Its probably been posted all over here, but don't buy gas tomorrow, I have gotten several texts and e-mails and seems to be all over the net, but soposedly no one is going to buy gas tomorrow.

So, help out the cause don't buy gas.

 

Gas strikes are 100% totally pointless.

Period.

A gas-out doesn't keep people from NEEDING the gas, just from buying it on one day. They either fill up before that day, or after that day.

Until the DEMAND for gasoline comes down (by consuming less nationally) there will be no effect whatsoever on pricing.

Now, if the email called for nobody to DRIVE on that day, there could potentially be a reduction in demand, if the number of people that didn't use fuel was great enough, but bottom line is the oil companies know that you're still going to have to fill up, because you use just as much gas as you normally would.

It's why gas-out days haven't worked yet, and never will. I've seen at least 5 seperate calls for these days in my spam emails this year alone.

Pointless.

 

I hadn't planed on it anyway, since my plans coincide with the strike plans, you can count me in.

 

Hmm...neither vehicle needs gas right now, so I guess I'll participate.

I'm with Virto, though--he's spot-on.

If we want to protest, everybody drive no faster than 45 on the interstate for a week. THAT will send a (legal) message, and everyone who participates will be using significantly less gas.

Jason

 

None of my vehicles need fuel until next week, so I will be "participating" as well. If it needed fuel I would go buy some because this sort of this is pointless as has already been stated. We need fuel for our everyday lives and there is no getting around that.
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Driving 45 would certainly change the way we live out our lives. Probably for the better and I am not talking about a simple reduction in the accident rate. More of the "stop and smell the roses" type stuff where we would in the long run be a LOT less stressed out about anything.
Maybe not. There is always someone who cannot seem to get out of the door in time to get where they are going in time.

 

Virto is correct, these one time shots never work, it has to be an ongoing effort, which then the oil companies will cut production keeping the price where its at or higher. They waste more oil in a day than we would pump into our tanks. We need to hold our lawmakers accountable to this price gouging, oh wait, we can't do it we'll be too busy watching all those important reality shows! I made my donation to Bushs' 401k this afternoon anyway. Get back with us on Saturday to let us know how it went.

 

You could do 60 and not **** anyone off in the meantime. Most vehicles are at their most efficient between about 50-60 mph. You may burn slightly less fuel at 45, but it doesn't make up for the 15 extra miles you travel at 60. My quick calculation shows that if you get a .5 mpg bump from driving slower, you only save .04 gallons to travel 60 miles, but it takes you 20 minutes longer to cover the same distance. You save a whopping 14 cents to cover the distance same distance at $3.55 a gallon. On the other hand, if you're working for more than $4/hr, its costing you money if you're dependent on getting from job to job for a living.

I have noticed that the travel speeds on local interstates have gone down quite a bit. You still have your few morons that insist on doing 75+ on a 55-60 mph marked road, but they're becoming the even smaller minority now.

 

I guess the I will be particaping also, because I filled up today.

 

***** on a bull, like the rest of the 1 day protests ....

 

Well said...

 

Actually, vehicles are the very most efficient right where they shift into overdrive and stay there. On my truck, that's around 37-38 MPH. Anything faster, and wind drag starts going up proportional to the square of the speed. 45 is a legal speed on the interstate (it's usually the minimum, if it's not posted). Whether or not someone else gets pissed off is their problem, not mine. Whether or not they do something stupid in response is their problem, not mine. The point is if a LOT of people drive 45, it will send a very visible message, while saving a significant amount of gas nationwide.

Oh, and the difference is quite a bit more than 0.5 MPG. In our '96 Grand Caravan, it has an instantaneous gas mileage readout, which I've found to be pretty close. Normally, on long trips, I drive ~75 MPH. Once, coming back from my sister's in AL, I was behind my folks, who were driving 63-64 MPH. My mileage went from about 22ish to 25ish. Locally, driving a steady 45 MPH gets a pretty solid 30-32 MPG on the readout. That's nothing to shake a stick at.

People during WWII did what they had to to support the nation in a time of crisis...if our energy situation is not addressed post-haste, we could be facing a crisis again. Driving 45 even when it's not convenient, is a show of being willing to do what it takes. Like Dan said, too, it might just help a lot of people's stress levels, too, if they slowed down a bit.

Jason

 

I hate to say this but it's going to take more than a one day strike to get the oil companies to listen. I would say it will take a few tactics from the 70's to get it all to work.

Get all the Independent truckers to close ranks and go on strike in front of the White House and block entrances to tank farms and refineries,Shipyards,State Capitols and every other place that depends on trucks.

Also every town could take a lesson from Burlington and start a farmers CO-OP Grocery store that sells their vegetables,meat,and dairy products on a more local level instead of depending on major manufacturing company to supply us with canned food.Or grow your own.

Get bicycles and ride them in town if you can,or a moped that gets 80 miles to a gallon of gas.

We also changed all our bulbs to CF bulbs,turned off our heat and ac,also turned off our water heater until needed (this saves me $60-80 a month on my power bill)

 

Since I am older than dirt, I remember those days. As I recall, my grandfather (Dad was away fighting Germans) had an "A" sticker which entitled him to 4 gallons a week. I can't remember any one complaining.

 

That's the way to do it. If the gasoline can't leave the refinery, the refinery can't buy more oil. If the refineries stop buying oil, the speculators will get stuck holding $120/barrel oil that nobody wants.

It's just a matter of will power. For the people to say "enough" and work together.

 

People actually cared about things other than themselves back then. With my generation its ALL about entitlement and instant gratification. It's a sad state of affairs yes, but you can't do anything about it..... except shame an 18 y/o Lexus driver

That being said... I'm buying diesel tommorrow. Sorry, but a one day gas strike is pointless, 98% of the population doesn't know about it or doesn't care, and I have to make it to my job site.