I don't know about that Jim. The snopes dismissal sounds a lot like it
came from EXXON's PR dept.  I don't know where you live but around here
"supply and Demand" dictates that the price of gas rises as much as 20
cents a gallon on the wed before every long weekend. That sure looks to
me like " there will be a lot of people who want to go away this
weekend so let's jack up the price and gouge them. They won't be able
to wait until Tuesday so lets sock it to them". In other words, the
price of gas is an artificially manipulated monopoly.  (or Di-opoly--
EXXON-Mobil, Texaco-Chevron).  Yes there is some cross selling and yes
the majors supply the independents but there are a lot of "house"
distributors and Franchises for the majors who would not be selling
much gas if this thing took off.
Better yet,in addition to a boycott, fill up on monday or tuesday and
drive less. Better for you, your wallet and the environment.
On Wednesday, February 25, 2004, at 11:30  AM, Automatic digest
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> Date:    Wed, 25 Feb 2004 10:29:11 -0800
> From:    Jim Heissenbuttel <jim@HEISSENBUTTEL.COM>
> Subject: Re: gas prices..  and what they'll be this summer
>
> People, people. Please do not buy into this! Before perpetuating myths
> like this, do a little research first!
>
> A simple check of the Snopes urban legends site
> (http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/petition/gasout.htm) reveals that this
> is PATENTLY FALSE.
>
> Besides this fact, EXXON and MOBIL merged a few years back and are the
> SAME company. This should tip you off to the fact that this is complete
> propaganda.
>
> jh