this effects everyone so i thought id post it here
Dunno if any of you have had this e-mail, Im gonna do my bit as ive had it twice today already,,.....
This might work?
Subject: Campaign to Reduce UK Petrol Prices - a rip-off at 80p a litre e
>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 "dont 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 wouldnt 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. Heres the
>idea:
>
>For the rest of this year, DONT 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. Its really simple to do!! Now, dont whimp out on me
>
>at this point...keep reading and Ill 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. Thats
>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!!! Ill bet you didnt 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:
>Its 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 &
>ESSO!!!****************************
