Friday, Mar. 25, 2022
Is there a national boycott of gasoline on April 15, 2022, to emulate a successful protest from April 1997?
A social media post claiming a national gasoline boycott is a recycled post with a new date slapped on it. It has circulated in various iterations online since at least 2004. Except for the date, the wording is unchanged, including a reference to April 15, 2011, as though it were a future date.
Additionally, several publications have explained why a one-day national boycott of gas would not significantly lower gas prices: drivers would still need gas afterwards, so overall demand would remain unchanged.
The information included in the post also does not appear to be reliable. Data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration shows that during each week of April 1997, there was no drastic drop in national average retail gas prices for gas overall, or specifically for regular, midgrade or premium.
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