400BHP Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 FUEL PRICE BOYCOTT Subject: Petrol Prices Must Read. The price of oil is as low as it has been for a while, But the oil companies have simply jacked their prices up and the government will not do anything as they rake in extra VAT for every increase. See what you think and pass it on if you agree with it We are hitting 114.9 a litre in some areas now, soon we will be faced with paying 1.50 a litre. Philip Hollsworth 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 in! Now that the oil companies and the OPEC nations have conditioned us to think that the cost of a litre is CHEAP, we need to take aggressive action to teach them that BUYERS control the market place 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), 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 wimp out 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 ESSO/BP) 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 8days!!! 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 90p a LITRE RANGE It's easy to make this happen. Just forward this email, and BUY your petrol at Shell, Asda,Tesco, Sainsburys, Morrisons Jet etc. BOYCOTT ESSO and BP. __________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ellis Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 Oh god, not again!! This really doesn't work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rick001 Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 okey dokey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fizzle Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 lol, never use BP anyway it £1.20 a ltr, plus have a shell points card and they usually the cheapest in my area! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Attero Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 Yeah this don't work. You would get as many as 3 people joining you in on this, if not less. You would need to literally get half the country to make some sort of effect. Oh and 114.9p a litre? Today? That's cheap. We are looking at around 116.9p average at the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brazil Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 The goverment tax's 53p for every litre of fuel..! it is the gov that you need moan at...! That is some 40ish% for sitting on their ass's..! At least the Oil Companies have to graft for their money..! It's a hard industry to work for and it provides a lot of people with jobs, and it's wealth is put back in the economy..! Moan at the Goverment not the Oil Companies..! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caseys Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 Oil's bought by the barrel in US Dollars ($). Seen the historical value of $:£ over the past 3 months? It's gone from 1.43-1.65:1 and back again this year already. Yes there's tax, yes there's inflation, but it's not the only things that affect oil and oil future prices and in turn petrol prices. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian R Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 That will work..... oh hang on a minute I see a flaw Sainsburys petrol is supplied by BP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevie_b Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 As others have said: these boycotts don't work. People who do say Yes initially, then change their mind when the perceived practicalities of even smallish detours sinks in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Animal Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 Ummm, boring. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz6002 Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 We should all sign an online petition too, and get it sent it to the PM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MARTIN R Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 That will work..... oh hang on a minute I see a flaw Sainsburys petrol is supplied by BP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lbm Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 Of course I don't mind queueing for an hour, 1/2 mile up the road from the only available station. Excellent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 Ever heard of the song "not gonna happen"? Its catchy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colsoop Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 Edit: i think i got it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 We should all sign an online petition too, and get it sent it to the PM. Maybe we could all go for a really long drive to London too just to show how much we object to buying petrol. That would show them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caseys Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 Of course I don't mind queueing for an hour, 1/2 mile up the road from the only available station. Excellent. I didn't know you liked petrol station sandwiches *that* much?? I think we should just burn all our petrol in protest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supspower Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 Hard times call for drastic measures!! Something bigger is needed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 hard times call for drastic measures!! Something bigger is needed! v8? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caseys Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 Hard times call for drastic measures!! Something bigger is needed! I think I may try and run the car on JP-7 jet fuel. This seems to run it quite well and the speeds it achieves are impressive http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SR-71_Blackbird iirc it may be a tad more expensive than super unleaded.... Or start running a Honeywell AGT1500 engine, you can run it on nearly anything that burns - alcohol, jet fuel, petrol, diesel http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honeywell_AGT1500 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJ Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 My local petrol place has just hit 1.50 Euro a litre and in the main town it has been up to 1.56 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superstar dj Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 Hard times call for drastic measures!! Something bigger is needed! I agree , this is becoming a f=8-ing joke we the consumer are being abused and it is about time something was done. Problem is it needs the nation to stand strong together and there are too many who wouldnt join in. If there was a way i would wholeheartedly stand my ground, as i and am sure all off you guys are sick of it. GREEDY BAS***S! The french have the right idea! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyP Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 OFFS! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soop Dogg Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 I had to check the date on the first post of this thread to make sure it wasn't a revived thread from about 2001! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 I paid £1.33 a litre for diesel yesterday, it was awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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