Last year on April 30, 1999, a gas out was staged across Canada and the U.S. to bring the price of gas down, and it worked. It's time to do something about it again. This time trucking companies and private businesses have decided to make it for three days instead of just one. The oil cartel decided to slow down production to drive up gas prices. FOR WHAT? Most experts predicts prices will continue to increase within the next six months to around $1.80 (I've heard higher) per gallon. WHY?

LET'S HAVE A GAS OUT! Do not buy gasoline from APRIL 7, 2000, THROUGH APRIL 9, 2000. Buy what you need before the dates listed above, or after, but try not to buy any during the GAS OUT. If you want to help, just send this to everyone you know and ask them to do the same. We brought the prices down once before, and we can do it again! Come on North America, let's stand together. WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE!!!!!!

-- cin (cinlooo@aol.com), March 08, 2000

Answers

A gas out won't help if the real reason for short supplies is the inability to get the oil out of the ground or delivered because of "glitches."

-- Kansas (knss@mailcity.com), March 08, 2000.

And, if one buys more on Tuesday so one wouldn't have to buy any on Wednesday, for example, the amount of gas purchased during that week is still about the same.

How about not buying ANY at all on Tuesday, but utilizing other forms of transportation instead? Or riding in an organized fashion with others? This way, the demand for the product (and thus the price) would reduce considerably.

If one were really serious about reducing the cost of gas, then one would buy less. (Immediate and self-empowered reduction.)

-- Antoine Neron (metis@2000now.org), March 09, 2000.

The Illinois legislature, I believe, is planning on bringing down the state tax per gallon of gas to 0 cents from 9 cents.

Other states would be smart to do the same, if they have not done so already. Their owners would be even smarter to press it.

-- Antoine Neron (metis@2000now.org), March 09, 2000.

I really feel this is worth a try. It can't hurt.

-- cin (cinlooo@aol.com), March 09, 2000.