From britdisc-owner@csv.warwick.ac.uk Fri May 3 11:12:40 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 g43ACcI00642 for <suaaz@mail.csv.warwick.ac.uk>; Fri, 3 May 2002 11:12:38 +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 g439wKt07524; Fri, 3 May 2002 10:58:20 +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 g439rxQR009681 for <britdisc-outgoing@agave.csv.warwick.ac.uk>; Fri, 3 May 2002 10:53:59 +0100 (BST) Received: (from daemon@localhost) by agave.csv.warwick.ac.uk (8.12.0/8.12.0/Submit) id g439rxI5009680 for britdisc-outgoing; Fri, 3 May 2002 10:53:59 +0100 (BST) Received: from snowdrop.csv.warwick.ac.uk (root@snowdrop [137.205.192.31]) by agave.csv.warwick.ac.uk (8.12.0/8.12.0) with ESMTP id g439rwQR009675 for <britdisc-real@majordomo.csv.warwick.ac.uk>; Fri, 3 May 2002 10:53:58 +0100 (BST) Received: from mail.atm.ox.ac.uk (mail.atm.ox.ac.uk [163.1.242.1]) by snowdrop.csv.warwick.ac.uk (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g439rwt06897 for <britdisc@csv.warwick.ac.uk>; Fri, 3 May 2002 10:53:58 +0100 (BST) Received: from tashtego.atm.ox.ac.uk (tashtego.atm.ox.ac.uk [163.1.242.206]) by mail.atm.ox.ac.uk (8.10.0/8.10.0) with ESMTP id g439rw400155 for <britdisc@csv.warwick.ac.uk>; Fri, 3 May 2002 10:53:58 +0100 (BST) Received: from localhost (booth@localhost) by tashtego.atm.ox.ac.uk (8.11.6/8.8.2) with ESMTP id g439rvZ04251 for <britdisc@csv.warwick.ac.uk>; Fri, 3 May 2002 10:53:57 +0100 X-Authentication-Warning: tashtego.atm.ox.ac.uk: booth owned process doing -bs Date: Fri, 3 May 2002 10:53:57 +0100 (BST) From: Ben Booth <booth@atm.ox.ac.uk> To: <britdisc@csv.warwick.ac.uk> Subject: Re: A novel idea (not spam, please read) In-Reply-To: <OFE41775F2.75A35CF5-ON80256BAE.003300DD@csplc.com> Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.33.0205031050220.3287-100000@tashtego.atm.ox.ac.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=X-UNKNOWN Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from QUOTED-PRINTABLE to 8bit by agave.csv.warwick.ac.uk id g439rwQR009676 Sender: owner-britdisc@warwick.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Is this really a discussion for britdisc? If it is then: Tax them all off the road. Make the car drivers pay. Create the Bicycle Utopia today I tell you. Lets all cycle to edinburgh on our holidays. Hell let's turn our roads in to runways and become a country of handgliders. The world is our oyster, our crankshaft, our twined wheels of freedom. On Fri, 3 May 2002 Jesper.Snorgaard@csplc.com wrote: > Not to be a pain in the ass and spoil your fun. But if you all did a bit of > research you would realise that it is not the oil companies that are to > blame but the tax the government impose on petrol. Of the price you pay 80% > is tax. The price which oil companies such as Esso and BP charge is less in > the UK than any other country in Europe. Yes you can enjoy cheaper prices > at supermarkets but there again you pay for the quality fuel you get. In > other words if you want decent fuel don't use the supermarkets. > > Secondly boycott all you want. It does not affect the fuel companies. It > just means people fill their tanks on a different day. You still need > petrol > > Jesper > > > > > > duncan.mcgowan@uk.pkf.com@warwick.ac.uk on 03/05/2002 10:13:00 > > Sent by: owner-britdisc@warwick.ac.uk > > > To: britdisc@csv.warwick.ac.uk > cc: "andrew jamieson" <inventive_@hotmail.com> > > Subject: Re: A novel idea (not spam, please read) > > > > How do you know Phillip Hollsworth of the USA doesn't just work for > another oil company out to make more money then huh? Or am i just cynical? > > > > > > > > "andrew jamieson" <inventive_@hotmail.com>@warwick.ac.uk on 03/05/2002 > 09:48:33 > > Sent by: owner-britdisc@warwick.ac.uk > > > To: britdisc@csv.warwick.ac.uk > cc: > > Subject: A novel idea (not spam, please read) > > > 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. 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