Don't we all get emails like this all the time, there is a difference with this one ... it came to me with a disclaimer from a person that I know personally, a politician:

 THIS IS NOT THE 'DON'T BUY' GAS FOR ONE DAY, BUT IT WILL
 SHOW YOU HOW WE CAN GET GAS BACK DOWN TO $1.30 PER GALLON.
 
This was sent by a retired Coca Cola executive. It came from
 one of his engineer buddies who retired from Halliburton. If you are
 tired of the gas prices going up AND they will continue to rise this
 summer, take time to read this please.
 
Phillip Hollsworth offered this good idea.
 This makes MUCH MORE SENSE than the "don't buy gas on a certain
 day" campaign that was going around last April or May!
 It's worth your consideration. Join the resistance!!!!
 
I hear we are going to hit close to $ 4.00 a gallon by next
 summer and it might go higher!! Want gasoline prices to come down?
 
We need to take some intelligent, united action. The oil
 companies just laughed at that because they knew we wouldn't continue to
 "hurt" ourselves by refusing to buy gas.
 
It was more of an inconvenience to us than it was a problem for
 them.
 BUT, whoever thought of this idea, has come up with a plan that
 can Really work. Please read on and join with us!
 
By now you're probably thinking gasoline priced at about $2.00
 is super cheap. Me too! It is currently $2.98 for regular unleaded in
 my town.
 
Now that the oil companies and the OPEC nations have conditioned
 us to think that the cost of a gallon of gas is CHEAP at $1.50 - $1.75,
 we need to take aggressive action to teach them that BUYERS control the
 marketplace...not sellers.
 
With the price of gasoline going up more each day, we consumers
 need to take action.
 
The only way we are going to see the price of gas come down is
 if we hit s omeone in the pocketbook by not purchasing their gas! And,
 we can do that WITHOUT hurting ourselves.
 
How? Since we all rely on our cars, we can't just stop buying
 gas.
 
But we CAN have an impact on gas prices if we all act together
 to force a price war.
 
Here's the idea: For the rest of this year, DON'T purchase ANY
 gasoline from the two biggest companies (which now are one), EXXON and
 MOBIL.
 
If they are not selling any gas, they will be inclined to reduce
 their prices. If they reduce their prices, the other companies will
 have to follow suit.
 
But to have an impact, we need to reach literally millions of
 Exxon and Mobil gas buyers. It's really simple to do! Now, don't wimp
 out on me at this point...keep reading and I'll explain how simple it is
 to reach millions of people!!
 
I am sending this note to 30 people. If each of us send it to
 at least ten more (30 x 10 = 300) .. and those 300 send it to at least
 ten more (300 x 10 = 3,000)...and so on, by the time the message reaches
 the sixth group of people, we will have reached over THREE MILLION
 consumers.
 If those three million get excited and pass this on to ten
 friends each, then 30 million people will have been contacted!
 
If it goes one level further, you guessed it..... THREE HUNDRED
 MILLION PEOPLE!!!
 
Again, all you have to do is send this to 10 people. That's
 all!
 
(If you don't understand how we can reach 300 million and all
 you have to do is send this t o 10 people.... Well, let's face it, you
 just aren't a mathematician. But I am . so trust me on this one.
 
How long would all that take? If each of us sends this e-mail
 out to ten more people within one day of receipt, all 300 MILLION people
 could conceivably be contacted within the next 8 days!!!
 
I'll bet you didn't think you and I had that much potential, did
 you !
 Acting together we can make a difference.
 
If this makes sense to you, please pass this message on. I
 suggest that we not buy from EXXON/MOBIL UNTIL THEY LOWER THEIR PRICES
 TO THE $2.00 RANGE AND KEEP THEM DOWN. THIS CAN REALLY WORK.