Interesting idea. Now for American Motorist reality.

Rule #1 in the gasoline business, PRICE IS KING! People buy price.

Rule #2 LOCATION LOCATION LOCATION!!! People have ZERO spare time and will buy where convenient.

Here’s the rest of the retail story:

99% of motorists have about a 2 cent conscience. That means they would buy from Saddam and Satan’s Gas and Go if unleaded was 2 cents below their FAVORITE dealer.

Now on the wholesale side:

#1 The petroleum business is global in nature. The big refiners make their billions on their crude production and refining. Their market is the world, what the US doesn’t need, the Chinese and Europeans are happy to soak up.

#2 Net profit off retail sales in America are a rounding error on Big Oil annual statements. Just look at ANY major refiner end of year report. The fact that all the big guys are dumping retail properties in every market (ever notice how many abandoned gas stations there are in urban areas?) means they could care less about the motoring public and the related volume.

#3 Global demand (driven heavily by China) is so high and supply is so tight anyone with either crude or a refinery will be printing money for at least the next decade.

#4 The majority of our electricity in America is powered by petroleum fueled generators. With virtually every home loaded with personal electronics which didn’t even exist 20 years ago AND heated and cooled by a heat pump, electricity demand is growing at an alarming rate. PLUS!! No one wants another nuclear power plant built anywhere. Talk about dumb, let’s see, contribute heavily to global warming while lining the pockets of those you hate and depend more than ever on unstable foreign governments because you don’t THINK nuclear energy is safe? Take note of France, the liberal capital of the universe! Clean dependable STABLE Nuclear power and an awesome mass transit infrastructure. You never hear them whining about the price of gasoline.

The moral of the story. Treat the cause, not the effect.

In summary.

Any intelligent activist should do two things.

#1 Invest heavily in Exxon, Shell, BP, Valero or any other company that controls crude oil or owns a refinery.

#2 If they execute #1 they’ll be so damn rich they won’t care about $4.00 a gallon as they pump it in their new X5!

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