I didn't buy gas today, but it had nothing to do with a grandiose boycott. I just didn't need to today. Not that I love paying these prices for gas (I drive up to 50 miles a day for work), but while a one day boycott seems on the surface to be a good idea, it actually won't help a thing. You will still need to fill your tank the following day, won't you? In fact, if anybody at all is hurt is will be the small businesspeople who own the gas stations, not the oil companies themselves. Your local gas station makes pennies (not even dimes) on every gallon you pump, and they must also try to stay competitive with the store across the street. You can read more on the urban legends reference page, snopes. Additionally, the price of oil, according to the Washington Post article of May 3, 2004 explains that the oil prices are not generated by a few money hungry companies. The price hikes are made by those who supply the crude oil (mostly Middle Eastern and South American countries and companies). And adding in State and Federal taxes, plus costs from refinery to pump, takes the amount even higher. The API (American Petroleum Institute, granted an oil industry mouthpiece), cites the current actual profits in the Post article, and shows that the oil industry made less profit than the average American industry.
The gas boycott sounds like a good plan but it just doesn't have the capability to effect actual change. I, too, am sick of paying 25$ for a tank every 4 or 5 days. But instead of putting off your gas buying for a day, maybe we should be investigating alternatives to using the oil in the first place. Fuel cells, batteries, and good old fashioned carpooling.

I know, I know. It's not nice to laugh at the misfortunes of others. But when those misfortunes involve falling down or getting splashed on the curb by a car in the rain, I can't help but chuckle. Or guffaw. Here, I'll show you what I mean.

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Yours is a very bad hotel. Acomplaint letter, found via fuckallyall.com