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Title: Gasoline Myths Debunked (from Mar 7, 2011)

Description: Next time a friend sends you an e-mail telling you how to reduce gas prices, think about sending them the facts.

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Please note: This is one of the top five most read articles in the petroleum retailing news category for NACS News in 2011. View the original story here.

ALEXANDRIA, VA - Any time consumers face higher gasoline prices, conspiracy theories and urban legends are sure to follow and proliferate, especially via e-mail.

By now you?ve probably gotten e-mails with copy like this:

"GAS WAR! Join the resistance!!!! I hear we are going to hit close to (fill in the blank) a gallon by the summer. Want gasoline prices to come down? We need to take some intelligent, united action?"

Or maybe it?s this:

?It has been calculated that if everyone in the United States did not purchase a drop of gasoline for one day and all at the same time, the oil companies would choke on their stockpiles??

Or this:

?It turns out that some oil companies import a lot of middle eastern (sic) oil and others do not import any. I thought it might be interesting for Americans to know which oil companies are the best to buy their gas from."

NACS has developed a fact sheet that debunks these and other gas-related myths. So, the next time a friend tries to be helpful in sharing ideas about gas prices, you may want to share this link.

And, if you receive e-mails with other myths, please forward them to NACS Vice President of Communications Jeff Lenard at jlenard@nacsonline.com and we?ll debunk them, too.

Content Subject: Petroleum Retailing

Formatted Article Date: December 27, 2011

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