To all UK drivers (this was on facebook)?

[Willow]

Take the time to at least read this, then, see what you think and pass it on if you agree with it.
We are hitting 106.9 p a litre in some areas now, soon we will be faced with paying £1.10 a litre. 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 ourselves 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 in!
Now that the oil companies and the OPEC nations have conditioned us to think that the cost of a litre is CHEAP, we need to take aggressive action to teach them that BUYERS control the market place not sellers. With the price of petrol going up more each day, we consumers need to take
action. The only way we are going to see the price of petrol come down is if
we hit someone in the pocket by not purchasing theirPetrol! We can do that WITHOUT hurting ourselves. Here's the idea:
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 any petrol, 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 Esso and BP petrol buyers. It's
really simple to do!!
Now, don't wimp 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 a lot of 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, until we reach around THREE MILLION consumers!
Again, all You have to do is send this to 10 people. That's all. (and not buy at ESSO/BP)

Invite ten more people to this
group within one day of joining, all 3 MILLION people could conceivably be contacted within the next 8days!!! 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 69p a LITRE RANGE
It's easy to make this happen. Just invite your friends, and buy your petrol at Asda,Tesco, Morrisons Jet etc.
i.e. boycott BP, Shell and Esso (and Sainsburys)
But doesn't it keep being reported that the big companies are making billions in profits

[MsCymru]

The problem is not the cost of oil/petrol but the 70p fuel duty the government stick on every litre

[JAM123]

Taxes is the problem.!!!

[Sir Terrance.]

It won't work.

The petrol companies (BP, Shell etc) don't actually make that much money from the forecourt price, most goes in tax.

If a petrol station ceases to make a profit, the price won't go down, it will just close.

[Howard M]

it;s the effing tax we pay on the petrol that is the problem..

[999pheebs]

Lol fuel would actually be cheap but the government taxes it so so highly, but i will send this on anyway because i dont like those big companies lol, and one last thing............ i dont drive, i could, but i take the bus lol why not just do that?