sleep

[cory2081]

No, just an electric motor that helps the KA when it's under a load, same as regular hybrids. I dunno, my S14 gets 30MPG, so, I'm in good shape. Still dont like the gas prices though

[Dano]

freak that! lol... im all for having faith in anything, but this has been tried b4 to no avail...

-Dan

[fuzion]

I think that guy is a terrorlst

[cory2081]

lol, just an idea. There are like 10 new hybrids coming this year you know, and they all have more HP than they previously did. Like the Ford Escape, the hybrid 4 cylinder has as much HP as the V6 model....and if I remember correctly, it has more torque and gets like 40mpg. Let's blame the SUV craze for the high demand for gas and call it a day!! lol