250$ going straight into the tank.

amen to that. i can't believe how stupid people can be. instead of actually coming up with real solutions to help they just jump on the bandwagon with this stupid idea that the fuel companies really care WHEN you buy gas.....cause they know you'll have to buy it.

The dollar sign goes before the number, genius.

i need to get gas next time i get in the truck. i'm on E.

if you have ever worked at a gas station... you know its really easy to steal gas.. just no one i know has the balls to do it.

AUTOPSY_666 said:

It can go in front of or behind. In New Zealand they teach you to put the currency signs before the number, reguardless of currency. It's the way I learned in school... and you sir, are not a teacher.

ay 14,2007 1:28pm - AUTOPSY_666]
The dollar sign goes before the number, genius.
~~
sorry John, but you are incorrect. in europe we put the $ after and it's how I do it too

snAp!

Niccolai said:


$250 going straight to terrorists

DeRtOxIa said:

haha thank you. I always purposely time it so I drain my tank before these "don't buy gas" days. Then I of course fill my 23 gallon tank up in the morning on those days. Then I'll go top it off later that night. It makes me feel special.

HailAtWork said:

But I thought WE were the terrorists?

Depends on which political party you ask.

yea those people are fucking retards. if you give such a shit, ride your bike, if not and youre like me, keep on drivin.

HailAtWork said:

Yeah and where do you think all that ganja and opium money you spend goes?...hippy!

succubus said:

Thank you Carina!

People who are obsessed with being gramatically correct assume the way they learned something is the only way.

In England (which I could make a point to argue that the English language came from there), It's perfectly acceptable to place currency symbols before or after an amount of money.


Drink it in Dwyer!

Serously though, somebody explain to me how coordinating the entire country to fill up their gas tanks on the evening of may 14 is going to hurt the oil companies.

Exactly.

Let's all not buy gas on one day so that we can fill our tanks the day before and after.

The explanation in those stupid chain letters you get says something like "the lost revenue the oil companies experience in that single day would cripple them and lower the gas price permanently."

Fuck this. Tomorrow I'm celebrating "punch anybody in the mouth who reminds you that it's 'don't buy gas' day".

menstrual_sweatpants_disco said:

Please go find HailtheLeaf and deck her for the good of RTTP.

ha, dwyer got slapped down in this thread.

Nope, they are wrong.

Dwyer was the victim of terrorism in this thread.

Allah Akbar!

ALLAH AKBARRRRRRRRR!

Pour oil on the muslim prayer rugs.

RichHorror said:

no he wasn't. i wasn't the one who corrected him. it was a nonbearded person.

i dry my balls off with the holy grail

AP Style sez: Dolla sign befo' the numbers

I'm getting gas I'm not walking to work fuck that. Get gas at Hess or something anything but exxonmobil.

I'm going to Mobil.

A 13 year old girl's anus was a victim of terrorism in Somerville today.

HORROR AKBAR! I'M RICH AND YOU'RE ALL POOR!

BEES.ARE.DYING.FAGGOTS.

Here in America the dollar sign goes before the value. I'm with Dwyer. Take your gay European shit elsewhere!

Yup, f you!

I dont need to buy gas today, i have half a tank.

You should buy some anyway just to piss off hippies with bad ideas.

"You should buy some anyway just to piss off hippies with bad ideas. "

You have a good point. I would have bought some if i needed it, but my woman owed me cash the other day, so she filled my tank. Which is very unusual for me (her as well), as i always put $4 or $5 in it every time.

I love the terrorism angle. What a load of fucking shit.

It's very easy to piss off hippies and doesn't take much imagination.

I had to buy gas last night at Hess.

I am sure the oil companies and the camel jockies are all upset at me that I am not buying gas today.

not that i would have bought gas to day anyway
but i still think its a cool idea
fuck gas
i am fueled by pizza

If everyone that devoted his or her time to this cause devoted say an average of 15 minutes and lets also say for the sake of arguing that these people are only capable of earning minimum wage. If they had devoted their time to working that 15 minutes depending on where they live they would have earned between $1.28 and $2 in the U.S. and would have had no problem paying the differance between what gas cost 5 years ago and now.

y_ddraig_goch said:


To the guy in town who grows it for medical use and sells the extra...I've never bought opium, and I've never been a hippy.

C.dead said:

Nope, it's really quite well documented...

from:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?.../archive/2004/03/21/ING0H5LTDA1.DTL


Cheney, energy and Iraq invasion
Supreme Court to rule on secrecy

Significant evidence points to the possibility that much more could be revealed than mere corporate cronyism: The national energy policy proceedings could open a window onto the Bush administration's decision-making process and motives for going to war on Iraq.

In July 2003, after two years of legal action through the Freedom of Information Act (and after the end of the war), Judicial Watch was finally able to obtain some documents from the Cheney-led National Energy Policy Development Group.

They included maps of Middle East and Iraqi oilfields, pipelines, refineries and terminals, two charts detailing various Iraqi oil and gas projects, and a March 2001 list of "Foreign Suitors for Iraqi Oilfield Contracts," detailing the status of their efforts. The documents are available at www.judicialwatch.org.


http://www.globalpolicy.org/security/oil/2003/2003companiesiniraq.htm

Oil Companies in Iraq:
A Century of Rivalry and War

Since the newest study has found a 600-700% increase in the rise of terrorism world-wide since the US invasion of Iraq, and the oil companies helped draw up the energy policy and invasion plans, you're funding terrorism and the needless deaths of our troops whenever you buy gas, have fun!

My tank is almost empty and I'm working my pizza delivery job tonight, definitely pumping gas today.

Oops.

Post that hippy, conspiracy theory garbage elsewhere, where someone might give two shits. Do you drive? Do you take public transportation? you're just as bad, but worse because you're a hypocrite and say really cliche things like "have fun" and "I use horsetails for tampons, i am saving the earth!" garbage. You want to make a difference? Go join greenpeace or go to New orleans instead of spouting useless shit on this gay board.

i filled my tank from empty today

I still have a full tank from like a week ago. Not driving to college and back every day of the week is saving me A LOT of money.

Mike_Giallo said:

yeah man, same here

i don't have anywhere to go today but im leaving my house explicitly to pump gas

i am taking the train today, so i am funding a machine that burns more gas than any of you.

If I could fuel my car with the gas I already expend daily... I could take a massive road trip every week.

C.dead said:

I didn't know a conspiracy theory could be a Supreme Court case with tons of evidence. I do drive, but I don't use gas so no, I'm not a hypocrite. Actually, once I get rid of my electric bill I'll be energy independent, so yeah, piss off.

if people really wanted to make a statement they would ride their bikes to work.
you would have to leave 2 hours earlier but that is saying something.

I don't really understand this. Wouldn't there be twice as much gas pumped tomorrow to make up for gas not pumped today?

i didnt pump gas today... but not on purpose.

pam said:

bingo

sxealex said:

same here, I only really need to pump gas once a week.

pam said:

I can't believe how short-sighted you are. Enjoy supporting this unjust war, you goddamned mindless sheep. Wake up.

...And that was my impression of New England. I fucking despise people like this.

just found this......seemed interesting


>GAS WAR: an idea that WILL work
>
>
>This was originally sent by a retired Coca Cola executive. It came from one
>of his engineer buddies who retired from Halliburton. It's worth your
>consideration.
>
>
>Join the resistance! I hear we're going to hit close to $4.00 a gallon by
>next summer and it might 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 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 on and join with us! By now you're probably thinking
>gasoline priced at about $1.50 is super cheap. Me too! It is currently
>$2.84 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, DO NOT purchase ANY gasoline from the 2 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 at this
>point.... keep reading and I'll explain how simple it is to reach millions
>of people.
>
>
>I am sending this note to 10 people. If each of us sends it to at least 10
>more (10x10=100) and those 100 send it to at least 10 more (100x10=1,000)
>...and so on, by the time the message reaches the sixth group of people, we
>will have reached over ONE MILLION consumers. If those one million get
>excited and pass this on to ten friends each, then 10 million people will
>have been contacted! If it goes one level further, you guessed it..... ONE
>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 100 million by sending send email to 10
>people...Well, let's face it, you just aren't a mathematician. But either
>am I, so I just trust it.)
>
>
>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 100 MILLION people could
>conceivably be contacted within the next 8 days!!!
>
>
>I'll bet you didn't think you & 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. I suggest that we not buy from EXXON/MOBIL
>UNTIL THEY LOWER THEIR PRICES BELOW THE $2.00 RANGE AND KEEP THEM DOWN.
>
>
>THIS CAN REALLY WORK IF YOU GET INVOLVED.

interesting.. but i think our country's consumer population is to apathetic see it through.

yeah, i thought it was a good idea at first and then i read this board and it's all coming back to me... no one wins but the government.

militia time! get your "arms" ready! this is war!!!!!!!

thats a much more effective idea, but that poses another problem, there are some people who only have an Exxon near their house.

wow! did anyone notice how much the gas prices went down?!?!?!!?!?




me either.

instead of a national "don't buy gas day" we should have a national "beat towel head down" day? that makes more sense to me. most of them work at gas stations anyway?

free slushies for everyone

Couldn't hurt to try, I already stay clear of Exxon/Mobile for the most part and only go when I'm desperate.
I'll send out some emails and post myspace bulletins. No harm in trying, right?

Yeti said:

that's the first thing i thought. what if you're stuck without gas? you gonna risk breaking down to try and find a different gas station?

ariavette said:

Just go get gas somewhere else when you're not super close to "E". You shouldn't drive around with a really low tank, anyway... even though I do that pretty much all the freakin' time.

grandmas are always right

I didn't buy gas yesterday, but that was a coincidence. I'm already boycotting Walmart, Orbitz, and women. I don't have room for another boycott.

Orbitz? I'm assuming that's based on their god awful commercials.

FuckIsMySignature said:

That and the problem isn't high prices, it's that we're continuing to use oil at all. This will obviously not end well, but one of 2 ways, nuclear war over the last remaining resources, or global warming, whichever happens to wipe life out of exsistence first. Both will be caused by our use of oil/coal and are easily preventable, (just like all the other unnessesary toxins we keep releasing that wind up right back in our food and water), but it's rather clear at this point that politicians aren't going to do anything about it until it's far too late...I've suggested lighting them on fire, but no one likes my ideas...

Granny_Monster said:

yeah i can't even remember the last time i had more than a half a tank of gas.

did you ever stop to realize that we CANT stop using oil any time soon? the average suburbanite slob cant afford to convert over to new forms of energy. we barely make enough to survive WITH oil. for us to stop using oil, its going to take a very, very long time. the gears of change are turning, we have scientists working their asses off to divert the effects of oil, but its not going to be this year, or next year, or even within the next 20. you dont factor in human ingenuity which is starting to reverse what we have done. you want instant results, but you wont get them, and because you dont see them, you continue to badmouth everything. or perhaps you believe that the government should fund every single vehicle, train, plane and boat to be converted over to earth-friendly fuels. or maybe you think the government should fund every single factory that relies on fossil fuels. its possible in the future, but not economically feasible right now. you spew your hate as if nothing is being done, as if we are just taking tankers full of oil and dumping them in the rainforest. news flash, the world isnt in as bad of shape as the media will have you believe. but i suppose you know differently because you are you right? WAKE THE FUCK UP!!! instead of bitching, DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT!!!!

this whole process is called "learning". we "learned" that oil and other fossil fuels emit toxins that effect our atmosphere, so now we are working to change things. soon we will "learn" that some bio-fuels give off another chemical that we need to fix. its an on-going process. you expect perfection based on your views, which are grossly biased, but thats not possible. things ARE changing, but since you only pay attention to what the media spews out, you wouldnt know that. so instead you just vomit your bullshit and expect people to believe you.

lets make an engine that runs on hippy grease and all of our problems will be solved!

My car runs on smiles and hugs.

HailAtWork said:

I am all for that.

I hate them for all. Just trying to find which ones at election time that I hate the least.

Yeti said:

Sure we can, I'm wondering why it wasn't done 30-40 years ago, back when they'd already known it was a serious problem for a long time. If I could afford to convert over, anyone can, because I don't make shit. The government funds big oil, why shouldn't they fund safe, renewable energy conversion instead? Economic feasiblity isn't going to matter if we can't live here anymore will it? I don't care how corporations and factories switch, that's their problem, they've got plenty of money I'm sure they can handle it. We don't have all this time you're talking about, sure things are being done, but not fast enough. I've already done something about it, I'm telling you that you can do something about it also instead of making up excuses and waiting for the idiots in the government to come up with a solution. there's plenty of info on the internet about how to tell big oil to fuck off, why wait?

It wasn't done in the past 30-40 years because big companies (oil companies included) fund the careers of politicians and political parties into office, who in turn return the favors.

Is it a coincidence that alternative energy wasn't being sought when gas prices went over $1.75?

You think shit would have been done during the gas crisis of the 1970's what we've all heard about. You know, all the lines at the pumps for hours... Gas stations running out of gas.... People only being able to get gas on certain days...

Money still funds politics and those who seem to have the most money (big coporations) have all the political prostitutes cater to them.

I know it sux, but it's difficult when there are only a few shit political parties to chose from who only run candidates that are nothing more than puppets.

I think the point HTL is trying to make is that you shouldn't wait for the energy companies to switch over when you can do it yourself. I think the preaching is a bit much, but seriously, who gives a fuck about the rest of society? If I were to convert my car over I wouldn't give half a fuck if what I was doing could support the entire world's energy problems because I know I'd be independent of it myself and I'd just laugh my ass off as the rest of the world kept bickering over this problem. If other people can't do it, that's their fucking problem, I'm the only person worth a shit and I would be creating a solution for myself, everyone else is on their own.

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