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Originally Posted by ken0042
The economic of it work only if a few things happen:
- Almost nobody buys gas that day.
- Those who boycott should make an effort to spread out their purchases.
If the day's sales get spead out for the week before and the week after; it would show up as a 7% increase in sales those days; not really more than a blip. But if for one day no gas is sold anywhere in North America; all of a sudden that single metaforic wrench is thrown into the machinary. No gas stations place orders, no refineries fill orders, and the process ripples down.
If this type of thing really had "no effect" then why did gas prices go up yesterday all over Canada and the US? Jay Leno commented on the gas boycott, and how now gas went up in LA.
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Gas price ALWAYS goes up right before May long. It's the beginning of the 'summer driving season'.