|
Here's the reply that I've typed out/copy-pasted to two different forums with that chain mail as a thread. Here and tamparacing.
"There are an estimated 180 million cars in america. If they all bought gas on different days, then 1/7th of those cars would buy gas on the 19th. That's 25.714 million cars buying gas. If the average fillup is 14 gallons (the few cars with 15 or 20 gallon tanks rarely drive to empty, while most new cars are 8-12 gallon tanks), then we're talking about 360 million gallons of gas in that one day. Take the average gas price of $1.94/gallon, and subtract 42% (the average ammount of state and federal taxes in america) to get $1.12/gallon. Now, 360 million gallons at $1.12 per is a total of 403 million dollars. That's only 1/10th of the ammount listed above. Sounds like someone forgot to carry a digit, and I assure you, it wasn't me.
Other than the potential $400,000,000 loss from the one day of gas strike, which gets divided between the top 3 fuel suppliers, everyone who was supposed to fill up that day but didn't will fill up the next day. As will the people scheduled to fill on the 20th. So the fuel industry's "stick" will be fixed the next day, and create problems at gas pumps from double the normal ammount of purchases, and will probably incite some gas station owners to declare price gouging, which means the gasoline companies make the same ammount of money, and the station owners will make 3 or 4 times what they would have normally made in those 2 days before the day-long gouge fest.
Therefore, that propaganda's logic is retarded, it's math is flawed, and you are officially a moron for distributing this stinking load of bullshit.
-Jeff"
Yea.. it won't work. Ever.
-Jeff
__________________
Whatup?
|