Stealing gas is no longer petty Theft

Ok you have heard 2 scams for getting the gas price lowered, so let’s examine them for a minute, and then I will give you my opinions.

Scam 1: You don’t buy gas on a day that is agreed upon by millions of idiots that did not think this through.
Outcome
Service stations make a pile of money the day before the “don’t buy gas day” (DBGD) and the next day they make less. Now the day after the “Don’t buy gas day” service stations are leveling off to normal gas purchasing. Therefore the war against high prices is not affected. In short, Gas companies lost nothing. What they didn’t make on the DBGD they make the day before or the day after.

Scam 2: You decided to not buy gas from a specific gas station.
Outcome
Well first of all if you live in a local town like me, you first of all just hurt the pocket book of your local gas station owner. For me, that would be Kurt and Christine who own the Petro Canada here in Virden. They are probably the friendliest people I know in the gas biz. They are always nice and make sure you get everything you need, so why would I want to hurt their business? Second, lets say you buy all your gas at Esso and you boycott Petro Canada and Shell for example. Gas companies still make money you weirdo and they still set the prices! They just sell more of it to the Esso. And try to think this through ok, do you think Kurt at the Petro Canada in Virden sets the price for gas? If he did he would keep it the same as the shell and the Esso. Petro Canada won’t go broke from 1 day of low sales.

Bottom line, we need fuel. I drive to school 45 minutes there and 45 minutes back everyday. Do you think I like gas at $1.19 a liter? No I hate it, but I cannot force the hand of the oil companies. If they want to charge more, they will charge more.

Solution
I believe this is one solution. Don’t buy gas for an entire year. If you refuse to buy gas for an entire year, the gas companies will be forced to do something. Of course this e-mail will need to reach millions of people who will agree with me and take action, and since the other 2 scams didn’t work they probably won’t have much faith in this scam. Yes I said scam.

This is a scam, this will not work, obviously no one can not buy gas for an entire year and I don’t want to try this idea because I want to support my local gas station.. We need fuel. Lets face it, there are those who care, and those who don’t care enough to do something, that means there are people who will buy gas and complain, and there are people who will create scams to fight gas companies, but in turn will still buy gas and complain on top of it all.

If anything, the more complaining we do, the more they raise the gas price. So please leave it alone or do something constructive. The real solution is to cut down on fuel if you can, and to use alternative fuel sources when possible. You can make diesel fuel out of cooking oil! In fact some cities are giving grants to start factories to make diesel fuel out of used cooking oil as an alternative source of low cost fuel. Not only this, but this cooking oil blend is cleaner and more efficient than regular diesel fuel.

Think about this, we all have homes, let’s say we cut energy costs in our homes to compensate for the fuel we put into our cars. For example, you can buy energy efficient appliances, turn off lights when you aren’t using them, get a digital thermometer system that keeps the house warmer/cooler when you are at work at heats up/cools down (depending winter or summer) just before you come home. Check your furnace filters and change them often to allow better air flow. Use plastic window coverings to prevent heat from escaping in the winter. Buy those energy efficient light bulbs. They run low power and they are really bright. A 20 watt bulb is like as bright as a 50 watt regular bulb.

There are even wind sources that you can buy right at your own Canadian tire that harness the power of the wind to create electricity. There are solar panels as well, and yes these are costly, but crunch some numbers, maybe consider taking a loan out for some energy efficient solutions, you never know, it may save you money in the long run and your monthly payments might be less than what you are paying now. You could even put Styrofoam underneath the siding on your house if you are considering doing some exterior renovations, again, its costly upfront, but remember you are making an investment. Geo Thermal is defiantly the way to go if you are building a new home, please look into it, it is not much more costly and it is incredibly efficient.

So consider that if you cut out cost somewhere else in your budget, you can make way for high fuel prices. Not that I agree with the high cost of fuel, but these are some solutions that work to keep you within your budget.