# Fuel Strike **URL:** \ **Category:** PittSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [May 2, 2008, 8:21am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fuel-strike/197222 "2008-05-02T08:21:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 18
**Author:** ![paNX2K\_SE-R](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/dfb087/32.png) [@paNX2K\_SE-R](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/paNX2K_SE-R)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2008, 4:45am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fuel-strike/197222/18 "2008-05-03T04:45:11Z")
> [@Taking payments on a car](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/taking-payments-on-a-car/36226/13): > > 1 day boycotts don’t do anything. > > The only effective gas boycott would be to walk/ride a bicycle everywhere, but lazy Americans doing that in large numbers will never happen. I think this is mostly because everyone would like to pay less for gas, but most people realize that if they go to some great trouble/expense to avoid using gas, and the drug-dealing faggot in his Escalade just keeps burning it, if and when prices may drop, he’ll reap the benefit, and they’ll be the one sweating their ass off on foot/bicycle. Americans are too selfish for this to work, and it’s probably not just Americans, it’s humans in general. > > It is my estimation that the only thing that will make people slow their use of gas will be ridiculous prices, and we’re well on our way. ^^^ This man speaks the truth. ^^^ --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fuel-strike/197222)._