From britdisc-owner@csv.warwick.ac.uk Fri May 3 10:04:13 2002 Received: from snowdrop.csv.warwick.ac.uk (root@snowdrop [137.205.192.31]) by pansy.csv.warwick.ac.uk (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g4394CI12318 for <suaaz@mail.csv.warwick.ac.uk>; Fri, 3 May 2002 10:04:12 +0100 (BST) Received: from agave.csv.warwick.ac.uk (root@agave [137.205.192.52]) by snowdrop.csv.warwick.ac.uk (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g438sit25756; Fri, 3 May 2002 09:54:44 +0100 (BST) Received: from agave.csv.warwick.ac.uk (daemon@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by agave.csv.warwick.ac.uk (8.12.0/8.12.0) with ESMTP id g438mfQR009294 for <britdisc-outgoing@agave.csv.warwick.ac.uk>; Fri, 3 May 2002 09:48:41 +0100 (BST) Received: (from daemon@localhost) by agave.csv.warwick.ac.uk (8.12.0/8.12.0/Submit) id g438mf3n009293 for britdisc-outgoing; Fri, 3 May 2002 09:48:41 +0100 (BST) Received: from daffodil.csv.warwick.ac.uk (root@daffodil [137.205.192.30]) by agave.csv.warwick.ac.uk (8.12.0/8.12.0) with ESMTP id g438mfQR009288 for <britdisc-real@majordomo.csv.warwick.ac.uk>; Fri, 3 May 2002 09:48:41 +0100 (BST) Received: from hotmail.com (f249.law7.hotmail.com [216.33.237.249]) by daffodil.csv.warwick.ac.uk (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g438me723105 for <britdisc@csv.warwick.ac.uk>; Fri, 3 May 2002 09:48:40 +0100 (BST) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Fri, 3 May 2002 01:48:33 -0700 Received: from 195.224.196.226 by lw7fd.law7.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Fri, 03 May 2002 08:48:33 GMT X-Originating-IP: [195.224.196.226] From: "andrew jamieson" <inventive_@hotmail.com> To: britdisc@csv.warwick.ac.uk Subject: A novel idea (not spam, please read) Date: Fri, 03 May 2002 08:48:33 +0000 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Message-ID: <F249z35ZgR1zRL25AEx0000785a@hotmail.com> X-OriginalArrivalTime: 03 May 2002 08:48:33.0384 (UTC) FILETIME=[4E705E80:01C1F27F] Sender: owner-britdisc@warwick.ac.uk Precedence: bulk EVEN IF YOU DON'T HAVE A CAR - PLEASE PASS TO ON TO YOUR FRIENDS THAT DO! THANKS This may work if we all do it - please pass this to people you know I hear 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. Phillip Hollsworth, in the USA, 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 with us! Since we all rely on our cars, we can't just stop buying petrol. But we CAN have an impact on petrol prices if we all act together to force a price war. 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. By the power of email this message can reach those millions of people in just a few days (or hours). Acting together we can make a difference. If this makes sense to you, please pass this message on. PLEASE HOLD OUT : THIS CAN REALLY WORK. ps: Two final notes, added after this email was written: petrol is a waste product of the petrochemical industry. We pay to dispose of their waste product! Esso is the worlds most profitable company, with an annual profit of about 17.5 billion dollars _________________________________________________________________ Join the world’s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com