[FC] Re: Does this seem right? Boycott time????

[Ron]

No, your suggestion won't work as it's the world market that has driven the 
prices up.  The different U.S. oil refiners have nothing to do with it 
although they do profit off of it from their own domestic production 
facilities.  The price will continue to rise as the world prrices continue 
to rise.  I understand that $80/barrel oil will result in a pump price of 
$7/gallon for gasoline and that price appears very realistic now.  At least, 
that's what I've read.  A weekend trip to the Northwest Econorun cost about 
$80 for gas this last weekend.  Even a cheap Corvair costs a lot to run 
these days.
RonH


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Merv Krull and or Loretta Prosser" <krupross at sunwave.net>
To: <corvanatics at corvair.org>; <corvairs at cybrus.net>
Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2005 9:46 PM
Subject: [FC] Re: Does this seem right? Boycott time????


> Well, the only way to make the oil companies sit up and take consumers 
> seriously is if we can get together in sufficient numbers, make lots of 
> noise, and vote with our dollars. If we all choose to boycott ONE oil 
> company, it will soon have to lower their price. Other companies will then 
> follow as consumers drift to the lower price stations.
> None of this "don't buy gas for one day" nonsense... it has to be an all 
> out boycott of ONE oil company.
> Has any particular oil company been supportive of the Corvair Preservation 
> Foundation? Or in any other way helpful to classic car enthusiasts? None 
> come to my mind so how about we, as a group, boycott Exxon/Esso? Shell did 
> make a hell of a mess and ultimately kill a bunch of native folk in South 
> America...? Any particular company you would like to pick on first? 
> Remember, it really doesn't matter who we boycott first. All of them will 
> have to drop their prices too!!!
> By the way, we Canucks pay the equivalent of $2.88 per US gallon and the 
> minimum wage here in BC is $6.00 per hour for the first 500 hours then 
> $8.60 after that.
> Let's talk it up, eh?
> Merv Krull
> Salmon Arm, BC
>
>
> <snip>
> Sent: Monday, April 18, 2005 10:24 PM
> Subject: FW: Does this seem right?
>
>
>> Note. The information enclosed has not been verified but seems entirely
>> plausible considering Exxons past history.
>>
>> Roland Martin
>> rolandmartin at earthlink.net
>>
>>
>>> Subject: Does this seem right?
>>>
>>> In light of high gas prices, this just doesn't seem right.  We are 
>>> paying
>> a
>>> hefty price for gas, and the oil companies are recording record profits.
>>>  Do gas prices really need to be as high as they are?????
>>>
>>> Exxon Mobil CEO takes home $38 mln
>>>
>>> Wednesday April 13, 7:40 PM EDT
>>>
>>> NEW YORK (Reuters) - Exxon Mobil Corp. (XOM
>>> </jsp/qt/full.jsp?time=0&symbol_search_text=XOM>) Chief Executive Lee
>>> Raymond's compensation package jumped to more than $38 million last 
>>> year,
>>> when soaring energy prices helped the No. 1 public oil company report 
>>> one
>>> of the largest profits in U.S. corporate history.
>>> Raymond's salary rose slightly to $3.6 million while his bonus rose to
>> $3.9
>>> million. He also received restricted stock awards worth more than $28
>>> million, up from $17.9 million a year earlier.
>>> The past year was an exceptionally good one for Exxon, which rode the
>> wave
>>> of rising oil and gas prices to post revenue of more than $298 billion
>> and
>>> a record profit of $25.33 billion. The company's share price also surged
>>> more than 28 percent in the year.
>>
>>
>
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