More gas

So today I got this email forwarded to me:

I hear we are going to hit close to $3.00 a gallon by the summer. Want
>gasoline prices to come down? We need to take some intelligent, united
>action.
>
>This makes MUCH MORE SENSE than the "don't buy gas on a certain day"
>campaign that was going around last April or May!
>
>The oil companies just laughed at that because they knew we wouldn't
>continue to "hurt" ourselves by refusing to buy gas. It was more of an
>inconvenience to us than it was a problem for them. BUT, whoever
>thought of this idea, has come up with a plan that can really work.
>
>Please read it and join with us!
>
>By now you're probably thinking gasoline priced at about $1.50 is super
>cheap. Me too! It is currently $2.75 for regular unleaded in my town.
>
>Now that the oil companies and the OPEC nations have conditioned us to
>think that the cost of a gallon of gas is CHEAP at $1.50-$1.75, we need
>to take aggressive action to teach them that BUYERS control the
>marketplace.... not sellers.
>
>With the price of gasoline going up more each day, we consumers need to
>take action. The only way we are going to see the price of gas come
>down is if we hit someone in the pocketbook by not purchasing their
>gas!
>
>And we can do that WITHOUT hurting ourselves.
>
>How? Since we all rely on our cars, we can't just stop buying gas. But
>we CAN have an impact on gas prices if we all act together to force a
>price war.
>
>Here's the idea:
>
>For the rest of this year, DON"T purchase ANY gasoline from the two
>biggest companies (which now are one), EXXON and MOBIL. If they are not
>selling any gas, they will be inclined to reduce their prices. If they
>reduce their prices, the other companies will have to follow suit.
>
>But to have an impact, we need to reach literally millions of Exxon and
>Mobil gas buyers. It's really simple to do!! Now, don't whimp (sic) out
>on me at this point.. keep reading and I'll explain how simple it is to
>reach millions of people!!
>
>I am sending this note to about thirty people. If each of you send it
>to at least ten more (30 x 10 = 300)... and those 300 send it to at
>least ten more (300 x 10 = 3,000) ... and so on, by the time the
>message reaches the sixth generation of people, we will have reached
>over THREE MILLION consumers!
>
>If those three million get excited and pass this on to ten friends
>each, then 30 million people will have been contacted! If it goes one
>level further, you guessed it...... THREE HUNDRED MILLION PEOPLE!!!
>Again, all you have to do is send this to 10 people and DON"T purchase
>ANY gasoline from EXXON and MOBIL. That's all.
>
>How long would all that take? If each of us sends this email out to ten
>more people within one day of receipt, all 300 MILLION people could
>conceivably be contacted within the next 8 days!!! I'll bet you didn't
>think you and I had that much potential, did you! Acting together we
>can make a difference.

See mergenow's clear picture of why this won't work below. Doesn't this person realize that adding demand to other suppliers really won't change a damn thing?