Someone please explain to me how the oil companies have any control over the price of oil. Take your time
If you really want to use consumer pressure to lower gas prices you need a “divide and conquer strategy”
You pick just one major company, doesn’t matter which one, and you boycott them permanently until they lower their prices to a pre declared target.
So suppose the entire nation boycotted Texaco, or Exxon for example, that company would see their revenues dry up with no foreseeable end to the problem since the consumer would not be inconvenienced in any way as they would continue to buy gas elsewhere whenever they wanted.
THEN you might be able to precipitate a price war that lowers prices as the boycotted company made price cuts to attract business and the other companies responded.
About as useful as turning off 5% of the lights in Sidney for an hour on Earth Day.
Not sure if filling up with gas only on Thursdays will help or not!
But here’s something that WILL reduce your personal demand for gasoline: fill up your gas tank with WATER. It doesn’t matter what day you do it, it’ll really lower your gas bill for awhile while your car is being fixed.
On second thought, you might want to do it on Saturday, so you can walk down and buy a bicycle to get to work on Monday. (you do work, don’t you?)
I only buy gas on Saturdays. The oil companies fear me.
You mean this to punish “gigantic” Exxon-Mobil, the FOURTEENTH largest oil company (or country) in the world? I suggest that you forego buying gas yourself on that day, and spend it instead learning the principles of economics, the structure of the market in which these companies operate, and the effects of competing with an international cartel that would be illegal here - but controls two thirds of the market.
You should send a message to the air companies by holding your breath all day Thursday.