Buy Gasoline like eggs....

tommykat · 04-20-2006, 09:07 PM

Buy Gasoline like eggs

A man eats two eggs each morning for breakfast. When he goes to the grocery store he pays 60 cents a dozen. Since a dozen eggs won't last a week he normally buys two doze at a time.

One day while buying eggs he notices that the price has risen to 72 cents. The next time he buys groceries, eggs are .76 cents a dozen. When asked to explain the price of eggs the store owner says, "the price has gone up and I have to raise my price accordingly."

This store buys 100 dozen eggs a day. I checked around for a better price and all the distributors have raised their prices. The distributors have begun to buy from the huge egg farms. The small egg farms have been driven out of business.

The huge egg farms sell 100,000 dozen eggs a day to distributors. With no competition, they can set the price as they see fit. The distributors then have to raise their prices to the grocery stores. And on and on and on. As the man kept buying eggs the price kept going up. He saw the big egg trucks delivering 100 dozen eggs each day. Nothing changed there.

He checked out the huge egg farms and found they were selling 100,000 dozen eggs to the distributors daily. Nothing had changed but the price of eggs. Then week before Thanksgiving the price of eggs shot up to $1.00 a dozen. Again he asked the grocery owner why and was told, "cakes and baking for the holiday." The huge egg farmers know there will be a lot of baking going on and more eggs will be used. Hence, the price of eggs goes up. Expect the same thing at Christmas and other times when family cooking, baking, etc happen.

This pattern continues until the price of eggs is 2.00 a dozen. The man says "there must be something we can do about the price of eggs." He starts talking to all the people in his town and they decide to stop buying eggs. This didn't work because everyone needed eggs. Finally, the man suggested only buying what you need. He ate 2 eggs a day. On the way home from work he would stop at the grocery and buy two eggs. Everyone in town started buying 2 or 3 eggs a day.

The grocery store owner began complaining that he had too many eggs in his cooler. He told the distributor that he didn't need any eggs. Maybe wouldn't need any all week.

The distributor had eggs piling up at his warehouse. He told the huge egg farms that he didn't have any room for eggs and would not need any for at least two weeks. At the egg farm, the chickens just kept on laying eggs.

To relieve the pressure, the huge egg farm told the distributor that they could buy the eggs at a lower price. The distributor said, " I don't have the room for the %$&^*&% eggs even if they were free."

The distributor told the grocery store owner that he would lower the price of the eggs if the store would start buying again. The grocery store owner said, "I don't have room for more eggs. The customers are only buying 2 or 3 eggs at a time." "Now if you were to drop the price of eggs back down to the original price, the customers would start buying by the dozen again."

The distributors sent that proposal to the huge egg farmers. They liked the price they were getting for their eggs but, them chickens just kept on laying.

Finally, the egg farmers lowered the price of their eggs. But only a few cents. The customers still bought 2 or 3 eggs at a time. They said, "When the price of eggs gets down to where it was before, we will start buying by the dozen."

Slowly the price of eggs started dropping. The distributors had to slash their prices to make room for the eggs coming from the egg farmers. The egg farmers cut their prices because the distributors wouldn't buy at a higher price than they were selling eggs for.

Anyway, they had full warehouses and wouldn't need eggs for quite a while. And them chickens kept on laying.

Eventually, the egg farmers cut their prices because they were throwing away eggs they couldn't sell. The distributors started buying again because the eggs were priced to where the stores could afford to sell them at the lower price. And the customers starting buying by the dozen again.

Now, transpose this analogy to the gasoline industry. What if everyone only bought $10.00 worth of gas each time they pulled to the pump. The dealers tanks would stay semi full all the time. The dealers wouldn't have room for the gas coming from the huge tank farms. The tank farms wouldn't have room for the gas coming from the refining plants. And the refining plants wouldn't have room for the oil being off loaded from the huge tankers coming from the Middle East.

Just $10.00 each time you buy gas. Don't fill it up. You may have to stop for gas twice a week but, the price should come down. Think about it.

As an added note...When I buy $10.00 worth of gas, that leaves my tank a little under half full. The way prices are jumping around, you can buy gas for $2.65 a gallon and then the next morning it can be $2.15. If you have your tank full of $2.65 gas you don't have room for the $2.15 gas. You might not understand the economics of only buying two eggs at a time but, you can't buy cheaper gas if your tank is full of the high priced stuff.

Also, don't buy anything else at the gas station, no cigarettes, no bread, milk or chewing gum, don't give them any more of your hard earned money than what you spend on gas, until the prices come down.. Oh, some folks may not see this message. Can you afford to print 10 at a time and pass them out where you buy gas? If you can afford more, you may think of putting them on windshields at the mall.

Makes sense to me, how about you? Everyone should read this and send it on! Then when it works, you can say "hey, I helped bring the price back down!"

RON GRIEP

A thought at least.

Simplex3 · 04-20-2006, 09:15 PM

Yeah, nothing has changed in oil. Oh, except one little thing:

Increased demand in India and China with no increase in supply.

The only, and I mean ONLY, ways we can reduce the price are:

1. Stop using as much, or in other words, DECREASE DEMAND.

2. Drill for more, or in other words, INCREASE SUPPLY.

I wish this was rocket science. At least then I could explain away why our entire country is having such a huge problem figuring this out.

**Dunit35** · 04-20-2006, 09:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Simplex3

Yeah, nothing has changed in oil. Oh, except one little thing:

Increased demand in India and China with no increase in supply.

The only, and I mean ONLY, ways we can reduce the price are:

1. Stop using as much, or in other words, DECREASE DEMAND.

2. Drill for more, or in other words, INCREASE SUPPLY.

I wish this was rocket science. At least then I could explain away why our entire country is having such a huge problem figuring this out.

Yep, I was watching a show about it earlier and they said the exact same thing you did. Stop using so much and the price will go down.

mcan · 04-20-2006, 09:33 PM

This is ludicrous...

It's the same logic as telling your kid to drink half a glass of milk twice a day instead of a whole glass of milk once a day, and convincing them that they are drinking less milk...

The oil companies don't care how SLOWLY you fill your tank, if you're driving the same amount. In fact, filling up your car slower insures that you will be paying the highest possible prices all the time. When the price goes up, you go the pump and fill up HALF your tank. Then the price goes up again, and you fill up the rest...

Here's a thought. CAR POOL. GET A BIKE. WALK. BUY A CAR THAT GETS BETTER MILEAGE.

Simplex3 · 04-20-2006, 09:36 PM

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Originally Posted by mcan

Here's a thought. CAR POOL. GET A BIKE. WALK. BUY A CAR THAT GETS BETTER MILEAGE.

Let's make sure we keep the message focused to a sound bite to help the average American. This should be boiled down to:

Decrease demand.

**Bugeater** · 04-20-2006, 09:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Simplex3

Let's make sure we keep the message focused to a sound bite to help the average American. This should be boiled down to:

Decrease demand.

Those are still complicated words with a lot of letters.

**007** · 04-20-2006, 09:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Simplex3

Let's make sure we keep the message focused to a sound bite to help the average American. This should be boiled down to:

Decrease demand.

What is the damn love affair with gas guzzling SUVs anyway.

ct · 04-21-2006, 10:43 AM

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Originally Posted by mcan

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Here's a thought. CAR POOL. GET A BIKE. WALK. BUY A CAR THAT GETS BETTER MILEAGE.

The only current solution!! For those that can afford it, go electric, ALL electric.

For me it would make sense. I sold my old Honda Accord, which still got me 23-25 MPG, about a year ago. The interior and electronics were freaking out, but the engine was still solid.

My wife drives a minivan, Pontiac Montana, gets 21 MPG or so. That is the primary family vehicle. I have 3 kids, 1 still in a carseat, and sometimes do need to carry all of them with me, plus the Mrs. as well, so a sedan wasn't a great option, though it was an option. So I went with the mid-size SUV, a Chevy S-10 Blazer, which gets me about 17-18 MPG. I often have to carry stuff around that doesn't fit in a sedan's trunk, so this was equally important in the small SUV or 4-door sedan choice.

I certainly could change our habits with the family trips, and only use the mini-van for all of us. Also, the oldest is nearing 16, and will be driving himself often. So if I switch to a small all electric for myself to and from work, or occasional trips with 4-5 of us, this could work great. I would have plenty of time to plug-in and recharge, so it's not terribly inconvenient for me.

I am seriously considering this, have been since last summer. Cost, however, is a problem. So for now, I'm gonna start biking to/from work at least half the time, and leave the car in the garage. I almost did this last summer, then the prices started coming back down. Sadly, carpool b/n me and the wife is not possible, our schedules do not align to make this possible.

Hydrae · 04-20-2006, 09:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Simplex3

I wish this was rocket science. At least then I could explain away why our entire country is having such a huge problem figuring this out.

You mean the same country that reelected an idiot to the White House?

Simplex3 · 04-20-2006, 09:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Hydrae

You mean the same country that reelected an idiot to the White House?

It was that or the pu**y liar. Preceeded by the adulterous liar, preceeded by the dimwit father of the dimwit. Not to mention the freaks, race-baiters, Klan members, drunken killers, and other assorted jackasses in Congress. For a super-power we sure do elect a ton of f**kups. I can tell you with certainty that govt. is not what makes this country great.

**Skip Towne** · 04-20-2006, 10:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Simplex3

It was that or the pu**y liar. Preceeded by the adulterous liar, preceeded by the dimwit father of the dimwit. Not to mention the freaks, race-baiters, Klan members, drunken killers, and other assorted jackasses in Congress. For a super-power we sure do elect a ton of f**kups. I can tell you with certainty that govt. is not what makes this country great.

Yeah, all that and we are still the most powerful country on earth. We could widen the gap between us and second place if we could get the drunks, dimwits and liars out of government. But when it takes millions of dollars to get elected President for the 400,000 per year (or whatever it pays now) you ain't gonna get somebody honest. You're gonna get somebody's stooge. That's why I quit voting 20 years ago. I used to believe in this system just like these young Planet members do. Now I just laugh at them as we spirit them off to DC. I will guarantee you they will be even more jaded than I am when they reach my age of 61.

Simplex3 · 04-20-2006, 10:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Skip Towne

Yeah, all that and we are still the most powerful country on earth. We could widen the gap between us and second place if we could get the drunks, dimwits and liars out of government. But when it takes millions of dollars to get elected President for the 400,000 per year (or whatever it pays now) you ain't gonna get somebody honest. You're gonna get somebody's stooge. That's why I quit voting 20 years ago. I used to believe in this system just like these young Planet members do. Now I just laugh at them as we spirit them off to DC. I will guarantee you they will be even more jaded than I am when they reach my age of 61.

Hehe. I vote Libertarian, knowing full well it won't amout to s**t, just because it's the only way I can participate without personally adding to the fuqtardiness.

**007** · 04-20-2006, 10:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Skip Towne

Yeah, all that and we are still the most powerful country on earth. We could widen the gap between us and second place if we could get the drunks, dimwits and liars out of government. But when it takes millions of dollars to get elected President for the 400,000 per year (or whatever it pays now) you ain't gonna get somebody honest. You're gonna get somebody's stooge. That's why I quit voting 20 years ago. I used to believe in this system just like these young Planet members do. Now I just laugh at them as we spirit them off to DC. I will guarantee you they will be even more jaded than I am when they reach my age of 61.

I'm 36 and really wonder why I bother voting anymore. We haven't had anyone worth voting for since I became of voting age.

**Bearcat** · 04-20-2006, 10:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Simplex3

The only, and I mean ONLY, ways we can reduce the price are:

1. Stop using as much, or in other words, DECREASE DEMAND.

2. Drill for more, or in other words, INCREASE SUPPLY.

I wish this was rocket science. At least then I could explain away why our entire country is having such a huge problem figuring this out.

So what you're saying is that me filling half my tank twice a week instead of all the way once a week isn't going to bring the oil industry to its knees?

Can you put this in picture or something, because I'm having problems grasping this concept.

Simplex3 · 04-20-2006, 10:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Bearcat

So what you're saying is that me filling half my tank twice a week instead of all the way once a week isn't going to bring the oil industry to its knees?

Can you put this in picture or something, because I'm having problems grasping this concept.

See post #18.

04-20-2006, 09:07 PM	Topic Starter
tommykat zzzz Kats always Join Date: Mar 2001 Casino cash: $9994925	Buy Gasoline like eggs.... Buy Gasoline like eggs A man eats two eggs each morning for breakfast. When he goes to the grocery store he pays 60 cents a dozen. Since a dozen eggs won't last a week he normally buys two doze at a time. One day while buying eggs he notices that the price has risen to 72 cents. The next time he buys groceries, eggs are .76 cents a dozen. When asked to explain the price of eggs the store owner says, "the price has gone up and I have to raise my price accordingly." This store buys 100 dozen eggs a day. I checked around for a better price and all the distributors have raised their prices. The distributors have begun to buy from the huge egg farms. The small egg farms have been driven out of business. The huge egg farms sell 100,000 dozen eggs a day to distributors. With no competition, they can set the price as they see fit. The distributors then have to raise their prices to the grocery stores. And on and on and on. As the man kept buying eggs the price kept going up. He saw the big egg trucks delivering 100 dozen eggs each day. Nothing changed there. He checked out the huge egg farms and found they were selling 100,000 dozen eggs to the distributors daily. Nothing had changed but the price of eggs. Then week before Thanksgiving the price of eggs shot up to $1.00 a dozen. Again he asked the grocery owner why and was told, "cakes and baking for the holiday." The huge egg farmers know there will be a lot of baking going on and more eggs will be used. Hence, the price of eggs goes up. Expect the same thing at Christmas and other times when family cooking, baking, etc happen. This pattern continues until the price of eggs is 2.00 a dozen. The man says "there must be something we can do about the price of eggs." He starts talking to all the people in his town and they decide to stop buying eggs. This didn't work because everyone needed eggs. Finally, the man suggested only buying what you need. He ate 2 eggs a day. On the way home from work he would stop at the grocery and buy two eggs. Everyone in town started buying 2 or 3 eggs a day. The grocery store owner began complaining that he had too many eggs in his cooler. He told the distributor that he didn't need any eggs. Maybe wouldn't need any all week. The distributor had eggs piling up at his warehouse. He told the huge egg farms that he didn't have any room for eggs and would not need any for at least two weeks. At the egg farm, the chickens just kept on laying eggs. To relieve the pressure, the huge egg farm told the distributor that they could buy the eggs at a lower price. The distributor said, " I don't have the room for the %$&^&% eggs even if they were free." The distributor told the grocery store owner that he would lower the price of the eggs if the store would start buying again. The grocery store owner said, "I don't have room for more eggs. The customers are only buying 2 or 3 eggs at a time." "Now if you were to drop the price of eggs back down to the original price, the customers would start buying by the dozen again." The distributors sent that proposal to the huge egg farmers. They liked the price they were getting for their eggs but, them chickens just kept on laying.* Finally, the egg farmers lowered the price of their eggs. But only a few cents. The customers still bought 2 or 3 eggs at a time. They said, "When the price of eggs gets down to where it was before, we will start buying by the dozen." Slowly the price of eggs started dropping. The distributors had to slash their prices to make room for the eggs coming from the egg farmers. The egg farmers cut their prices because the distributors wouldn't buy at a higher price than they were selling eggs for. Anyway, they had full warehouses and wouldn't need eggs for quite a while. And them chickens kept on laying. Eventually, the egg farmers cut their prices because they were throwing away eggs they couldn't sell. The distributors started buying again because the eggs were priced to where the stores could afford to sell them at the lower price. And the customers starting buying by the dozen again. Now, transpose this analogy to the gasoline industry. What if everyone only bought $10.00 worth of gas each time they pulled to the pump. The dealers tanks would stay semi full all the time. The dealers wouldn't have room for the gas coming from the huge tank farms. The tank farms wouldn't have room for the gas coming from the refining plants. And the refining plants wouldn't have room for the oil being off loaded from the huge tankers coming from the Middle East. Just $10.00 each time you buy gas. Don't fill it up. You may have to stop for gas twice a week but, the price should come down. Think about it. As an added note...When I buy $10.00 worth of gas, that leaves my tank a little under half full. The way prices are jumping around, you can buy gas for $2.65 a gallon and then the next morning it can be $2.15. If you have your tank full of $2.65 gas you don't have room for the $2.15 gas. You might not understand the economics of only buying two eggs at a time but, you can't buy cheaper gas if your tank is full of the high priced stuff. Also, don't buy anything else at the gas station, no cigarettes, no bread, milk or chewing gum, don't give them any more of your hard earned money than what you spend on gas, until the prices come down.. Oh, some folks may not see this message. Can you afford to print 10 at a time and pass them out where you buy gas? If you can afford more, you may think of putting them on windshields at the mall. Makes sense to me, how about you? Everyone should read this and send it on! Then when it works, you can say "hey, I helped bring the price back down!" RON GRIEP A thought at least.
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04-20-2006, 09:15 PM	#2
Simplex3 MVP Join Date: Sep 2003 Casino cash: $10004900	Yeah, nothing has changed in oil. Oh, except one little thing: Increased demand in India and China with no increase in supply. The only, and I mean ONLY, ways we can reduce the price are: 1. Stop using as much, or in other words, DECREASE DEMAND. 2. Drill for more, or in other words, INCREASE SUPPLY. I wish this was rocket science. At least then I could explain away why our entire country is having such a huge problem figuring this out.
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04-20-2006, 09:33 PM	#4
mcan Apr 13,1949 – Dec 15, 2011 Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Kansas City, MO Casino cash: $9996085	This is ludicrous... It's the same logic as telling your kid to drink half a glass of milk twice a day instead of a whole glass of milk once a day, and convincing them that they are drinking less milk... The oil companies don't care how SLOWLY you fill your tank, if you're driving the same amount. In fact, filling up your car slower insures that you will be paying the highest possible prices all the time. When the price goes up, you go the pump and fill up HALF your tank. Then the price goes up again, and you fill up the rest... Here's a thought. CAR POOL. GET A BIKE. WALK. BUY A CAR THAT GETS BETTER MILEAGE.
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