That's true! But, most of us still have to burn gas, whether we buy it on any particular day or not.
I do know this: If everybody boycotts one particular corner station, that station inevitably lowers it's prices. Sometimes by a LOT! OTR truckers sometimes use their CB radios to boycott a particular truck stop, and it works! If everybody boycotts one particular national brand for a week, that company will notice! The problem is getting national attention in order to organize the effort.
I think the real point to the exercise above is to get people organized. Doing it the way I suggested (boycott the day to by gas), organizes participants without hurting their lifestyle. True, it may not hurt anybody, including the oil companies, but it begins the organization of consumers for a bigger fight! Getting the media involved brings attention, novelty, and the approval of the masses to this small "class action". The next time you organize a boycott, you have more people aware and wanting to participate, and are more likely to boycott a particular brand, when asked.
How do you think Texaco/Shell or Exxon/Mobil would react to a week of no gasoline sales? Even just 25% lower sales? Would they be likely to raise prices still further? I think not! If you get one national brand to lower prices, the rest either have to follow suit, or lose sales!
What's a social experiment such as this going to hurt? It can't work... if nobody tries it!
