As is usually the case, if an un-solicited e-mail tells you to do something and "tell all your friends!", then your best course of action is to forward it... to the "Recycle Bin".
I agree 100% with THAT statement. Lots of times messages such as this have "phishing" algorithms imbedded in them, designed to e-mail the addresses of recipients back to the "phisherman" to add to their spam list. I don't normally open forwarded e-mail that shows multiple addresses in the "sent to" line. Most anti-virus software isn't looking for this, and it can be missed. (Anti-spam software looks for this.)
Anyway, I got this from an old friend, who probably sent it to me with tongue in cheek, more as a joke than anything else!
I agree with the skeptics here that it won't make much if any impact one way or the other. There are more affective ways to make a statement. But, I still think that if the majority of motorists made it known that they aren't buying gas on a particular day, and followed through on it, it's just novel enough to gain national media attention. That in itself is a message to all who hear of it afterwards...
we can be organized!
I still think it's an interesting social experiment that can be done without hurting anybody, and I still don't see the harm in trying it. It's already circulating the internet, and I have to wonder how many readers will not be buying gas on May 15th because of it?
I'm participating! That's all I really meant!
