I received an email today which gave another slant on one way of stopping the oil companies in Australia controlling the price of fuel at the pumps. It goes something like this :-
> Subject: Fuel price to hit $1.35 in one month
> Petrol prices - worth thinking about!
>
> Apparently we are going to hit close to $1.35 a litre by the end of
> winter. If this happens the prices will flow on down to the price of
> everything we buy! 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.
>
> Now that the oil companies and the OPEC nations have conditioned us
> to think that the cost of a litre is CHEAP at .89 / .95 cents, 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: BP and
Mobil). 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 BP and
Mobil petrol
> buyers.
>
> It's really simple to do!!
>
> Now, don't wimp 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!
>
> Again, all you have to do is email this to 10 people. That's all. (and
> not buy at BP and
Mobil) 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 80 cents a LITRE RANGE.
>
> It's easy to make this happen. Just forward this email, and buy your
> petrol at Shell,
Caltex, GAS. or Gull Outlets and drive past BP and
>
MOBIL Stations.
I think it is worth a try. As it is I never buy my fuel At BP or
Mobil anyway so what do you reckon. It certainly does make sense if every motorist uses this tactic!!!!!!!!!!
I've already emailed all my friends. Cheers.