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What If We All Participated in an Energy Strike?
RECEIVED Wed., April 2, 2008
Dear Editor,
Recently I saw an Internet news story about the loosely organized trucking strike. The truck drivers had spread the word that they would park their rigs from Tuesday through Friday in an effort to bring down soaring diesel-fuel prices. I applaud those who participated in this.
Why can't the entire country do the same thing? The oil companies are making historic profits on record-high fuel prices simply because they can. As a country, when will we say enough is enough? Do you have any idea what would happen if all trucks parked for a week? How about if every person in the United States refused to drive their vehicle for a week? Better yet, refused to do anything? No work, no shopping, no TV or air conditioning. Everyone just stay at home, shut everything off, and play cards or board games by candlelight.
What if we let the oil and energy companies sit on their product for seven days? We could have two demands:
1) Oil must drop to $35 a barrel;
2) Price at the pump is lowered to below $1.50 a gallon.
The great part is the oil companies would still be making profits in the billions … just not 40 billion a quarter.
Recently I saw an Internet news story about the loosely organized trucking strike. The truck drivers had spread the word that they would park their rigs from Tuesday through Friday in an effort to bring down soaring diesel-fuel prices. I applaud those who participated in this.
Why can't the entire country do the same thing? The oil companies are making historic profits on record-high fuel prices simply because they can. As a country, when will we say enough is enough? Do you have any idea what would happen if all trucks parked for a week? How about if every person in the United States refused to drive their vehicle for a week? Better yet, refused to do anything? No work, no shopping, no TV or air conditioning. Everyone just stay at home, shut everything off, and play cards or board games by candlelight.
What if we let the oil and energy companies sit on their product for seven days? We could have two demands:
1) Oil must drop to $35 a barrel;
2) Price at the pump is lowered to below $1.50 a gallon.
The great part is the oil companies would still be making profits in the billions … just not 40 billion a quarter.
Steven McCloud