Don't pump gas on May 15th

[djTapesh]

NO GAS...On May 15th 2007
Body: Don't pump gas on may 15th
Body: ...in April 1997, there was a "gas out" conducted nationwide in protest of gas prices. Gasoline prices dropped 30 cents a gallon overnight.

On May 15th 2007, all internet users are to not go to a gas station in protest of high gas prices. Gas is now over $3.00 a gallon in most places.

There are 73,000,000+ American members currently on the internet network, and the average car takes about 30 to 50 dollars to fill up.

If all users did not go to the pump on the 15th, it would take
$2,292,000,000.00 (that's almost 3 BILLION) out of the oil companys pockets for just one day, so please do not go to the gas station on May 15th and lets try to put a dent in the oil industry for at least one day.

[persian_king]

great idea lets see if people can follow the word UNITED.

[donsaeid]

man ke gharare bake benzine khodamo por konam 15... taze bake benzine 3-4 nafar digaram mehmoon mikonam reza bia baket ba man

[mike435]

i am going to do it even thogh bs lets how many people will do it
post somthing that says you are going to do it

[abadani69]

I just put gas and it's almost midnight

Mike tu jew hasty dige fekr mikoni hame mesle khodetan :S

[donsaeid]

قيمت بنزين در آمريكا ركورد جديدي ثبت كرد


خبرگزاري آسوشيتدپرس گزارش داد ، قيمت متوسط هر گالن بنزين در آمريكا به بيش از 073/3 دلار رسيد كه اين رقم ركورد جديدي براي قيمت بنزين در اين كشور به شمار مي رود .



قيمت بنزين در آمريكا روز 5 سپتامبر 2005 و در پي توفانهاي سهمگين كاترينا و ريتا به بيش از 057/3 دلار رسيده بود .
به اعتقاد كارشناسان انرژي آمريكا ، افزايش قيمت بنزين در اين كشور به علت آثار رواني ناشي از افزايش تقاضا نيز بوده است . با توجه به در پيش بودن فصل تابستان و آغاز مسافرتها ، تقاضاي بنزين در آمريكا به شدت افزايش خواهد يافت .
كمبود ظرفيت پالايشگاهي در آمريكا نيز موجب كاهش مداوم ميزان ذخاير بنزين اين كشور طي دوازده هفته اخير شده است .

[donsaeid]

Gas prices to remain high for weeks
Retail prices are slated to go higher amid a slump in imports, refinery troubles: government.



WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- American motorists will have to wait weeks before they get relief from record-high pump prices, the government's top energy forecaster said Tuesday.

The national average price for regular unleaded gasoline hit a record $3.10 per gallon this week amid strong demand and dwindling stockpiles after a stretch of refinery breakdowns and a slump in imports, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.


Retail prices will go even higher heading into the summer vacation season because not all of the recent rise in wholesale fuel costs has been reflected in what consumers pay at the pump, said EIA head Guy Caruso.
Gas prices hit another record high

"There is still some wholesale price run-up that has not been passed through," Caruso told reporters at a Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing on summer gasoline prices. He declined to speculate how much higher fuel costs will go.

Consumers will eventually get some price relief as U.S. fuel producers boost production and high prices attract imports.

"With refinery production expected to improve during the rest of May and import volumes increasing over the last few weeks, gasoline markets may ease somewhat, causing gasoline prices to recede from their current high levels," Caruso told lawmakers.

However, Caruso warned that the EIA expected "gasoline markets to remain fairly tight this summer."

About 800,000 barrels per day in U.S. crude oil refining capacity is currently offline, which translates into about 400,000 barrels a day in lost gasoline production, EIA senior oil analyst Joanne Shore told reporters after the hearing.

"It is an unusually high amount," she said, adding that normally less than 100,000 barrels a day in oil refining capacity is out during this time of year.

EIA is the independent forecasting and analytical arm of the U.S. Energy Department.

The AAA motorist group told lawmakers it was concerned about the number and frequency of refinery outages this year "in light of the large profits the industry has been reporting."

AAA spokesman Geoff Sundstrom said it was "troubling" that the United States is not able to supply enough gasoline to meet domestic demand.

"Americans should be able to expect that those who refine oil into gasoline do a better job of anticipating demand growth, plan to meet that growth, and then make the necessary investments in plants, equipment and labor to provide the fuel at a cost that has some semblance of stability," Sundstrom said.

Oil companies, such as BP (Charts), Chevron (Charts, Fortune 500), ConocoPhillips (Charts, Fortune 500), and Exxon Mobile (Charts, Fortune 500), are expanding their U.S. refineries, but a new refinery has not been built since the 1970s. The industry cites community opposition to new refineries and government regulations that make it too costly and difficult to construct facilities.

However, the planned refinery expansions over the next five years are not expected to keep up with the growth in U.S. petroleum demand, according to the EIA.

High gasoline prices are pinching the pocketbooks of Americans, helping to reduce sales last month at Wal-Mart (Charts, Fortune 500) and other retailers.

"When gas prices increase, there is less money to spend on other things," said Sundstrom. "The extra expense results in a sacrifice elsewhere in a family's budget - groceries, healthcare, college savings, retirement planning."

Sen. Jeff Bingaman, the Democrat who chairs the energy panel, acknowledged: "The U.S. economy remains vulnerable to oil and gasoline supply disruptions and associated price increases."

The top Republican on the committee, Sen. Pete Domenici, said there was no "silver bullet" that would bring down rising gasoline prices this summer.

The solution for the long term, he said, is to increase drilling access to America's oil reserves and develop alternative fuels to reduce U.S. gasoline consumption.

[donsaeid]

The U.S. Energy Department finds that the national price for regular unleaded gasoline rose 5 cents over the last week and is up 16 cents from a year ago. The latest price at the pump tops the old record of $3.07 set in September 2005 after Hurricane Katrina disrupted refinery operations in the gulf coast.

The average price in Arizona right now is $3.08 a gallon. Industry experts expect gas prices to continue rising throughout the summer in Arizona and across the country.

[mike435]

I just put gas and it's almost midnight

Mike tu jew hasty dige fekr mikoni hame mesle khodetan :S

what does that sopesed to mean

[donsaeid]

that supose to mean (i think) that you just think about money! and profit and how to earn more

[abadani69]

That's what I excatly mean, thanks for translating Saeid jan

[mike435]

because i said i think i think its bs and lets see how many people will do it

from that you got that i am a jew thinking about profits and how to make more

wow man never knew prejudice can be so blinding

[donsaeid]

no mike! it is called stereotype! and you are one!

[Parinaz_M]

khob hala dava nakonid,
man ke be hame goftam gas nazanan

hala chand nafar goosh kardan khoda midoone

[mike435]

man nasad