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Internet Fuels Protest * USA - Against rising gas costs
Some of the nation's drivers are trying to fight fast-rising gasoline prices by staging an Internet-driven "gas out" on May 15
Marion,OH,USA -The Marion Star (Marion,OH)/The Detroit Free Press, by ALEJANDRO BODIPO-MEMBA -14 May 2007: -- The average price of gasoline nationwide topped $3 per gallon on Friday; the nation's refineries have been experiencing production problems in recent weeks... An Internet chain letter dated April 30 has been circulating around e-mail systems across the country urging drivers to avoid pumping gas on Tuesday. The unsigned letter suggests that a one-day "gas out" could result in siphoning off nearly $3 billion from oil company profits... A New Bloomington, Ohio, woman, Diana Gibson, said the boycott is an opportunity for individuals to be heard by oil companies, rather than only to complain about gas prices to each other...
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