Canadians...boycott all Petro Canada Gas stations from now on
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This could actually work. Please copy and forward it to your email contacts.
Petro Canada is Canada's largest gasoline retailer.
Honestly....what the hell do we have to lose by doing this?
Read this if you aren't interested in paying $1.30 - $1.50 / liter this summer
This idea may actually work. Give it some thought.
"War On Gas"
This was originally sent by a retired Coca Cola executive. It
came from one of his engineer buddies who retired from Halliburton. It's
worthy of our consideration.
Join the resistance! I hear we are going to hit close to $1.50 a
liter by summer and it might possibly go higher! Want gasoline prices to
come down? We need to take some intelligent, united action. Phillip
Hollsworth offered this good idea.
This makes MUCH MORE SENSE than the "don't buy gas on a certain
day" campaign that was going around earlier! The oil companies just
laughed at that because they knew we wouldn't continue to "hurt"
ourselves by refusing to buy gas. It was more of an inconvenience to us
than it was a problem for them.
Here's the idea:
Starting June 1 of 2007 DON'T purchase ANY gasoline from the
biggest Company in Canada . Petro Canada ! If they are not selling any
gas, they will be very quickly inclined to reduce their prices. If they
reduce their prices, the other companies will have to follow suit. Think
about this. Petro Canada has 1500 retail locations and the entire
country consumes 68 million gallons a day. Yes per day. And Petro Canada
is Canada 's largest gasoline retailer, then doesn't it make sense that
the consumer can bring this giant to its knees and force them to lower
their prices.
But to have an impact, we need to reach literally millions of
Petro Canada gas buyers. It's really simple to do! Now, don't wimp out
at this point.... keep reading and I'll explain how simple it is to
reach millions of people.
I am sending this note to 30 people. If each of us sends it to
at least ten more (30 x 10 = 300) ... and those 300 send it to at least
ten more (300 x 10 = 3,000)...and so on, by the time the message reaches
the sixth group of people, we will have reached over THREE MILLION
consumers. If those three million pass it on to ten friends each, then
30 million people!!
Again, all you have to do is send this to 10 people. That's all.
How long would all that take? If each of us sends this e-mail
out to ten more people within one day of receipt, all 30 MILLION people
could conceivably see this within the next 8 days!!!
Acting together we can make a difference. If this makes sense to
you, please pass this message on. I suggest that we not buy from Petro
Canada UNTIL THEY LOWER THEIR PRICES TO A REASONABLE PRICE AND KEEP THEM
DOWN.
Petro Canada is Canada's largest gasoline retailer.
Honestly....what the hell do we have to lose by doing this?
Read this if you aren't interested in paying $1.30 - $1.50 / liter this summer
This idea may actually work. Give it some thought.
"War On Gas"
This was originally sent by a retired Coca Cola executive. It
came from one of his engineer buddies who retired from Halliburton. It's
worthy of our consideration.
Join the resistance! I hear we are going to hit close to $1.50 a
liter by summer and it might possibly go higher! Want gasoline prices to
come down? We need to take some intelligent, united action. Phillip
Hollsworth offered this good idea.
This makes MUCH MORE SENSE than the "don't buy gas on a certain
day" campaign that was going around earlier! The oil companies just
laughed at that because they knew we wouldn't continue to "hurt"
ourselves by refusing to buy gas. It was more of an inconvenience to us
than it was a problem for them.
Here's the idea:
Starting June 1 of 2007 DON'T purchase ANY gasoline from the
biggest Company in Canada . Petro Canada ! If they are not selling any
gas, they will be very quickly inclined to reduce their prices. If they
reduce their prices, the other companies will have to follow suit. Think
about this. Petro Canada has 1500 retail locations and the entire
country consumes 68 million gallons a day. Yes per day. And Petro Canada
is Canada 's largest gasoline retailer, then doesn't it make sense that
the consumer can bring this giant to its knees and force them to lower
their prices.
But to have an impact, we need to reach literally millions of
Petro Canada gas buyers. It's really simple to do! Now, don't wimp out
at this point.... keep reading and I'll explain how simple it is to
reach millions of people.
I am sending this note to 30 people. If each of us sends it to
at least ten more (30 x 10 = 300) ... and those 300 send it to at least
ten more (300 x 10 = 3,000)...and so on, by the time the message reaches
the sixth group of people, we will have reached over THREE MILLION
consumers. If those three million pass it on to ten friends each, then
30 million people!!
Again, all you have to do is send this to 10 people. That's all.
How long would all that take? If each of us sends this e-mail
out to ten more people within one day of receipt, all 30 MILLION people
could conceivably see this within the next 8 days!!!
Acting together we can make a difference. If this makes sense to
you, please pass this message on. I suggest that we not buy from Petro
Canada UNTIL THEY LOWER THEIR PRICES TO A REASONABLE PRICE AND KEEP THEM
DOWN.
Progress is not made by everyone joining some new fad,
and reveling in it's loyalty. It's made by forming coalitions
over specific principles, goals, and policies.
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and reveling in it's loyalty. It's made by forming coalitions
over specific principles, goals, and policies.
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Quite frankly, I'm kinda hoping gas prices continue to rise and force people out of their cars.
Obviously that's the best case scenario... however completely improbable for a lot of people driving back and forth to work. Suburban sprawl is quite widespread.
I think this plan could definitely work. Using less gas that is also cheaper is a definite bonus, and works just fine with the boycott principle.
What you're saying is kinda like saying why not just breathe less so there's more oxygen for the planet.
and reveling in it's loyalty. It's made by forming coalitions
over specific principles, goals, and policies.
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absolutely!! ...
unless there is another way of getting people to use less oil - this seems to be the only language folks can understand ...
The vast majority of people do have choices. You can have the large house in a sprawling community with cheap property, but prepare to deal with the high gas prices and long commutes. You can't have it both ways.
What about the people that live in the small apartments spread across the urban sprawl barely able to squek out a living working at a job they have to communte to across town to get to, in the areas where the rich people still need min. wage laborers to run their coffe shops, gas stations ect. but no one living in the area will work the jobs? Take the bus? what if you miss it one day, your a min. wage laborer you might lose your job cause your easily replaced...Its not as simple as "Just stop driving"
Some cannot afford to live in the downtown core either due to insane property taxes and ridiculous house prices. What do you recommend those people do?
Also every city would have to be radically redesigned to consist of endless rows of soaring high rises as far as the eye can see... no more backyard bar-b-que's (or backyards or front yards for that matter) everyone lives in a box... Sounds like a seriously shit reality to me...
and reveling in it's loyalty. It's made by forming coalitions
over specific principles, goals, and policies.
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Let’s say nobody buys gas at Petro Canada anymore. What happens? Does gas consumption drop? Nope. Consumer gas purchases remain exactly the same, because everyone’s still buying the same amount of gas, just from a different gas station. So demand has remained constant.
But what happens to supply? Well, at those other gas stations, supply is going to get tighter, isn’t it? Suddenly you’ve got all these ex-Petro Canada customers flooding your Shell, and stealing all your cheap gas at $1.14. Bastards! There are two things that could happen here.
The other stations RAISE prices. Since their supply is now constrained, as people are buying more from them, it’s like a long weekend ALL THE TIME.
The other petro companies need to increase supply to keep prices constant. But how can they do that? They can’t just pump more out of the ground, they’re already maxed out. So where will they get it? Where will they find a ready supply of unused gas?
That’s right folks, they’ll buy it…. From Petro Canada.
08/02/07 - LOLLA!!!
Who will buy it from Petro Canada again?.....and at full retail price?.... uhm yeah...I don't think so dude...
They are losing money either way. When you don't get business...you lose money it's that simple...
and reveling in it's loyalty. It's made by forming coalitions
over specific principles, goals, and policies.
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Also be extremely careful what you wish for.
As long as gas prices remain high and long-term...expensive gas means it's expensive to ship products by truck, and expensive to fly stuff around via air, and expensive to operate any combustion type machinery.
All those increased costs means the cost of virtually any product you can think of will go up if gas prices stay high.
So....you're going to feel it smack dab your pocketbook it no matter how many bicycles trips, long thoughtful walks, or bus rides you decide to take to work.
and reveling in it's loyalty. It's made by forming coalitions
over specific principles, goals, and policies.
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how do you know? Why don't you try it, pass the information forward, and find out?
how can you possibly know if it works? Did you read some studies on it from Petro Canada?
You must be one of those there's zero strength in numbers people...
....or perhaps you are just being pessimistic and somewhat of a defeatist.
and reveling in it's loyalty. It's made by forming coalitions
over specific principles, goals, and policies.
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we should be paying the TRUE cost of gas ... not this overly subsidized amounts ... we should be paying for the environmental impacts of gas use as well ...
for the simple fact that someone could argue driving is the most affordable means of transportation just goes to show how brainwashed we are that we NEED to drive everywhere ...
Are the majority of car users poor people living in sprawling suburbs? Really? Sprawling suburbs rarelyhave apartments. People move out to them to get their hands on cheap houses so they don't have to live in apartments in the city.
-Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Many, many people manage to live in the city or in close proximity to it without being wealthy. My wife and I live half a block from a subway station in one of the most expensive cities in North America and we're surrounded by many other not so rich people. Its possible. there are choices.
The reality is that land is a finite in quantity and our populations are cities are expanding in population rapidly. Cities will change and yes, some luxuries that we had in the past may not be feasable anymore. However, the legacy of sprawl, is more cars, more pollution, more oil demand, more time commuting and less time with family. That also does not sound like a good alternative.
There you go... use public transportation or other means that use less or no gasoline (carpooling, reducing frequency of trips, etc.). That's the only way to lower demand.
This plan just moves the demand from one oil company to another. And then the larger company can just sell its oil to the other companies.
Admin
Social awareness does not equal political activism!
5/23/2011- An utter embarrassment... ticketing failures too many to list.
It's like dieting. If you want to keep the weight off you have to stop eating.
Reducing consumption is one of the better things we all can do.
we use too much gas period. We need to combine trips, use public transit and walk/ bike more.
Ride a bike.
bowing down to corporate greed and citing it as an environmental do good issue to back it up.
There has to be some kind of deviation in the process instead of just sheeping it along as always... Surprising how people actually condemn this ideology.
I for one will not live in a box so I can have the pleasure of riding a bicycle or a bus in the winter. That's just ass backwards. Unrest....I say shake the system up as much as possible until energy alternatives arrive. It will hasten their arrival if anything. Mess with the system at every opportunity...especially in this case.
A perfect, green sparkling world would be great....were not there yet. We never will be burning coal and oil. essentially everything you touch and eat is made from it. We are getting 100% ripped off. It's already there in the ground...free.
and reveling in it's loyalty. It's made by forming coalitions
over specific principles, goals, and policies.
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Canada is built for the automobile. We are spread out. We have piss poor transit systems within cities and between cities. We like big yards and privacy. Plus, our autumns, winters, and springs make cycling and walking even less appealing.
Beyond that, there is the issue that an unnatural balance of large-number employers are condensed into metropolitan centres that increase the likelyhood of commuters. People live in Collingwood and work in Toronto. That's just WRONG, but it happens every day.
If you want to attack the gasoline prices, I salute you. I really do. I just don't think the Canadian consumer is the way to go. This is a place where, if public transit were suddenly free, people still wouldn't use it.
They are all real world scenarios. Try carpooling to work with 3 or 4 other people, ride a bike when possible, don't drive to a different store everyday (run errands on the same day to save fue)l, use public transportation. These are all possible and plausible real world solutions.
Again, by not buying gas from one company you just create more demand on the others and the company which you are boycotting can just sell its surplus fuel to the other companies. So basically you accomplished nothing other than changing who you buy your fuel from.
Admin
Social awareness does not equal political activism!
5/23/2011- An utter embarrassment... ticketing failures too many to list.
The only boycott that would work would be for nobody to turn up at work for a week and blame it on gas prices. But that is as easy to do as getting people to boycott Pet-Can.
Real world scenarios sure...likely scenarios...no. Just like I could fly to the moon but it's likely I wont anytime in the next 20 years.
If gas is a $1.50 and Petro Canada has to sell off to their competitors to move it...they sure as hell aren't going to get 1.50 (street price) for it are they?
I'm under the impression they are just a gasoline retailer buying gas from various refineries. Petro Canada is not a refinery to my knowledge.
Would lack of business not force them to make their product more appealing price-wise?
anyone?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_oil_refineries#Canada
oh well I just found this...
http://www.snopes.com/politics/gasoline/gasout.asp
and reveling in it's loyalty. It's made by forming coalitions
over specific principles, goals, and policies.
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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18660972/
another 10 on gas buddy...where else?
http://www.gasbuddy.com/gb_tips.aspx
such a shame...my turbo loves a few more drops of juice with each deep breath...
and reveling in it's loyalty. It's made by forming coalitions
over specific principles, goals, and policies.
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