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National Call in Sick Day/ Boycott the pump day
Gas prices went up 20 cents here in ONE DAY. Food prices are going to go up 47% this next week.
I'm calling for a boycott!
June 1st no one goes anywhere, especially a gas station. 24 hours without driving anywhere.
If you can join me in this, pass this along to EVERYONE you know, and post it on every forum you belong to.
I'm not joking around, June 1st I'm not going anywhere and my hubby is calling in sick.
It might not do anything, but it might get someone's attention.
Who's going to join me?
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Originally Posted by
Gemini_Syn
Gas prices went up 20 cents here in ONE DAY. Food prices are going to go up 47% this next week.
I'm calling for a boycott!
June 1st no one goes anywhere, especially a gas station. 24 hours without driving anywhere.
If you can join me in this, pass this along to EVERYONE you know, and post it on every forum you belong to.
I'm not joking around, June 1st I'm not going anywhere and my hubby is calling in sick.
It might not do anything, but it might get someone's attention.
Who's going to join me?
This was started a couple years ago with an email claiming that it would make a difference, but it doesn't. It'll make a difference when we all make an effort to actually reduce our driving. For example, work 4 days a week and telecommute one day. That would work with dancing, right?
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Again.......It might not do anything, but it might get someone's attention.
Why can't I do my part and ask others to join me?
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never happen, gas is more addictive than crack. We needz it.
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One day will not effect the big picture. Many people over the internet have tried this. The reason it won't work is because businesses know you will be back the next day, so they aren't threatened. Now if you could be hermits and do nothing for like WEEKS or so, MAYBE it would make a difference. But that's just not realistic.
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I've cut way back on my gas usage. I work at home, combine errands, ride my bike or walk to many things, use public transportation or carpool.
Oh, and I fuel my car with bioethanol. It is only $3.19 gallon compared to $4.08 a gallon for regular.
The cutting back on fuel usage is good, but cutting down on plastic packaging is better. Use paper bags or bring your own to the store, use reusable metal water bottles instead of buying disposable plastic ones. Here's one.
Avoid packaging of any kind whenever you can. If you are dining in the restaurant ask for real silverware and plates (I know most fast food places don't have those, but if people keep asking for them, they will get reusable dishes and silverware).
Think twice before buying anything plastic. That is what is really driving up the cost of fuel. I've been buying milk in cardboard cartons (it actually tastes better). I use juice pitchers and buy orange juice in frozen concentrate and just re-use the pitcher. It's cheaper, too.
Buy soda in the can. Then recycle the can.
Stuff like this can dramatically reduce the cost of gasoline. It is just a matter or changing habits a little bit.
Oh, and I'll stay home on June 1st (or at least not drive;)).
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Paris, you're so cool. That is all.
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gee I can think of several protests that were only a day long and they go the needed attention.
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Originally Posted by
Gemini_Syn
gee I can think of several protests that were only a day long and they go the needed attention.
Protests or boycotts? I would think for a boycott to be effective it would need to be longer.
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GS, Im all for it. June 1st is gonna be my bike day. Im an opptimistic. You may not save the world in one day , but who knows. You could teach a couple of people like me that if I wake up 30 mins. earlier in the mornng and ride my bike that Im doin my part.
It actually feels cool. I live in the hippie/gay-les part of Long beach. Its cool to get a doped out bike to run errands in.
I have a Suburban. I applaud you. My car eats gas like I drink water.
She shall hibernate.
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ALRITE IF THIS FUCKEN GAS GOES UP TO 5, I'M GOING TO START ROBBING BANKS AND GAS STATIONS. NOBODY IS MAKING MORE MONEY. THIS IS BULLSHIT. (sorry had to get that out)
Is food really going up 47%? Or is that from the email from a few years ago? It has gone up at least that much in the last 4 years
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Well, that's my life anyways, so sure, I'm with ya :D
As for frustration your feeling...the best thing you can do is to reduce your personal reliance on gas. Log your miles and figure out how to drive less, by combining errands, like Paris suggests. As any busgoer knows, it's just a way of life after awhile, its no hassle or bother whatsoever. Selling your car and taking transit, or biking, is of course a really proactive option. Those carpool companies sound great too, like zipcar.
Regarding food...same. Log your groceries, and figure out where you're overspending. Go generic, forgo packaged and make your own (pasta sauce, hummus, soup, whatever) in bulk, and freeze portions for later.
I don't want to knock your intentions. But one day of protest isn't really 'doing your part'. Unfortunately, we've all been raised to live a lifestyle that is not sustainable- doing your part is figuring out how to get yourself OUT of those unsustainable patterns.
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But that one day may change others on how they live their lives.
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As for frustration your feeling...the best thing you can do is to reduce your personal reliance on gas.
Well said.
Do you want to get attention or make a difference in your own life? Protesting does nothing, but making intelligent purchasing decisions does much more.
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^ Agreed. Look at reducing your overall gas consumption. Boycotting the gas in your car for one day will do nothing. Why? Because the next day, you'll go fill up.
You're still using gas if you have gas forced heat/air...you're still using gas if you have a gas powered lawn mower. If you want to change how much gas you use, you have to look at the whole picture.
We're considering the solar powered shingles on our house (to get rid of the electric bill which is getting insanely high, as well). We're also looking into other more eco-friendly replacements for the house.
If you want to make a difference, you have to do more than boycott something for a day.
MLK didn't protest for one day, he did it for years. Ghandi protested for years. There's no such thing as protesting for one day. Really, there's not.
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Hell, I've been "boycotting" gas stations for some ten days now, and I plan to continue my "boycott" until next Friday. As it stands, I applied for vacation leave on June 1, but I gotta drive to get there! (Don't worry, I'll fill up the day before).
:rotfl:
It amazes me the people who buy in to these symbolic protests, thinking its actually going to accomplish something, but are nowhere to be found when it comes towards doing something that might help rectify the problem, but at the same time cause them some actual inconvenience. The entitlement mentality just astounds me.
:beat:
But as it is, I stopped at the grocery store this morning which has a good view of the McDonalds next door and the suburban soccer moms are still driving their Suburbans back and forth looking for that perfect parking space, or idling in the drive-thru at Mickey D's. I just love how they value their selfish comfort over their pocketbooks (and mine, and yours), chatting on their cell phones all the while. I guess my silly boycott won't matter after all.
:(
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Venus Goddess has it all right.
I'm one of those people that thinks gas should be expensive as hell - maybe it'll get people to start using alternatives. Already I try to be conscious of my usage. And, I know if it was $10 a gallon maybe I'd take the bus to work, or ride my bike to the store. Sometimes it takes financial motivation I guess to get people to change.
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I'd die in the heat if I had to ride to school, it would be a far bike ride. So a car with good MPG and only driving when I need to is the best I can do.
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If you want to help reduce gas prices, buy a bike and use it to make all the small trips you would normally make. Trips to the store for a couple items, running some mail to the post office, renting a DVD. We could call it, "Burn that ass, not that gas!"
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um, american demand dropping isn't going to make gas cheaper since china and india's demands are increasing. there is nothing america can do about gas pricing, except perhaps allow refineries to be built on US soil again, and also allow nuclear plants to be built again.
the first would help with diesel, which currently has to be imported in due to lack of US refineries. the second would actually help with weaning the country off coal and oil sources for large-scale electrical needs (which means the grid might scale enough for the precious electric cars to be more than the toy option for a select few).
but americans really hate adopting or allowing companies to implement technology that actually scales as an alternative to or more effcient means of using oil.
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Gas prices ALWAYS rise just before Memorial Weekend... this is not new... its been going on since I started driving 10 years ago and Im sure before then. Its just sticker shock that its over $4/gal.
Reg unleaded at the pump I go to is $4.19/gal (jumped 25 cents this week. I still drive and dont complain about prices. I just deal with them.
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Ok I'm starting a new thread.
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Originally Posted by
miabella
um, american demand dropping isn't going to make gas cheaper since china and india's demands are increasing. there is nothing america can do about gas pricing, except perhaps allow refineries to be built on US soil again, and also allow nuclear plants to be built again.
the first would help with diesel, which currently has to be imported in due to lack of US refineries. the second would actually help with weaning the country off coal and oil sources for large-scale electrical needs (which means the grid might scale enough for the precious electric cars to be more than the toy option for a select few).
but americans really hate adopting or allowing companies to implement technology that actually scales as an alternative to or more effcient means of using oil.
American refineries have thier nuts locked up by eviornmentalist wacko democrats who have single handedly stopped the drilling for more oil and increased our dependency as well as tied up our hand in red tape to build neclear power plants. thanks demos