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You know that local gas station with the big Mobile sign in front. Have you checked to see who actually owns that station? When I was doing consulting for Mobile over 80% of the gas stations were franchised. Most of the franchise owners owned less then 3 statiosn and many of them had 1.
Exxon and Mobile own oil wells. If they don't sell oil to the franchisers then they'll sell it to other oil companies. Guess what. Another oil company will buy the oil that comes from an Exxon tanker, convert it to gasoline and then you're still going to buy it.
All you will do in put your local business man and all the people that he employs out of work and it will have little impact on Exxon and Mobile corporation. You'll put a few locals out of work and Middle Eastern oil moguls will never notice a thing.
I'm sure that you've researched this before sending out this email and posting it on this board.
The only way to crub oil prices long term is by curbing the demand for it and by helping the countries that depend on oil money expand thier economies in other areas.
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