Don't buy gas from Exxon or Mobile

[zpiloto]

Well I got this e-mail for the zillion time and instead of deleting it I decided to send this reply back.

I don't see this working. The only way to lower prices is to reduce our consumption, period! Although not a totally free market the thing with gasoline is that there is plenty of oil sitting at the refiners they just can't turn it over fast enough because we have not built a refinery in 30+ years. Although prices continue to go up the demand has continued to increase also. Until "we" the general public reduces our demand, drive more fuel effient cars and look to alternate energy it will be the same old same old. If you really want to hurt the oil companies send 50 emails to your freinds and tell them to try and reduce their fuel consumption by 10% this week and try to increase more each week. Although 10% sounds like a lot just by having the car in good mechanical shape, tires at proper inflation pressures, and DRIVING AT OR BELOW the posted speed limit will put money in the bank and out of the Oil companies pockets.

Here's a link (http://www.snopes.com/politics/gasoline/gasout.asp) on this e-mail that's been floating around since gas prices hit $2.00 a gallon.

People still just don't get it. It's always someone else fault.

edit: Moderators if you need to move this to general feel free to.