Look, I'm damn tired of receiving email and text messages saying <fill in the blank> day is a day to boycott gas! This "tactic" will not work because gas is something many of us HAVE to buy because it is an essential product.
Let's say a gas boycott is set for day X. One or two days before day X, gas stations are likely to raise prices because they know that people are stocking up before the so-called boycott. Then, on day X, gas stations are likely to lower prices enough to get people to "break the boycott" because the price is, temporarily, too good to pass up. Then for about 2 days after day X, gas prices go back up to the point they were the 2 days before the boycott because people who were silly enough to take part in the "boycott," have to re-fuel. So, chances are, you are going to pay MORE to boycott!
SO STOP SENDING ME THE CHAIN EMAIL AND TEXT MESSAGES!
Thank you.
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