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Gas Out chain letter

The message below is a widespread chain letter:

 Dear Friends and Loved Ones,

 Last year on April 30,1999, a gas out was staged across Canada
 and the U.S. to bring the price of gas down, and it worked. It's
 time to do something about it again.

 Only this time lets make it for three days instead of just one.
 The so-called oil cartel decided to slow production to drive up
 gasoline prices. Lets see how many Canadian and American people
 we can get to ban together for a three day period in April, NOT
 TO BUY ANY GASOLINE, during those three days.

 LETS HAVE A GAS OUT. Do not buy any gasoline from APRIL 7, 2000,
 THROUGH APRIL 9, 2000. Buy what you need before the dates listed
 above, or after, but try not to buy any during the GAS OUT. If
 you want to help, just send this to everyone you know and ask
 them to do the same.

 We brought the prices down once before, and we can do it again.

 WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE !

 Even if you receive this 100 times keep passing it around, this
 way you know everyone is being informed and no one will forget!

There is an updated version of this chain letter. It looks like this:

 Subject:  FW: Great Gas out MOVED up

 Thursday, March 2, 2000...Oil ministers from Venezuela, Mexico,
 and Saudi Arabia announced today that oil producing countries
 should boost crude oil production to bring the price down again,
 which are the highest prices in nine years!  They have come to
 an agreement to boost output but the details of their meeting
 will be kept secret until March 27th...  The three day "Gas-Out"
 dates have been changed to March 24th, 25th, and 26th! Please
 don't buy any gasoline on these days!  Please forward this
 message to everyone that has the old dates in April!!!!!

A new version appeared in May 2001:

 THE FOLLOWING WAS SENT BY AN ECONOMIST

 WITHIN THE FUEL INDUSTRY.
 ANOTHER ECONOMICS PROFESSOR AT CAL REITERATED THE SAME LAST WEEK.
 I THINK IT IS WORTH TRYING.

 I got this from a reliable source & the web site listed is
 legit. We heard today from a man who is very savvy about the
 economy, namely, Clark Howard, and he says that the gas prices
 are going to start going up again and will be high this
 summer-$2.00 and up. We need to do whatever we can, and do it
 NOW!!!!   Gasoline Prices: This makes more sense than the don't
 buy gas on a certain day routine that was going around last year
 re: Gasoline Prices. Whoever started this has a good point. We
 need to try an aggressive response. With the price of gasoline
 going up more each day, we consumers need to take ACTION! The
 only way we are going to see the price of gas come down is if we
 don't buy it. But, (as the gas companies know full well, and are
 counting on), that's not really a practical option since we all
 have come to rely on our cars. But we CAN have an impact on gas
 prices if we all act together.

 Here's the idea: For the rest of this year, don't purchase
 gasoline from the two biggest companies (which now are one),
 namely EXXON  and MOBIL. You see, if they are not selling, they
 should be inclined, (i.e., "forced"),to reduce their prices.
 And, because of their size, and hence market share, if they
 reduce their prices the other companies will too. (They would
 HAVE no choice!). Isn't that a "juicy" prospect? But to have an
 impact, we need to reach literally millions of users.

 But it's do-able! I am sending this note to 42 people. If each
 of you send it to at least 10 more ...and those 10 send it to at
 least 10 more and so on, by the time the message reaches the
 sixth iteration, we will have reached over one million
 consumers. Acting together we can make a difference. If this
 makes sense to you, please pass this message on, or one you
 compose, to at least  10 more E-mail addresses. PLEASE HOLD OUT
 UNTIL THEY LOWER THEIR PRICES AND KEEP THEM DOWN! THIS CAN
 REALLY WORK! If you're not outraged, you're not paying
 attention!

Please ignore these chain letters and do not pass them on.

[Last modified: May 2001]