Check this out
http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/
I guess we'r gonna try to revolutionize in a day F'n new aged Americans hugh. Post up your thoughts.

 

hahaha. Even if this did work, they'll only be hurting the owner of the station who makes abt half a cent off of each gallon of gas as it already is. When I worked at a station we'd take daily inventory only for info purposes. Now a year of not buying gas will make a statement.

Hell, I probably won't get gas on Sept. 1st since I only fill up every 10 days or so. I guess count me in... hahaha

 

I couldn't find the article on the page you linked, but I'm guessing that we're not supposed to buy gas on the 1st in some effort to "really stick it to the oil companies" and what not? It's a total waste of time and I'll tell you why.

To begin with, not everyone will be buying gas on the 1st. For example, Woodward fills up every 10 days and the 1st isn't a day he would normally buy. So he's not effecting the equation in any way. How about the people that actually need to buy on the 1st ? Well... 2 things will happen. They're going to buy anyway or they'll buy the day before or after. I'm sure we've all heard people say this on previous attempts. "Don't buy gas on monday... make sure you fill up sunday night.. blah blah blah... " So... when you look at the weekly totals, there's no significant change due to a gas strike. That being said... a gas strike for 1 days is totally pointless.... some might argue that it's a show of solidarity between the consumers and what not.... sure... I'll give you that... but other than that... does it inspire change as the strike intends? No. Oil is one of those things that doesn't follow conventional thought on supply and demand. Standing around a campfire singing cumbaya isn't gonna do anything....

If that's not what the article was about, please link the actual article so i can check it out and revise my statement...

 

so I'll buy gas on the 2nd like everyone else

 

you would have to not buy gas for a loooooooooooong time, along with a lot of other people to make any little difference

 

My main arguement was (yes, I've made fun of these before) just look at the Montgomery Bus Boycott. A very successful boycott that took 13 months, for just a city's busses segregation laws to be overturned. Now to really stick it to oil companies nationwide, we'd have to go without gas for a very very long time, much longer than a year. IMO.

If Sept 1st actually did show a decline (if anyone even looks at daily gas) then, like Matrix said, Aug. 31st and Sept. 2nd would be higher. lol

 

here's the big issue too.

Right now our society NEEDS gas. There is always going to be a gas consumption until our method of powered transportation changes.

This "boycott" is equivalent to a little kid holding his breath until he gets candy.

 

lol, except the candy is more veggies, as the price of gas will remain unaffected.

 

I share the same opinions. Matrix you hit the spot without reading the artical.

I feel, if people are going to try and make a dent in a multi-trillion $ market, all wile sitting at the front lines of the telly, after work one day, they are all really high or plain stupid. People seam to want change and yet still go about they'r daily lives without sacrfice.

Like what a few of you have mentioned, our gas "boycot" will have to persist for a long time. Not to mention, this problem with gas and oil prices sky-rocketing is not only in the US, but the world. So, even if every one in the US did not guy gas for one day at the same time, the market is being backed up buy the rest of the world.

 

If I have an 1/8th of a tank come sept first and no one's at the pumps, then I'm pulling right on in! haha

 

i used 1250 gallons of gas in the 10.5 months ive had my car...

if i stopped using my car that would be so awesome, however that's like impossible, so when i start working in stockton in a few weeks, i'll be going from 775 miles a week down to about 100 plus whatever amount i do on the weekend

that's how i'll be hurting the oil companies

 

well if I need to drive then I have to drive lol