1/23/2008

No Petrol Day

Got the below article from an email. Hi folks,.......... Lets give it a try! Lets fight the high cost of PETROL. Lets HELP OURSELVES against the PETROL COMPANIES!! If we all cooperate, it should give a SHOCK to the petrol industry! Lets give it a try. Got NOTHING to lose !!! See message below>>>>>> 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 '24th JANUARY ' 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 24 JANUARY A DAY THAT THE CITIZENS SAY 'ENOUGH IS ENOUGH'. We forward so many junk email to many of our friends, now let us do it for some useful cause to cut down the price of the petrol........ REMEMBER: JANUARY 24, 2008.... NO Petrol Day...!

5 comments:

Ⓜatilah $ingapura⚠️ said...

Absolute rubbish.

> We forward so many junk email to many of our friends, <

I see. You are one of the perpetrators of this disgusting, anti-social habit - much like spitting in public places.

Anonymous said...

Why buy petrol ANY day?

Chua Chin Leng aka redbean said...

i dunno how this email started. but it will be interesting to see the impact if this actually happens.

unless the tank is empty, one can choose to buy any other day. so not a problem to avoid just a particular day. however, this info may not spread too widely to mean anything.

Ⓜatilah $ingapura⚠️ said...

Most drivers are automatically conditioned to put gas in the tank when the gauge reads a certin level.

No one wants to run out of fuel. And people who drive are generally busy.

When oil hits $200 a barrel, people will still be driving cars, taking airplanes etc. because no one really wants to alter their lifestyle. If it'll cost more, they'll moan and groan and complain, cut back on something else, but whatever people deem as "essential" will have inelastic demand - i.e. people will just pay.

Fuel has been going up for 2 years now. Have people stopped driving? Or travelling on aircraft?

Anonymous said...

and it;s silly, it wont work. if people agree to this call they would all fill up their tank on the 23rd. who would want his car immobile without petrol to see other people driving around on that day.