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Who wants to join the NEW Fuel Protest in the UK? Distribute the text below freely to your email contacts..?

JOIN THE UK FUEL PROTEST!! Are you, as I am, sick of the ridiculously high fuel prices in the UK? The tax that our Government imposes each time a motorist puts fuel into his or her vehicle is far too high. DRIVING IS NOT A LUXURY For many motorists, especially those in rural areas, it is a necessity. To own a car is a vital lifeline. In the absence of decent, reliable and cost-effective public transport, owning a car is the only option to many individuals and families. THERE IS NO WAY PEOPLE WILL STOP DRIVING I do agree that cars should be discouraged for short trips. For example, buying a newspaper from the newsagent at the end of the street or driving to the other side of town to get from home to work each day (when a brisk walk would probably take half the time). These instances of driving could be combated by the following measures: •Taxing companies for their employee car parking spaces •Introducing large FREE car parks on the outskirts of towns and cities – and implementing an adequate Park & Ride bus service •Councils to increase the price for motorists to park in the car parks that they maintain within the town and city centres •Discouraging street parking in the town and city centres by introducing more double-yellow lines and restricted parking at these locations •Bus and train companies revisit their pricing policies and actually make it ATTRACTIVE for the general public to use their services – Reduced prices and more frequent / reliable services = More customers and happier customers! None of these measures are going to be easy to implement – and there is likely to be a lot of uproar at my suggestions, but we need to do something and we need to do it FAST! MY PROPOSITION Every motorist who reads this email should boycott the supermarket petrol stations. Why is it that the big supermarkets all seem to be in competition with one another for every product they sell, EXCEPT PETROL??!! If we all boycotted supermarket petrol, the likes of Tesco, Asda, Sainsbury’s and Morrison’s would be forced to lower their prices. All local motorists should adhere to this mass boycott – IT’S YOUR DUTY!! THE LOSS OF OUR CLUBCARD POINTS IS A SMALL PRICE TO PAY FOR (HOPEFULLY) CHEAPER PETROL IN THE LONG-TERM. There are amongst the THREE main guilty parties for the UK’s high fuel prices (no matter what anyone says): •The Government, obviously. Fuel Duty is astronomical and will only continue to rise. Let’s face it. No Government – regardless of party politics – is going to reduce fuel duty. Not by any sensible amount, in any case. •The Oil Companies. Their greed is beyond belief. I mean, just what are their profits being used for?? •Petrol Retailers. No matter what they say, they are simply jumping on the bandwagon and raising their own prices indiscriminately. Why don’t we ever see a fuel price war as in other areas of the retail industry? (Tesco v. Asda, for example) A REASONABLE PRICE FOR PETROL IN THE UK IS NO MORE THAN 70p PER LITRE. SUPERMARKET PETROL SHOULD BE BOYCOTTED UNTIL WE SEE THEIR PRICES DROP TO THIS AMOUNT. LET’S DO IT NOW, BEFORE IT GETS TOO LATE!! BP & Shell have been making huge profits. But, the problem is that their petrol forecourts are franchises - operated by the small businessman. It is not my intention to put small businesses out of business. This is why, if we target the large supermarkets then this will hit their MASSIVE profits. We have ALL got to make this work. PLEASE, distribute this to ALL your email contacts and make this a national UK protest..

Public Comments

1. Your having a laugh surely
2. Yes.
3. I will. I will not buy petrol at a supermarket until the price is £0-70 p/l. and I am serious. I will pay whatever at an independent garage to make them reduce the price.
4. you got it! it's a good idea and i'm on board!
5. You forgot the fourth guilty party: biofuel advocates. By the way, it's dangerous to siphon by mouth.
6. asda are always the cheapest for fuel here, not like the shell garage up the road that is 121.9 for diesel. you do asda..i'll boycott shell
7. tesco etc give us the cheapest fuel, surely it would be better to boycott shell and bp who have announced record profits. Better still why not get rid of all of these companies and allow the government to run them, at least if the giverment were making that kind of money in profits they might think of giving more money to housing, hospitals, policing etc.
8. sorry mush but im busy washing my hair
9. hi all tesco and asda all get their fuel from the local refinary which is shell stanlow by ellesmere port you can see then from the oil sites road,