These past weeks, there has been a series of oil price increase which resulted to massive fare and oil hike strikes… a desperate move by the jeepney drivers, vehicle-owners, and commuters in alleviating the current situation.
Now, I could remember three years ago that the diesel only costs 15.00 per liter compared to the whooping 35.00 of today. Hay, grabe! Nakakahiya na tuloy maki-hitch!
Anyways, I came across with this email and I reckoned that it made sense…for the mean, that is…
(Apparently, it originated from someone based in U.S.) Here’s the original text:
This one came from a friend in the US, I re-wrote it for Philippine context:
This makes MUCH MORE SENSE than the boycott campaign and rallies against gas companies lately. The oil companies just laughed at that because they knew we wouldn't continue to "hurt" ourselves by refusing to buy gas. 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 us!
By now you're probably thinking gasoline priced at about P25.00 is super cheap. Me too! It is currently P33.00 for regular unleaded now.
Now that the oil companies and the OPEC nations have conditioned us to think that the cost of a liter of gas is CHEAP at P25.00, we need to take aggressive action to teach them that BUYERS control the marketplace.... not sellers. With the price of gasoline going up more each day, we consumers need to take action. The only way we are going to see the price of gas come down is if we hit someone in the pocketbook by not purchasing their gas!
And we can do that WITHOUT hurting ourselves.
How?
Since we all rely on our cars, we can't just stop buying gas. But we CAN have an impact on gas 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 gasoline from the two biggest companies, SHELL and CALTEX. If they are not selling any gas, 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 Shell and Caltex gas buyers. It's really simple to do!!
Now, don't whimp (sic) out on me at this point... keep reading and I'll explain how simple it is to reach millions of people!! I am sending this note to about thirty people. If each of you send it to at least ten more (30 x 10 = 300)...and those 300 send it to at least ten more (300 x 10 =3,000) ... and so on, by the time the message reaches the sixth generation of people, we will have reached over THREE MILLION consumers! If those three million get excited and pass this on to ten friends each, then 30 million people will have been contacted! If it goes one level further, you guessed it..... THREE HUNDRED MILLION PEOPLE!!! Again,all you have to do is send this to 10 people and DON"T
purchase ANY gasoline from Shell and Caltex. That's all.
How long would all that take? If each of us sends this email out to ten more people within one day of receipt, all 300 MILLION people could conceivably be contacted within the next 8 days!!! I'll bet you didn't think you and I had that much potential, did you! Acting together we can make a difference. If this makes sense to you, please pass this message on.
PLEASE HOLD OUT UNTIL THEY LOWER THEIR PRICES TO THE P20.00/LITER RANGE AND KEEP THEM DOWN. THIS CAN REALLY WORK.
I am doing my share but I think it would be more efficient and effective by posting it here. Hope you’ll do the same…
Now, I could remember three years ago that the diesel only costs 15.00 per liter compared to the whooping 35.00 of today. Hay, grabe! Nakakahiya na tuloy maki-hitch!
Anyways, I came across with this email and I reckoned that it made sense…for the mean, that is…
(Apparently, it originated from someone based in U.S.) Here’s the original text:
This one came from a friend in the US, I re-wrote it for Philippine context:
This makes MUCH MORE SENSE than the boycott campaign and rallies against gas companies lately. The oil companies just laughed at that because they knew we wouldn't continue to "hurt" ourselves by refusing to buy gas. 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 us!
By now you're probably thinking gasoline priced at about P25.00 is super cheap. Me too! It is currently P33.00 for regular unleaded now.
Now that the oil companies and the OPEC nations have conditioned us to think that the cost of a liter of gas is CHEAP at P25.00, we need to take aggressive action to teach them that BUYERS control the marketplace.... not sellers. With the price of gasoline going up more each day, we consumers need to take action. The only way we are going to see the price of gas come down is if we hit someone in the pocketbook by not purchasing their gas!
And we can do that WITHOUT hurting ourselves.
How?
Since we all rely on our cars, we can't just stop buying gas. But we CAN have an impact on gas 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 gasoline from the two biggest companies, SHELL and CALTEX. If they are not selling any gas, 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 Shell and Caltex gas buyers. It's really simple to do!!
Now, don't whimp (sic) out on me at this point... keep reading and I'll explain how simple it is to reach millions of people!! I am sending this note to about thirty people. If each of you send it to at least ten more (30 x 10 = 300)...and those 300 send it to at least ten more (300 x 10 =3,000) ... and so on, by the time the message reaches the sixth generation of people, we will have reached over THREE MILLION consumers! If those three million get excited and pass this on to ten friends each, then 30 million people will have been contacted! If it goes one level further, you guessed it..... THREE HUNDRED MILLION PEOPLE!!! Again,all you have to do is send this to 10 people and DON"T
purchase ANY gasoline from Shell and Caltex. That's all.
How long would all that take? If each of us sends this email out to ten more people within one day of receipt, all 300 MILLION people could conceivably be contacted within the next 8 days!!! I'll bet you didn't think you and I had that much potential, did you! Acting together we can make a difference. If this makes sense to you, please pass this message on.
PLEASE HOLD OUT UNTIL THEY LOWER THEIR PRICES TO THE P20.00/LITER RANGE AND KEEP THEM DOWN. THIS CAN REALLY WORK.
I am doing my share but I think it would be more efficient and effective by posting it here. Hope you’ll do the same…
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