[imc-st.louis] (criticalmass) A silent but impactful protest...

[Ben West]

Although this is a wonderful way to protest excessive fuel consumption
and the ongoing oil-wars abroad, please bear in mind the bit about
lowering gas prices is actually a well documented hoax:

http://www.snopes.com/politics/gasoline/nogas.asp

On 5/2/07, DIANNA LUCAS <dlucas at muse-creative.org> wrote:
>
> NO GAS...On May 15th 2007
>
>  Don't pump gas on May 15th!!!!!!!!!!!!! MARK IT IN YOUR DAY PLANNER, ON YOUR CALENDAR, IN YOUR CELL PHONE, ON YOUR LAPTOP or WHEREVER YOU CAN AND WILL BE REMINDED!!!!!
>  ...in April 1997, there was a "gas out" conducted nationwide in protest of gas prices. Gasoline prices dropped 30 cents a gallon overnight.
>  On May 15th 2007, all Internet users are to not go to a gas station in protest of high gas prices. Gas is now over $3.00 a gallon in most places.
>  There are 73,000,000+ American members currently on the Internet network, and the average car takes about 30 to 50 dollars to fill up.
>  If all users did not go to the pump on the 15th, it would take $2,292,000,000.00 (that's almost 3 BILLION) out of the oil companies pockets for just one day, so please do not go to the gas station on May 15th and lets try to put a dent in the Middle Eastern oil industry for at least one day.
>  If you agree (which I cant see why you wouldn't) resend this to all your contact list. With it saying, ''Don't pump gas on May 15th"
>  KEEP THIS CLEAN!! Copy and Paste into a new message then send to your entire address book, rather than forwarding!! THANKS!
>

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Ben West
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