heres a way to get petrols prices down // pass this around

[smirnoff_rules]

smirnoff Either you or the chap in the message don't understand how the oil companies work.
The three big refiners, Shell, BP and Esso refine for all the supermarkets as well as for each other, and also the independants too.
Stop buying at a BP garage and you have to buy somewhere else, which will have been supplied by one of the big three.
All that could happen would be that they will close some of their garages for good, so when the protest ends, you may very well find yourself having to drive a lot further EVERY time you want fuel, as the nearest garage may not only be further away but also in the wrong direction.

l just posted an email that came to me . but we need to stop this some how .. its madness

[Meat-Head]

its hard to believe we sold bp in the first place .. wot a cock up .. bet the government wish we hadn't .. wot was thatcher thinkin .not as bad as brown selling all our gold tho

You learn something new everyday, let's guess the French brought both.

[ianmac]

Correct me if I am wrong, but I was always under the impression that the reason the fuel was so high in the UK is because the government put so much tax on it, to help the pay back the billions of pounds they owe.

So if it's the government putting the tax increase on all fuels then surely it does not matter where you get your fuel from, coz if your using the same amount but from different garages the government are still getting all that tax from you, & as you say while we are in a recession that isn't gonna change.


--- Ian ---

[stipan]

More taxes = better roads, however this is not always true when the government is corrupt and wastes gas tax money on other things...

[thered]

yeh the refinerys all supply the same people whether supermarket or petrol station its all just branded different like KP make just about evry own brand of crisps and hovis (british bakeries) make all nearly all cheap supermarket own brand bread

the difference is they just change the quantities of additives in the mix you may notice that BP fuel looks diffrent (diesel anyway) to supermarket fuel this is because it has a lot of detergent in it

the main problem is the tax we pay the actual forecourts dont actually make that much money on a litre and most places we buy are all linked to the same roots somewhere along the line so where you buy your fuel from is mainly irrelevant

its the government using fuel as a stealth tax that are the big criminals knowing that we cant function in the modern world without it

[xant14]

As much as I, and every driver would like to see lower fuel. It aint gonna happen by this chain letter plan. It has been tried and failed before.
The same as protests and blocking refinaries etc. Doomed to fail, coz we're not French, and whimper back to the nearest open petrol station when we see 'our' car approaching the red.
I think it is shit tho, the rip off prices and rip off government, but I won't be annoying 10 mates with the emails.

The Only way to win.. is to bring Guy Fawkes back.

[thered]

The Only way to win.. is to bring Guy Fawkes back.

yeh but didnt he ~~~~ it up and get caught

[DJSimo]

yeh but didnt he ~~~~ it up and get caught

Yep, but now he could take advice off the Afgans to get it right

[father ted]

Yes its their own brand but it is still supplied by the refinerys, who are owned by the major oil companys BP,Shell etc as the supermarkets do not have their own refinerys.

dj simo is spot on, i work in a refinrey( bp dont own any refinery's in britain anymore but still get a % due to the oil fields) and we get asda tesco morrisions, tankers in all the time ,where di you think they got theyr petrol from? tesco dont own a refinery nor do the rest ,you have to understand oil comes directly into our refinery via the north sea rigs we proccess it to make fule ,diesel and aviation fuel

[mtv1]

i dunno lads a bottle of branded water is more than a litre of petrol i think its time we all sat up and reduced our usage of energy , me for my part being a rep i meet some of my co workers and use one car at least twice a week females naturally

[^^TommyTee]

supermarklet fuel = pool fuel .... the base product no detergents crap

north east hit the jackpot there going too be building electric cars good news

[xant14]

north east hit the jackpot there going too be building electric cars good news

Not good for me, they only go 100 miles then need a re-charge, I go more than that just getting to work. How would I get back?

[badapple]

Not good for me, they only go 100 miles then need a re-charge, I go more than that just getting to work. How would I get back?

Well you could always call me and Ill send you a taxi!

[Meat-Head]

Not good for me, they only go 100 miles then need a re-charge, I go more than that just getting to work. How would I get back?

You bad Eco-Warrior

[DJSimo]

north east hit the jackpot there going too be building electric cars good news

Electric cars, now that helps co2 emmisions!!!!

Petrol car emissions =


Electric cars plug into these for a recharge =