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Boycotting a couple of gasoline brands (Mobil and Exxon) will bring overall gas prices down.
Participating in a 1- or 3-day "gas out" on May 15 2007 will help bring the retail price of gasoline down.
Spurning gasoline from Shell, Chevron, Texaco, Exxon, and Mobil will cut off the funding of terrorists.
Signing a petition to President Bush will help lower gasoline prices.
Hess Oil does not buy product from Middle Eastern countries because it is "owned by a Jewish family."
Various rumors about the effect of Hurricane Katrina on gasoline supplies and prices.
Consumers' buying only a few gallons of gas at a time will bring down the price of gasoline.
E-mail urges boycotting Citgo brand gasoline over remarks by Venezuela president Hugo Chávez.
E-mail from tugboat sailor claims thousands of barges have been left loaded with unsold fuel in order to create shortages and drive up the price of gasoline.
Truckers are poised to strike over rising fuel prices.
E-mail reports account of customer being cheated by a malfunctioning gas pump.
All the crude oil produced in Alaska is sold and shipped to Japan.
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