From britdisc-owner@csv.warwick.ac.uk Fri May 3 13:06:44 2002 Received: from daffodil.csv.warwick.ac.uk (root@daffodil [137.205.192.30]) by pansy.csv.warwick.ac.uk (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g43C6gI29163 for <suaaz@mail.csv.warwick.ac.uk>; Fri, 3 May 2002 13:06:43 +0100 (BST) Received: from agave.csv.warwick.ac.uk (root@agave [137.205.192.52]) by daffodil.csv.warwick.ac.uk (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g43C18712452; Fri, 3 May 2002 13:01:09 +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 g43BsgQR010605 for <britdisc-outgoing@agave.csv.warwick.ac.uk>; Fri, 3 May 2002 12:54:48 +0100 (BST) Received: (from daemon@localhost) by agave.csv.warwick.ac.uk (8.12.0/8.12.0/Submit) id g43BsgtX010604 for britdisc-outgoing; Fri, 3 May 2002 12:54:42 +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 g43BsNQR010599 for <britdisc-real@majordomo.csv.warwick.ac.uk>; Fri, 3 May 2002 12:54:26 +0100 (BST) Received: from mail.totalise.co.uk (mail.totalise.co.uk [217.197.192.130]) by snowdrop.csv.warwick.ac.uk (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g43BsFt23125 for <britdisc@csv.warwick.ac.uk>; Fri, 3 May 2002 12:54:17 +0100 (BST) Received: from [62.7.163.74] [62.7.163.74] (jgoolden@totalise.co.uk) by mail.totalise.co.uk; Fri, 3 May 2002 10:38:32 +0100 X-WM-Posted-At: mail.totalise.co.uk; Fri, 3 May 02 10:38:32 +0100 User-Agent: Microsoft-Entourage/9.0.2509 Date: Fri, 03 May 2002 10:35:09 +0100 Subject: Re: A novel idea (not spam, please read) From: jack <jgoolden@totalise.co.uk> To: brit disc <britdisc@csv.warwick.ac.uk> Message-ID: <B8F81822.CAA%jgoolden@totalise.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <F249z35ZgR1zRL25AEx0000785a@hotmail.com> Mime-version: 1.0 Content-type: multipart/alternative; boundary="B_3103267017_322258" Sender: owner-britdisc@warwick.ac.uk Precedence: bulk > This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. --B_3103267017_322258 Content-type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable > < rant> >=20 > I don=B9t naturally jump to the defence of any government, but I personally > think that the price of petrol (and diesel) should go UP not down! =8CBut W= hy?=B9 > I hear you cry.. > Well as we all know, cars emit these nasty fumes that mess with our clima= te > and make the weather more unpredictable and unstable. Those of us who wer= e in > Nottingham last weekend had A TASTE OF THINGS TO COME. > Put petrol prices up! It might be the only way to save Ultimate from beco= ming > an indoor sport! >=20 > < /rant> >=20 > Jack >=20 > PS and I object to BD being used for political opinions (other than my ow= n). >=20 >=20 >=20 > EVEN IF YOU DON'T HAVE A CAR - PLEASE PASS TO ON TO YOUR FRIENDS THAT DO! > THANKS >=20 >=20 > 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. >=20 > Want petrol prices to come down? We need to take some intelligent, united > action. Phillip Hollsworth, in the USA, offered this good idea: >=20 > 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" ourselve= s > 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! >=20 > Since we all rely on our cars, we can't just stop buying petrol. But we C= AN > have an impact on petrol prices if we all act together to force a price w= ar. >=20 > Here's the idea: >=20 > 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 a= ny > petrol, they will be inclined to reduce their prices. If they reduce thei= r > prices, the other companies will have to follow suit. But to have an impa= ct, > 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). >=20 > Acting together we can make a difference. If this makes sense to you, ple= ase > pass this message on. >=20 > PLEASE HOLD OUT : THIS CAN REALLY WORK. >=20 > ps: > Two final notes, added after this email was written: > petrol is a waste product of the petrochemical industry. We pay to dispos= e > of their waste product! > Esso is the worlds most profitable company, with an annual profit of abou= t > 17.5 billion dollars >=20 > _________________________________________________________________ > Join the world=92s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. > http://www.hotmail.com >=20 >=20 --B_3103267017_322258 Content-type: text/html; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable <HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>Re: A novel idea (not spam, please read)</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE=3D"Monaco"><TT>< rant><BR> <BR> I don’t naturally jump to the defence of any government, but I person= ally think that the price of petrol (and diesel) should go UP not down! R= 16;But Why?’ I hear you cry..<BR> Well as we all know, cars emit these nasty fumes that mess with our climate= and make the weather more unpredictable and unstable. Those of us who were = in Nottingham last weekend had A TASTE OF THINGS TO COME.<BR> Put petrol prices up! It might be the only way to save Ultimate from becomi= ng an indoor sport!<BR> <BR> < /rant><BR> <BR> Jack<BR> <BR> PS and I object to BD being used for political opinions (other than my own)= .<BR> <BR> <BR> <BR> EVEN IF YOU DON'T HAVE A CAR - PLEASE PASS TO ON TO YOUR FRIENDS THAT DO!<B= R> THANKS<BR> <BR> <BR> This may work if we all do it - please pass this to people you know<BR> I hear we are going to hit close to 89p a litre by the summer.<BR> <BR> Want petrol prices to come down? We need to take some intelligent, united <= BR> action. Phillip Hollsworth, in the USA, offered this good idea:<BR> <BR> This makes MUCH MORE SENSE than the "don't buy petrol on a certain day= " <BR> campaign that was going around last April or May! The oil companies just <B= R> laughed at that because they knew we wouldn't continue to "hurt" = ourselves <BR> by refusing to buy petrol. It was more of an inconvenience to us than it wa= s <BR> a problem for them. BUT, whoever thought of this idea, has come up with a <= BR> plan that can really work. Please read it and join with us!<BR> <BR> Since we all rely on our cars, we can't just stop buying petrol. But we CAN= <BR> have an impact on petrol prices if we all act together to force a price war= .<BR> <BR> Here's the idea:<BR> <BR> For the rest of this year, DON'T purchase ANY petrol from the two biggest <= BR> oil companies (which now are one), ESSO and BP. If they are not selling any= <BR> petrol, they will be inclined to reduce their prices. If they reduce their = <BR> prices, the other companies will have to follow suit. But to have an impact= , <BR> we need to reach literally millions of Esso and BP petrol buyers.<BR> By the power of email this message can reach those millions of people in <B= R> just a few days (or hours).<BR> <BR> Acting together we can make a difference. If this makes sense to you, pleas= e <BR> pass this message on.<BR> <BR> PLEASE HOLD OUT : THIS CAN REALLY WORK.<BR> <BR> ps:<BR> Two final notes, added after this email was written:<BR> petrol is a waste product of the petrochemical industry. We pay to dispose = <BR> of their waste product!<BR> Esso is the worlds most profitable company, with an annual profit of about = <BR> 17.5 billion dollars<BR> <BR> _________________________________________________________________<BR> Join the world=92s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. <BR> http://www.hotmail.com<BR> <BR> </TT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE=3D"Monaco"><TT><BR> </TT></FONT> </BODY> </HTML> --B_3103267017_322258--