Discussion
READ THIS....
I know everyone hates SPAM, but just read on, this is about PETROL
PRICES
Join the resistance!!!!
I hear we are going to hit close to 89p a litre by the summer.
Want petrol prices to come down? We need to take some intelligent,
united action.
Phillip Hollsworth, in the USA, offered this good idea:
This makes MUCH MORE SENSE than the "don't buy petrol 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 petrol. 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 petrol priced at about 77p a litre is
super
cheap. Me too! It is currently 79p - 83p for regular unleaded in some
towns.
Now that the oil companies and the OPEC nations have conditioned
us to think that the cost of a litre is CHEAP at 77p -80p, we need to
take
aggressive action to teach them that BUYERS control the
marketplace.... not sellers. With the price of petrol going up more each
day,
we consumers need to take action. The only way we are going to see
the price of petrol come down is if we hit someone in the pocket by
not purchasing their Petrol! And we can do that WITHOUT hurting
ourselves.
How?
Since we all rely on our cars, we can't just stop buying petrol.
But we CAN have an impact on petrol 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 petrol from the two
biggest oil companies (which now are one), ESSO
and BP. If they are not selling any petrol, 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 Esso and BP petrol buyers. It's
really simple to do!! Now, don't whimp 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. That's all. (If you
don't
understand how we can reach 300 million and all you have to do is send
this
to 10 people.... well, let's face it, you just aren't a mathematician.
But I am... so trust me on this one.)
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. If this makes sense to you, please pass this message on.
PLEASE HOLD OUT UNTIL THEY LOWER THEIR PRICES TO THE 69p a LITRE RANGE
AND KEEP THEM DOWN. THIS CAN REALLY WORK.
I know everyone hates SPAM, but just read on, this is about PETROL
PRICES
Join the resistance!!!!
I hear we are going to hit close to 89p a litre by the summer.
Want petrol prices to come down? We need to take some intelligent,
united action.
Phillip Hollsworth, in the USA, offered this good idea:
This makes MUCH MORE SENSE than the "don't buy petrol 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 petrol. 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 petrol priced at about 77p a litre is
super
cheap. Me too! It is currently 79p - 83p for regular unleaded in some
towns.
Now that the oil companies and the OPEC nations have conditioned
us to think that the cost of a litre is CHEAP at 77p -80p, we need to
take
aggressive action to teach them that BUYERS control the
marketplace.... not sellers. With the price of petrol going up more each
day,
we consumers need to take action. The only way we are going to see
the price of petrol come down is if we hit someone in the pocket by
not purchasing their Petrol! And we can do that WITHOUT hurting
ourselves.
How?
Since we all rely on our cars, we can't just stop buying petrol.
But we CAN have an impact on petrol 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 petrol from the two
biggest oil companies (which now are one), ESSO
and BP. If they are not selling any petrol, 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 Esso and BP petrol buyers. It's
really simple to do!! Now, don't whimp 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. That's all. (If you
don't
understand how we can reach 300 million and all you have to do is send
this
to 10 people.... well, let's face it, you just aren't a mathematician.
But I am... so trust me on this one.)
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. If this makes sense to you, please pass this message on.
PLEASE HOLD OUT UNTIL THEY LOWER THEIR PRICES TO THE 69p a LITRE RANGE
AND KEEP THEM DOWN. THIS CAN REALLY WORK.
Yeh... but I don't buy petrol from BP or ESSO anyway.
...and as Travels says the fuel companies were quite happy about the action taken last year.
They are more than pleased that the public is now aware that 80p in the pounds worth of petrol goes to the government, and if the government drops the tax, they still make as much profit and their customers are happier.
Unfortunatly its disruption like last time that will bring it to the attention of phony Tony and J3J (not that he cares)
Dan
...and as Travels says the fuel companies were quite happy about the action taken last year.
They are more than pleased that the public is now aware that 80p in the pounds worth of petrol goes to the government, and if the government drops the tax, they still make as much profit and their customers are happier.
Unfortunatly its disruption like last time that will bring it to the attention of phony Tony and J3J (not that he cares)
Dan
As said below, the GOVT take 80% of the money you spent on petrol.
campaign to get that tax reduced, not complain to the industries who are trying to make money.
Read today that somewhere they have reduced petrol to 73p per litre, which we should all be happy with. WHY ?? it was at 69.9 a few months ago...
campaign to get that tax reduced, not complain to the industries who are trying to make money.
Read today that somewhere they have reduced petrol to 73p per litre, which we should all be happy with. WHY ?? it was at 69.9 a few months ago...
Nice idea anyway Paulu. 10/10 for effort.
If its the government we should be harassing, why not take Paulu's route and direct it at THEM instead of the petrol companies.
Send out an e-mail/petition to the Labour bloke who controls taxes (sorry, ignorant I know) and say that we won't vote labour again if the prices aren't lowered.
Or something like that........
If its the government we should be harassing, why not take Paulu's route and direct it at THEM instead of the petrol companies.
Send out an e-mail/petition to the Labour bloke who controls taxes (sorry, ignorant I know) and say that we won't vote labour again if the prices aren't lowered.
Or something like that........blimey that was quick
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/business/newsid_1959000/1959376.stm
BP profits have halved already
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/business/newsid_1959000/1959376.stm
BP profits have halved already
Least you forget that the oil companies do exert a certain amount of political pressure on Governments, how else can you build a massive Oil refinery on the edge of the New Forest and the shores of the busiest water way in the land? So if certain companies such as BP had their cashflow reduced by say 10%, they'd be not only reducing their prices to attract more customers, they'd be lobbying the Government to reduce their cut.
The idea does have merit, don't be lulled into thinking the Petrol companies are in this just as a favour to me and thee.
Just a thought
Harry
The idea does have merit, don't be lulled into thinking the Petrol companies are in this just as a favour to me and thee.
Just a thought
Harry
You may well find this is a crafty chain e-mail put out by the tree-huggers and lentil munchers? They have had a sort of campaign running for some time against ESSO www.stopesso.com/ may just be that they have decided to try a different angle to attract the attention of car drivers. Not that those pinko', one earring wearing, lefty, ecologists don't drive cars, they just don't admit to it! R...
Gassing Station | General TVR Stuff & Gossip | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff