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[quote="mR.cLeAn":622c4]I'm sick of watching gas prices rise ... its time to take action. If it could be possible, boycott pretoleum for a week, before winter comes. That would surely lower prices.[/quote:622c4]

First:

[url:622c4]http://economics.about.com/[/url:622c4]

An artificial shrink in demand will not affect prices. You won't fool analysts with OPEC or Oil companies by not buying gas for a week. Instead, demand would be so great at the conclusion of that week that prices would likely rise for a time.

Second:

[url:622c4]http://news.moneycentral.msn.com/provider/providerarticle.asp?feed=AP&Date=20050829&ID=50707 86[/url:622c4]

Forbes claims the demand is speculative and inflated. Good news.


What would really help our country (and my city, Detroit, in particular) would be if one of the automakers finds a renewable, low-cost alternative energy source that we can make cars run on. There are current alternatives out there. Check this out if you're interested in saving some $: [url:622c4]http://science.howstuffworks.com/lpg1.htm[/url:622c4]