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protestnow Rookie Author Twin Cities Posts:2 Points:140 Joined:Apr 2011	Message Posted: Apr 4, 2011 12:32:31 PM Ignore protestnow Report Abuse I think people should picket gas stations to draw attention to the problem. If enough groups picket all over, all the attention would get on the news. If enough people participate, the government would get nervous about all the picketing, and open up the oil reserves we do have and the prices would come down quick! You would probably have to picket just outside the gas stations on public property. It's worth a try. If enough people picket in a peaceful, lawful manner, it will get noticed!

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I think people should picket gas stations to draw attention to the problem. If enough groups picket all over, all the attention would get on the news. If enough people participate, the government would get nervous about all the picketing, and open up the oil reserves we do have and the prices would come down quick! You would probably have to picket just outside the gas stations on public property. It's worth a try. If enough people picket in a peaceful, lawful manner, it will get noticed!

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jdhelm Champion Author Iowa Posts:11,812 Points:1,195,965 Joined:Dec 2009	Message Posted: Apr 11, 2011 7:51:49 AM Ignore jdhelm Report Abuse i'm gonna put up my picket fence gate to my garden today, does that count?
catfish99 Champion Author Wilmington Posts:13,950 Points:2,493,600 Joined:Sep 2005	Message Posted: Apr 11, 2011 6:44:57 AM Ignore catfish99 Report Abuse We have a strategic reserve to provide oil if there is a severe disruption of supply. That is not the case here. The OP is calling for government price intervention, which never ends well. Further, with the Middle East quite unstable at this time, there is a greater than normal potential for supply disruption. We do not want to compromise our ability to weather a crisis to lower prices a nickle a gallon.
jsoko Champion Author Detroit Posts:1,310 Points:608,670 Joined:Sep 2005	Message Posted: Apr 10, 2011 11:59:46 PM Ignore jsoko Report Abuse If you are going to picket anything, picket for a cheaper price down the road, such as: "Gas prices are $X.XX one mile --> " Then the station you are picketing at would possibly lower their price...
jdhelm Champion Author Iowa Posts:11,812 Points:1,195,965 Joined:Dec 2009	Message Posted: Apr 10, 2011 8:07:09 AM Ignore jdhelm Report Abuse i'm gonna boycott facebook
scoutmaster Champion Author Pittsburgh Posts:81,177 Points:3,250,695 Joined:Mar 2003	Message Posted: Apr 10, 2011 7:07:38 AM Ignore scoutmaster Report Abuse I think the problem has the attention it needs! Picketing a station looks like you are picketing the station, not the oil company.
Gas_Buddy Champion Author Maryland Posts:25,948 Points:3,030,815 Joined:Aug 2004	Message Posted: Apr 9, 2011 11:05:59 PM Ignore Gas_Buddy Report Abuse protestnow: Why would you want to open the Strategic Oil Reserves now? There is no gas shortage; and how would you determine who gets the oil from the oil reserves? Give it to the trucking industry? Emergency services? The general public? And even if you gave it all away, at the current rate of usage in the U.S., about 21 million barres a day, the entire Strategic Oil Reserves would only last about 34 days. And then, you'd have none for a real crisis. And, to resupply the reserves, you'd have to pay higher prices to resupply so you did have oil reserves in case of a crisis. So, asking again, why would you want to open the Strategic Oil Reserves now?
protestnow Rookie Author Twin Cities Posts:2 Points:140 Joined:Apr 2011	Message Posted: Apr 6, 2011 1:07:45 PM Ignore protestnow Report Abuse In regards to my original post. One does not have to over think everything. Picketing gas stations is a simple step that could be taken to draw more attention to the problem. When gas prices got high a couple years ago, the oil reserves were opened, and prices did come down. The president has talked about doing the same thing again in the news.
catfish99 Champion Author Wilmington Posts:13,950 Points:2,493,600 Joined:Sep 2005	Message Posted: Apr 5, 2011 6:32:23 AM Ignore catfish99 Report Abuse You know, there were a few nuggets in the rant worth discussing, but the language is an automatic delete. I do agree with him that the strategic reserve is not meant for a price manipulation fund. It is especially dangerous to draw it down when the Middle East is in turmoil. And there really is a lot of using tax dollars for projects "influenced" by politicians, who can steer them to contributors. The rest of the stuff, though, is pretty brain dead.
scoutmaster Champion Author Pittsburgh Posts:81,177 Points:3,250,695 Joined:Mar 2003	Message Posted: Apr 5, 2011 5:26:28 AM Ignore scoutmaster Report Abuse That kind of post needs to be reported and it was.
Gas_Buddy Champion Author Maryland Posts:25,948 Points:3,030,815 Joined:Aug 2004	Message Posted: Apr 4, 2011 9:07:30 PM Ignore Gas_Buddy Report Abuse Forget for a moment, Steveo8305, that profanity isn't necessary on this website or in these threads, especially repeated profanity, but we don't buy oil from the Taliban.
Gas_Buddy Champion Author Maryland Posts:25,948 Points:3,030,815 Joined:Aug 2004	Message Posted: Apr 4, 2011 3:24:41 PM Ignore Gas_Buddy Report Abuse I'll hate myself for starting this but what attention is it you want to draw to the what problem? And why do you want to open the oil reserve? Are you familiar with the oil reserves other than there is reserved oil? Can you explain what you know about the oil reserves that will bring prices down? Can you say why "prices would come down quick" if you opened the oil reserves? Assuming you're talking about releasing the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, that reserve is for national emergencies and crisis. What you have right now is high prices but you have a large supply of oil; it's not as if you don't have oil available. However, if you did release the oil reserve, even all 727 million barrels, where would you release it? Who would get it? Do you give that oil (or sell that oil) to the public? To the trucking industry? To the military? To emergency facilities? How do you ration it and to who do you ration it? And, do you realize that, considering that the U.S. consumes 21 million barrels a day, the reserve would be depleted in 34 days. Meaning that if had a real emergency or crisis, a major disruption of the oil supply (which you don't have now), you wouldn't have a reserve to draw from, and if you wanted to resupply the reserve, you would have to pay for a resupply at higher prices. If you're going to say "release the reserves", make sure you understand what's involved and you let people know you understand the consequences and ramifications of what you're suggestion is.
scoutmaster Champion Author Pittsburgh Posts:81,177 Points:3,250,695 Joined:Mar 2003	Message Posted: Apr 4, 2011 2:45:38 PM Ignore scoutmaster Report Abuse The only thing I'm pickin is my ..........................