Reply #80: So all the government agencies are going to boycott Exxon? [View All]

All the industrial users too? How do you propose getting them involved? The consumer market for gasoline is only a small part of the pie for Exxon or any other gas company. They could, and would, absorb the brunt of a boycott, and even if it had an impact, they know they could turn it around by simply charging a nickel less than the other guy. Is all of this work supposed to drop the prices a nickel? Because that's the most that will happen. Your argument that we will have a real impact on gas prices is simply not valid. Oil companiesare not grocery stores. they are heavily diversified, and if they need to shift efforts to stay in business they will do so. What you are talking about is like trying to drop prices for all food by boycotting the sale of tomatoes at one grocery store.

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