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I received an email someone made and they are trying to get people to help bring down gas prices. To help bring down gas prices simply stop buying from Exxon or Mobil since those are the two major companies...they will lower their prices to attarct buisness and the smaller chains will follow soon after. If you want me to forward you the email as well so you can get all the details please let me know I'll be glad to do so. I think this might just work, so lets all come togather and show the oil companies who's really in charge here!I buy my gas from Speedway because my Vibe doesn't get "Vibe gas" from speedway, so I'm already contributing

This is an old scam that doesn't work. It's been around for years. If it actually worked, prices would have dropped back in 1999 when it started.2004: http://urbanlegends.about.com/...4.htm2003: http://urbanlegends.about.com/...3.htm2002: http://urbanlegends.about.com/...2.htm2001: http://urbanlegends.about.com/...t.htm2000: http://urbanlegends.about.com/...a.htm1999: http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/b ... mail1a.htm

Hey, I haven't seen you around here lately Awww...maybe not enough people went against them? Maybe we have to make this a countrywide thing? I buy gas from speedway either way so...it sounded likea good idea to me, I didn't know it failed in the past We should keep trying though.

Yeah I got the same e-mail abot a 2 weeks ago sent it to trash can!

It is a way to harvest emails for spamming. Think of how nice it would be for the spammers to have millions of email addresses that they didn't have to pay for.

lol! it never works... besides, being in alaska, the oil industry is a biggie... you know drilling and what not. after all, we have the trans-alaska pipeline from the northslope to valdez. now they are trying to work on a pipeline from alaska to the lower 48 so we don't have so much spent on shipping fuel and petro products to the rest of the world and country. we shall see what happens.. *rolling eyes from all the political crap*

I've got an idea...TRD, you can just tap into the pipeline and sell us oil for cheap how's that sound?

The other thing to keep in mind is refineries owned by Mobil and Exxon still supply other brands aside from their own. Who knows -- that Speedway you buy from could be selling you Exxon gasoline...

Blast! You just can't win can you! lol

This scheme has been around since before 1999 even. I remember it going around when I was in high school about 8 years ago. And yes, most oil companies are intracately linked.Also, tapping into the pipeline won't do you any good. The crude oil that comes out of the ground is thicker than syrup so good luck getting it out of your gas tank if you put it in there. It has a long journey through refinement before it can become a usable product and this isn't a process that you can do in your garage in your free time.

I know it's thick I was just kidding lol. I'm not that stupid

According to a show I watched about a year ago (Modern Marvels on History Channel), regardless of which company refines the gasoline, it is all transported through the same pipelines, and it is all mixed together. It's not separated by Exxon, BP, Shell, etc.The main differences in the various brands of gasoline aren't made until it reaches the pumping/distribution terminals, where a particular companies' additives are added to the gasoline prior to delivery to local stations.Personally, I've tried every brand available in my area in my GT, and the only differences I've noted in gas mileage, performance, etc. is if I get a tank of 91-octane premium versus 93-octane.

don't forget that sulfuric (spelling) smell you get from certain companies too...that's why I get mine at speedway...so far Mobil, Marathon, Shell, and BP make the exhaust smell bad.

Quote, originally posted by MJN2 »regardless of which company refines the gasoline, it is all transported through the same pipelines, and it is all mixed together. It's not separated by Exxon, BP, Shell, etc.The main differences in the various brands of gasoline aren't made until it reaches the pumping/distribution terminals, where a particular companies' additives are added to the gasoline prior to delivery to local stations.This is very true. I work with several truckers and they know people who drive fuel tankers for a living. They have told me pretty much the same thing. Every gasoline company's trucks all pull up to the same distribution station to fill up the tanker truck. It's my understanding that they ask the driver who they are hauling for and the brand-specific additives are mixed with the fuel as the tanker is filled and it is all computer controlled.