beemerboy

sorry if someone has already posted this..
pls read though...

I'm just passing this on............if it works great.......if it
> doesn't, what have I lost.
>
> We are going to hit close to 89p a litre by the summer!
>
> Want petrol prices to come down? Then we need to take some
> intelligent, united action.
>
> A good idea has been put forward that 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 in!
>
> 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.
>
> 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), the one with a tiger in the advert and the green and yellow brand. 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 e*** and b* 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 a; lot of 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.
> (AND not buy at E***/B*)
>
> 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
>
> Action:
> It's easy to make this happen. Just forward this email, and buy your
> petrol at S*****, T****, S***sburys, J*t etc. i.e. boycott B* and
> E***.

Popeye P1

Seen this about ten times. No-one ever listens to it. Wish they did.

beemerboy

i didnt realise how much fuel prices have crept up.....
i knew where i was with £/gallon etc. but then this litre per k complicated a historical milestone.

anyway mostly pi55ed off that £40 gets be about half a tank and about 300 miles or so. thats £4 for 30 miles, whichis cr4p in my estimation.

this country is fooked up, lets all go to Iraq, where oil is cheap!!

.....Just a suggestion!!! (rant over, back to work!)

ChrisB

Do you really believe tosh like this BB?

Do us a favour and think before you post!

FreeT

You get less than £10 per £40 spent, or more shockingly over 400% tax !

Do you know of any other products that get taxed by the government this much ?

BOB.T

Rab

Beemer boy, having recently been made redundant from a "major oil company" i take offence at what you are saying. Firstly why do you think all the majors are pulling out of the North Sea and thus less jobs ? It is because they are being taxed out of the country, pure and simple. At $30 a barrel an oil company will pay around $24 in tax direct to the government. This taxed oil will then be refined into products (petrol, diesel, bitumen etc)which in turn is taxed again at varying rates depending on the product. You then come along and fill up your 318iS with unleaded and pay the government another 17.5% tax. The garage makes less than 1p a litre and relies on overpriced sandwiches to turn a profit. Oh and the final kick in the ***** from the government, should a british based oil company make too much profit, it is taxed on it. And the second most obvious point is - where do you think the supermarkets buy there fuel from. Yep, you guesed it, the major oil companies refineries. There is no asda / tesco / sainsburys refinery, just good old BP and shell in this country. The only person you would be hurting in your ill thought campaign would be the poor guy who has splashed out a fortune on buying into a forecourt franchise, working hard and hoping to turn a profit. Please think before clicking the forward button in your e-mail. Rgds Rab

chiark

One very small word explains why petrol costs too much...

Tax.

End of story. Just look at bio diesel - costs 3p a litre and is arguably more environmentally friendly than other fuels. It'll cost you 30-odd p a litre just to put it in your vehicle tho. (NB: doesn't work on scoobs

ChrisB

30p a litre? Where?!

I was under the impression it was no cheaper than normal Derv.

Brendan Hughes

I like the way the author gets wet knickers about sending it to 300 million people, without thinking that there are only 60m in the UK, half of whom don't drive, and two thirds of whom probably don't have access to an email account. Oh, and forgetting that most of the time people won't be sending it on, but will be sending it back to some poor sucker who's already seen it six times.

Written by an eager (overzealous, Constable Savage!) 19-yr-old, I suspect.