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To: Hawkmoon who wrote (477)	6/12/2001 8:58:10 PM
From: Father Terrence	Respond to of 1715

Oh yeah... Hawk IS the Man!!!

To: Hawkmoon who wrote (477)	6/12/2001 10:40:52 PM
From: Hawkmoon	Respond to of 1715

This may have been posted earlier, so my apologies if that is the case. Also, I offer it only for discussion (because it is the most innovative consumer demand, selected boycott, approach I've yet to see). But personally, I just go to the lowest priced stations, even if out of the way. These guys keep their prices low by doing more volume business. *************************** Date: Saturday, May 26, 2001 2:46 AM Subject: Fw: Consumer method for gas price reduction... You can make a difference . . . just read on . . . WE CAN DO IT!!!!! Subject: Gas Prices This makes MUCH MORE SENSE than the "don't buy gas on a certain day" campaign that was going around last April or May! 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. BUT, whoever thought of this idea, has come up with a plan that can really work. Please read it and join with us! By now you're probably thinking gasoline priced at about $1.50 is super cheap. Me too! It is currently $1.97 for regular unleaded in my town. Now that the oil companies and the OPEC nations have conditioned us to think that the cost of a gallon of gas is CHEAP at $1.50-$1.75, we need to take aggressive action to teach them that BUYERS control the marketplace . . . not sellers. With the price of gasoline going up more each day, we consumers need to take action. The only way we are going to see the price of gas come down is if we hit someone in the pocketbook by not purchasing their gas! And we can do that WITHOUT hurting ourselves. How? Since we all rely on our cars, we can't just stop buying gas. But we CAN have an impact on gas prices if we all act together to force a price war. Here's the idea: For the rest of this year, DON'T purchase ANY gasoline from the two biggest companies (which now are one), EXXON and MOBIL.** If they are not selling any gas, they will be inclined to reduce their prices. If they reduce their prices, the other companies will have to follow suit. But to have an impact, we need to reach literally millions of Exxon and Mobil gas buyers. It's really simple to do!! Now, don't wimp out on me at this point . . . keep reading and I'll explain how simple it is to reach millions of people!! I am sending this note to about thirty people. If each of you send 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 generation of people, we will have reached over THREE MILLION consumers! If those three million get excited and pass this on to ten friends each, then 30 million people will have been contacted! If it goes one level further, you guessed it . . . THREE HUNDRED MILLION PEOPLE!!! Again, all you have to do is send this to 10 people. That's all. (If you don't understand how we can reach 300 million and all you have to do is send this to 10 people . . . well, let's face it, you just aren't a mathematician. But I am . . . so trust me on this one.) How long would all that take? If each of us sends this email out to ten more people within one day of receipt, all 300 MILLION people could conceivably be contacted within the next 8 days!!! I'll bet you didn't think you and I had that much potential, did you! Acting together we can make a difference. If this makes sense to you, please pass this message on. (If it doesn't, please contact the person who sent it to you . . . maybe they can breath some life into you!) PLEASE HOLD OUT UNTIL THEY LOWER THEIR PRICES TO THE $1.30 RANGE AND KEEP THEM DOWN. THIS CAN REALLY WORK..

To: Hawkmoon who wrote (477)	6/12/2001 11:53:17 PM
From: Raymond Duray	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1715

Hawkmoon, You say: Were the utilities, a relatively low profit business, so guilty of "collusion", you'd wouldn't have several of them either in bankruptcy, or teetering on the verge of such. My friend, I believe you really need to study up a bit. The parent companies, PG&E and Edison International are in no danger of going BK. What this maneuver is all about is dumping the distribution system on the state. The parent companies will prosper even more when they get rid of 1) the most regulated, 2) the most unionized and 3) the lowest growth aspect of their business. Don't you see the endgame? No utility company is going BK, only select divisions that were a nuisance to the executives. -Ray