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Originally Posted by AaronM
Lets think about this for a minute....
Over the last 15+ years we have seen at least one of these scheduled protests each year. So please tell us why this one day protest is going to make any more of a difference than the past 15 of them.
In fact....On May 15th I will be sure to fill up.....If I fill up on the 14th then I will make a considerable effort to empty at least half the tank so that I may refill again on the 15th.
If you want to make a difference and protest this sort of shit then maybe you should consider a hybrid car or something along those lines.
A one day protest of high gas prices is about as effective as a One Man March. When you are ready to protest for a million days, back to back, please let me know so I can join you. Until then, I'll keep sucking the over priced gas through my SUV.
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Heh, this isn't my thing, man... aside from asking for a reference on this organized dealio, I was just wondering where Lloyd was coming from.
but maybe you weren't directing that all at me.
Speaking for myself, I do what I can to limit my personal intake of petroleum-based products... not necessarily for the cost reasons - but for reasons of my own... and while I agree with you in the premise that one day probably wont do much if anything, I think it's at least moving in the right direction, I think.
Maybe someone'll forget to fill up the day before, but not wanting to violate the protest, realize how easy it is to take public transportation to work... and he'll, in turn, help other people realize that.
Or maybe it'll open discussion about the whole petroleum thing to some people who haven't really thought about the situation before.
And, maybe there'll actually be a dip in crude consumption this quarter, and big oil can identify this quarter as one in which there was also a protest in gas prices.
I don't know what it'll do and what it won't do... I'm not pretending to. But I do have to say something's better than nothing.