[Reader-list] Petrol Prices

[Bijoyini]

This is what I found floating on the Internet:

http://www.snopes.com/politics/gasoline/nogas.asp

Not buying gas/petrol on a given day will just make us
buy it a day earlier or later. Not buying petrol on a
given day does not mean that we are not going to drive
our cars to work on that day. Popularizing
cycles/public-transportation/car-pooling or
alternative fuels seem to be a more effective way to
combat the gasoline problem.

--Bijoyini


--- Shilpa Phadke <abshi at vsnl.com> wrote:

> From:
> Sent: 14 September 2005 13:45
> To:
> Subject: Petrol Prices!!!!
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> IT HAS BEEN CALCULATED THAT IF EVERYONE DID NOT
> PURCHASE A DROP OF PETROL
> FOR ONE DAY AND ALL AT THE SAME TIME, THE OIL
> COMPANIES WOULD CHOKE ON THEIR
> STOCKPILES.
> 
> AT THE SAME TIME IT WOULD HIT THE ENTIRE INDUSTRY
> WITH A NET LOSS OVER 4.6
> BILLION DOLLARS WHICH AFFECTS THE BOTTOM LINES OF
> THE OIL COMPANIES.
> 
> THEREFORE THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 22nd HAS BEEN FORMALLY
> DECLARED "STICK IT UP
> THEIR BEHIND" DAY AND THE PEOPLE OF THIS NATION
> SHOULD NOT BUY A SINGLE DROP
> OF PETROL THAT DAY.
> 
> THE ONLY WAY THIS CAN BE DONE IS IF YOU FORWARD THIS
> E-MAIL TO AS MANY
> PEOPLE AS YOU CAN AND AS QUICKLY AS YOU CAN TO GET
> THE WORD OUT.
> 
> WAITING ON THE GOVERNMENT TO STEP IN AND CONTROL THE
> PRICES IS NOT GOING TO
> HAPPEN. WHAT HAPPENED TO THE REDUCTION AND CONTROL
> IN PRICES THAT THE ARAB
> NATIONS PROMISED TWO WEEKS AGO?
> 
> REMEMBER ONE THING, NOT ONLY IS THE PRICE OF PETROL
> GOING UP BUT AT THE SAME
> TIME AIRLINES ARE FORCED TO RAISE THEIR PRICES,
> TRUCKING COMPANIES ARE
> FORCED TO RAISE THEIR PRICES WHICH AFFECTS PRICES ON
> EVERYTHING THAT IS
> SHIPPED.   THINGS LIKE FOOD, CLOTHING, BUILDING
> SUPPLIES MEDICAL SUPPLIES
> ETC. WHO PAYS IN THE END? WE DO!
> 
> WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE. IF THEY DON'T GET THE
> MESSAGE AFTER ONE DAY, WE
> WILL DO IT AGAIN AND AGAIN.
> 
> SO DO YOUR  PART AND SPREAD THE WORD. FORWARD THIS
> EMAIL TO EVERYONE YOU
> KNOW. MARK YOUR CALENDARS AND MAKE SEPTEMBER 22nd  A
> DAY  THAT THE CITIZENS
> SAY "ENOUGH IS ENOUGH"
> 
> 
> 
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