Tuesday, May 2. 2006
The Egg Analogy
I was forwarded another email with another dumb idea - that somehow if we buy only half the gas we usually do each time it will "back up" the system and cause prices to fall.
I actually didn't find it on snopes (I submitted it), but it is on BreakTheChain.org and other places. I won't repeat it here, but the email goes into this long explanation on how a farmer caused eggs to come down in price by buying 2 eggs a day instead of a dozen a week.
This one is dumber than most, simply because of the obvious fact - if you buy only half the gas, you'll have to make twice as many trips to the gas station. Unless, of course, you also cut your driving in half! Since most people spend money on coffee, gum and snacks while they're filling their cars, the gas stations would LOVE it if you made twice as many trips.
The only way to make prices fall is to use less gas.
Or get the Republican Oil Machine out of office.
I actually didn't find it on snopes (I submitted it), but it is on BreakTheChain.org and other places. I won't repeat it here, but the email goes into this long explanation on how a farmer caused eggs to come down in price by buying 2 eggs a day instead of a dozen a week.
This one is dumber than most, simply because of the obvious fact - if you buy only half the gas, you'll have to make twice as many trips to the gas station. Unless, of course, you also cut your driving in half! Since most people spend money on coffee, gum and snacks while they're filling their cars, the gas stations would LOVE it if you made twice as many trips.
The only way to make prices fall is to use less gas.
Or get the Republican Oil Machine out of office.
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