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Last week, I posted an op-ed piece explaining what I believe to be a major contributing factor to the high cost of gasoline. My opinion was in response to an internet email campaign circulating the net titled “don’t buy gas on May 19.” The motive of the one-day boycott was to punish the oil industry for gouging prices to maximize profits, as some believe. Respondents provided mixed reviews of the article. A clear majority agreed with my assessment. Others expressed disbelief, and in some cases, disdain. One respondent concluded that I must be employed within the oil industry, and reasoned...

The outrage over high gasoline prices continues. This is indicative of an oil industry boycott that was encouraged through email solicitations, recently. Like myself, you may have received one or two, asking you to not buy gas on May 19. In short, the motive served no other purpose but to protest what many believe to be a deliberate attempt by oil companies to gouge prices to increase profits. The few who did participate in the boycott, did so for no other purpose but to hit oil companies where it hurts - the wallet. I wonder if the participants considered the...