What do you think would happen if we Protest Gas?

All i can say is that Gas is getting so so outrageous!!! I mean I have chose between eating lunch and buying gas. And you know that the gas won that battle each time, because i need it to get to and from work. But i mean i am getting the point where i am looking for a 2nd job just to have money for gas and other things. It has just amazed me at how much it has went up.

There are lots of chain letters/emails going around that if you stop buying fuel from a certain company for one day however this is not going to work. Only true way that something will be done about fuel prices will start going done is if everyone and I mean every stop buying fuel from the 2 biggest companies Shell and Esso. This will not happen over night it is something that is going to happen over a long period of time. Once one station goes down the others will go down as well. Keep doing this so they bring it down farther and farther. With it being Summer this is usually the best time that you will see fuel prices sky rocket so refusing to buy fuel from Shell and Esso for a period of time you will start to see it go down.

I have seen others that they have to choose between fuel and food. I am thankful that this has not affected my fiance and myself in anyway.

yeah if everyone would try it for a day or two we could put some hurtin on the oil companies, even though they would still make a killing at the pump after that.

You're exactly right. We do need it. Gas prices here in indiana range from 4.09-4.19. Isn't it funny how we think 3.93 is cheap? My husband had just said the other day,"And we griped about 3.00. I wouldn't put it pass people having to choose between the two.

Last year we rented a car in England and figured it out to be about $6 a gallon. So I try not to complain about it too much because I know it's way worse elsewhere. It is a bit ridiculous when you can remember back when it was less than a dollar.

We almost hit the $4.00 mark the other day. With tax I guess you could say we were paying that much but it's gone down a bit since then.

My brother lives in Alaska, where everything costs more. I lived there for a year and a box of cereal was around $6.00. I can't even imagine how much it would be now. His fiance told me the other night it's outrageous. The cheaper prices in the 48 states makes a tempting offer to move here.

It is crazy how expensive it is. I spent $50 today on gas and it didn't even give me half a tank!

I don't plan on leaving my house more than I have to - I am going to see if I can make this half tank last as long as possible!

I would think we should protest it, but of course we can't - we're way too dependent on it for getting to work and doing the rest of the things in life we enjoy.

Exactly how can anyone protest? We have to have gas.. our lives depend on petroleum. Even if everyone could stop using any gasoline or diesel at all for a month (which would be impossible for everyone to do so) the oil companies would wait us out. It won't hurt them, and it won't cause the prices to come down. They have us all by the short hairs and there is nothing we can do about it. We will become a 3rd world country before long...unless the liberals in congress change their minds and let us drill up there in Alaska and build some new refineries... but they are more worried about the caribou than our gas prices. If we want the price of gas to come down we have to drill for oil and refine it ourselves and price it ourselves without letting OPEC having any control over pricing.

Isn't that in itself absolutely incredible - that you thought $3.93 for gas was CHEAP??? Never in my wildest dreams did I think we'd come to this. I'm honestly afraid for what will happen to some people this coming winter. People will have to choose between gas, food or heating their homes. For some they'll be able to choose two, for some just one. If you throw in medicine for some Americans, we're really in quite a mess, aren't we? You're so right, what good would it do to protest because we really do need it so they've really got us over a barrel - pun intended and really not very amusing, is it?
Annie

What we really need to do is protest the speculators. They buy the oil at a price then hold onto it until they get a higher price for it. We need to let the government know we want something done about them. We also need to have the government allow new refineries be built. There hasn't been one built since the 70s. That is where our real problem is.

Hi Marcia-I wouldn't be surprised if thats true-gas/petrol/diesel is going up and up over here in the UK my son needs his car for work as there is no transport where he works as it is he gets a low wage and works all the hours god sends to try and get a decent wage at the end of the month to keep him going after paying all his bills rent etc and what is left is very little-so I wouldn't be surprised if people are having to choose between gas or food is true-your fiend littleowl