AR-News: Fw: Don't purchase gas May 19th

[Barry Kent MacKay]

Americans already pay less for gas, often much less, than people in most
other countries, including in Europe, where cars the size Americans drive
are rarely seen.  

High cost of gas may lead to reduction of its use, and a move toward smaller
vehicles that are more fuel-efficient, thus less harmful to the environment,
and the people and animals who depend on clean air and water to survive.
Let's hope, therefore, that gas prices double and triple in America.

Less fuel consumption would also reduce dependence on foreign energy
sources, thus perhaps reduce the "need" Americans feel to use weapons to
assure the maintenance of a life style that is draining the rest of the
world of its resources.

I urge all Americans and everyone else to counter the big car industry and
others who are not alarmed by the rising incidence of asthma and other
diseases associated with use of fossil fuels, and who are unmoved by the
plight of marine birds, mammals and other wildlife who suffer so cruelly
from oil leakages, not to mention spills (the majority unreported) inherent
to the transport of the fossil fuels we use with gluttonous abandon.  

Gas prices for Americans are subsidized enough.  It's time to pay real
costs, or better yet, seek alternatives.

Barry

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ar-news-bounces at envirolink.org [mailto:ar-news-
> bounces at envirolink.org] On Behalf Of molly
> Sent: May 18, 2004 7:24 AM
> To: AR-NEWS
> Subject: AR-News: Fw: Don't purchase gas May 19th
> 
> 
> >
> > IT HAS BEEN CALCULATED THAT IF EVERYONE IN THE UNITED STATES DID NOT
> PURCHASE A DROP OF GASOLINE FOR ONE DAY AND ALL AT THE SAME TIME, THE OIL
> COMPANIES WOULD CHOKE ON THEIR STOCKPILES. AT THE SAME TIME IT WOULD HIT
> THE
> ENTIRE INDUSTRY WITH A NET LOSS OF  OVER 4.6 BILLION DOLLARS WHICH AFFECTS
> THE BOTTOM LINES OF THE OIL COMPANIES. THEREFORE MAY 19TH HAS BEEN
> FORMALLY
> DECLARED "STICK IT UP THEIR behind DAY AND THE PEOPLE OF THIS NATION
> SHOULD
> NOT BUY A SINGLE DROP OF GASOLINE THAT DAY.
> >
> >  THE ONLY WAY THIS CAN BE DONE IS IF YOU FORWARD THIS E-MAIL TO AS MANY
> PEOPLE AS YOU CAN AND AS QUICKLY AS YOU CAN TO GET THE WORD OUT.  WAITING
> ON
> THIS ADMIINSTRATION TO STEP IN AND CONTROL THE PRICES IS  NOT GOING TO
> HAPPEN. WHAT HAPPENED TO THE REDUCTION AND CONTROL IN  PRICES THAT THE
> ARAB
> NATIONS PROMISED TWO WEEKS AGO? REMEMBER ONE THING, NOT ONLY IS THE PRICE
> OF
> GASOLINE GOING UP BUT AT THE SAME TIME AIRLINES ARE FORCED TO RAISE THEIR
> PRICES, TRUCKING COMPANIES ARE FORCED TO RAISE THEIR PRICES WHICH EFFECTS
> PRICES ON  EVERYTHING THAT IS SHIPPED. THINGS LIKE FOOD, CLOTHING,
> BUILDING
> MATERIALS, MEDICAL SUPPLIES ETC. WHO PAYS IN THE END? WE DO!
> >
> >  WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE. IF THEY DON'T GET THE MESSAGE AFTER ONE DAY,
> WE
> WILL DO IT AGAIN AND AGAIN. SO DO YOUR PART AND SPREAD THE WORD. FORWARD
> THIS EMAIL TO EVERYONE  YOU KNOW. MARK YOUR CALENDARS AND MAKE MAY 19TH A
> DAY THAT THE CITIZENS OF THE  UNITED STATES SAY "ENOUGH IS ENOUGH"
> >
> >
> >
> 
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