Lake Gas

[upthesaukee]

Originally Posted by ghfromaltonbay

I just got several emails from friends with a message about a nationwide boycott. The message said we should all avoid buying gas on May 15th and see what happens. According to this message the last time this was tried a year or so ago the prices dropped that week. Maybe if we all do the 1 day boycott more people will get the message than if we write to our congressmen. Haven't seen that effort work too well here in NJ.

If you check out the "urban legend" websites, you will see the logic that shoots this whole theory down. Not everyone would be able to not buy gas on the 15th. Even if they preplanned to not buy on the 15th, they would buy early on the 14th or 15th, or stretch it out to the 16th. You (they) will still buy the same amount of gas.

Sorry, the logic behind a boycott just doesn't fit.