# How to start a gas war **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 2, 2001, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-start-a-gas-war/64074 "2001-05-02T13:37:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2001, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-start-a-gas-war/64074/1 "2001-05-02T13:37:31Z")
A gas station in my neck of the woods dropped its prices last night to 54.1 cents/litre. Saturday night one man was killed by the pumps… apparently as a revenge killing by the Hells Angels. hmmmmm ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2001, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-start-a-gas-war/64074/2 "2001-05-02T14:46:54Z")
OK, I’ll bite. Are you trying to say that this murder had something to do with the price of petrol? Also, could you please say where and when this happened, and link to a news article if available? ---
**Author:** ![Wonko\_The\_Sane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/258eb7/32.png) [@Wonko\_The\_Sane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wonko_The_Sane)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2001, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-start-a-gas-war/64074/3 "2001-05-02T19:18:36Z")
I usually start a gas war by eating a lot of broccoli, beans, cheese, and for full potency, eggs. ---
**Author:** ![Agrippina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8797f3/32.png) [@Agrippina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agrippina)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2001, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-start-a-gas-war/64074/4 "2001-05-02T22:06:28Z")
Where I live it’s $1.69. Yesterday it was $1.58. I weep for the future. ---
**Author:** ![scout1222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@scout1222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scout1222)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2001, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-start-a-gas-war/64074/5 "2001-05-02T23:23:40Z")
Are you kidding me? This morning it was $1.83. I weep that I don’t live in **neptune’s** neck of the woods. To the broccoli, beans, cheese & eggs please add the following: cabbage WOW chips jalapenos ---
**Author:** ![Pstarr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f19dbf/32.png) [@Pstarr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pstarr)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2001, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-start-a-gas-war/64074/6 "2001-05-02T23:49:43Z")
I don’t know, I paid 1.99 at lunch, and that was at the cheap place. You gotta love San Jose. ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2001, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-start-a-gas-war/64074/7 "2001-05-03T00:10:39Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by Barbarian \* > \*\* > Saturday night one man was killed by the pumps…_\* Hell, I just want to know what he did to those pumps. Who cares about the price of gas when there are maniac gas pumps on the prowl? [sub]sorry. I really couldnt’ resist[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2001, 9:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-start-a-gas-war/64074/8 "2001-05-03T09:09:59Z")
Link to a news article? Nah, but here’s a synopsis. Sunday morning in Vancouver a man was shot and killed when he walked out of a gas station. The shooter fled on foot. After a few days the Vancouver Police Dept reveal the dead man is ‘a person of interest’ in the March shooting of a Hells Angel member. That, combined with the victim wearing a bullet-proof vest, makes police think this was a planned hit. 3 days later the gas station-- which has been prominently mentioned in newscasts and newspapers all over town-- drops its prices to 54.1 cents a litre. Gas _was_ about 79 cents. Price drops follow all over Vancouver. Massive line-ups ensue. I pay a whopping $1.48 to fill the tank on my scooter. And I just picture a guy riding a hawg thinking “hey, we should do this more often!” and as for the pumps… I think he just bled on them. 😉