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In Truth We Trust Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-27-04 12:41 AM
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Boycott Exxon/Mobil... One way you really can send a message
Gas Prices are at all time highs!

Exxon/ Mobil made $21,000,000,000.00 (BILLION) in net profits last year alone!

Exxon still has not paid the $5,000,000,000.00 it still owes for the Exxon Valdez oil spill that occurred 15 years ago!

Please boycott all Exxon/Mobil gas stations and convenience stores until they meet their obligations in full AND the PRICE OF GAS DROPS to $1.20 per gallon max!

Please pass this on to as many people you possibly can.
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RC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-27-04 12:55 AM
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1. Have to pay for your own gas now, do ya?
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AmericanErrorist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-28-04 08:19 PM
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2. Sorry
Edited on Sun Mar-28-04 08:22 PM by CocaCola58204
Your idea won't bring gas prices down:

http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/petition/gasout.htm


But there are better reasons not to go to Exxon/Mobil:

ExxonMobil tries to convince the public that global warming isn't happening even though ExxonMobil is one of its main causes. It spends millions of dollars on misleading propaganda every year.
ExxonMobil has played a leading role in sabotaging international attempts to stop global warming. It would rather sell more petrol than protect future generations.
ExxonMobil doesn't believe renewable energy has a future. "With no readily available economic alternatives on the horizon, fossil fuels will continue to supply most of the world's energy needs for the foreseeable future." --Lee Raymond, ExxonMobil CEO, 1997
ExxonMobil is the biggest oil company in the world - its profits totalled more than US$12 billion in 2000. If anyone can afford to help stop global warming it's ExxonMobil.
ExxonMobil was one of the main financial contributors to George Bush's election campaign. As soon as George Bush became president, he announced that the US would pull out of international agreements to stop global warming - exactly the position that ExxonMobil was promoting...


http://www.dontbuyexxonmobil.org/background?text_id=whyeom
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LeftCoast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-28-04 10:10 PM
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3. Really wanna send the oil company a message? Do what I do.
I drive a 50cc scooter which gets 65 mpg. I buy a 1.1 gallons of gas every two weeks. Gas could go up to $15 a gallon and I wouldn't care.

In the meantime, good luck w/ your boycott.
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