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. 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
> 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), 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 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 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 Shell, Tesco, Sainsburys,
> Morrisons (75p), Jet etc. i.e. Boycott BP and Esso.
>
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