An Effective Way to Boycott High Gas Prices?

I received an email the other day that offered a new plan to force the oil companies to lower their prices. Its so wickedly simple, I wish I had thought of it.

Many of you may have received an email imploring you to boycott the high gas prices by not buying gas on May 15th, which was a bust, not surprisingly as people simply bought gas on some other day and the Big Oil Companies made their money regardless.

This new plan suggests that we boycott all Union 76 gas stations for two weeks starting July 1st until July 15th. Union 76 was picked because of their old marketing slogan "The Spirit of '76", referring of course to the American Revolution and the fact this boycott will occur during the U.S. Independence Day celebration (July 4th), the organizers of this boycott found it fitting.

Will it work? If enough people get involved, it will certainly be interesting to watch what happens. ConocoPhillips, the parent company of Union 76 is huge but if there is enough momentum we might just see a drop in prices.

Feel free to email this post, it might just work. Me, I'm just going to ride my bike those two weeks, that'll show em! Check back often as I'll be watching for the latest developments.