No Gas Day (an oil man's opinion)

[chuck hinkle]

Speaking as someone who programs for an oil company, this proposal will
have negligible (if any) effect on the oil company. At worst, if would
inconvenience the people who own the stations. No, if you want to do
something to the big oil companies, you'd need to take public
transportation instead of SUVs, turn down your thermostat (to conserve on
natural gas) in the winter, don't use alternative fuels (since we own and
operate, I believe, the largest wind turbine farm and we  sell the energy
from those farms to the small companies that market wind power), and don't
use products with plastics, waxes, or other petroleum-based chemicals
(including chewing gum)

> Dear All:
>
> My big brother, who happens to know something about the way the world
> works, is of the opinion that this scheme would hurt independent
> truckers and pumpers while leaving big oil with little more than a minor
> headache.  I tend to agree.  Of course, it's really fun to imagine than
> we could actually have an impact by simply forwarding an email to
> everyone we know and then buying our gas a day early or late, but even a
> little brother knows that its not that simple.
>
> Regards,
> Andrew
>
>
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Chuck Hinkle [INTJ]

"Perception is usually more persuasive than reality"