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Petrol in Pakistan Rs17 per litr
Malaysia Rs 18 per litr
In India it's Rs.59 per litr
Why is there a difference within India itself? World Market CRUDE Oil is
not
the reason for this. It's all Gain for private owners? As we are the
general public, or Common Man as R.K.Laxman wud hv said, we have to
raise our voice, let's raise thru Emails.
Forward this to all Indians who care.
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 "June 14 th" 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 June 14 th
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 : June 14 th"
The interesting fact is that I had received this mail about a year back with different dates !!!!!
The sheer popularity of this junk mail amazes me.I fail to understand how so many people out there has no idea about the current scenario and how they can blindly forward mails with out bothering to check the authenticity.Anyone following the newspapers and is generally aware of the current economic scenario would have come across tons and tons of written material which makes the prices mentioned utterly impossible.
After a bit of googling I came across the price of Petrol in Pakistan as of May 1st 2008 to be Rs 68.9 /- and that of Diesel to be Rs 50.24/- ( http://www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/Politics/01-May-2008/Fourth-raise-in-oil-prices-in-60-days)
My point is why do people mindlessly forward mails which has such glaring mistakes??I can understand urban legends, myths, UFO's .. but this??? And what the heck is going to happen by not buying petrol / diesel for one day? Buy more the next day? The only way is to reduce dependency on these fuels. That means cutting down on the so called Social Status by carpooling,public transport, better still ..cycling!!! But in a society fueled by the dictum " mine is bigger than yours" I dont think thats going to happen any soon.... unless maybe when petrol hits Rs100/- a litre.
