Petrol Boycott

Trivial? theres a massive difference between something that can save you money and something that cant... you said it can.. but it cant...its missinformtion..

as for arguing.. if you want to argue then find soemone else. I thought I was having a debate with an adult.. if your more interested in arguing then I wont waste my time with you... theres got to be adults who can hold a debate around here :)
 
Theres nothing left to debate though is there?
It's not spam, although I think that was the most interesting debate in this thread. It's not illegal because it's not selling anything.
I still think the best is to watch the local prices and go to the cheapest.
 
semihere said:
just thought I'd add - as an aside - that the boycott of Nestle was actually in protest against their campaign in the third world to convince women that powdered milk was better for their child than breastfeeding. The problem with their claims is that they failed to point out that there are specific guidelines to follow in preparing bottled milk, the instructions on their products were often printed in English, which the mothers quite often couldn't read (if they could even read at all), the water used to prepare the milk was very rarely clean enough for a newborn baby's immune system to cope with if the new mother could get a ready supply of water in the first place, and finally, due to the sheer cost of powdered milk in relation to income, many women in the third world tended to put less powder in the mixture than was required (to make it go further), thus causing huge rises in infant mortality due to malnutrition. It was an evil affair, Nestle knew what was happening, but they just stepped up their advertising campaign and even had representatives who'd travel around advising young mothers to bottle-feed.
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Thanks very much for that semihere, that was very informative, I'd forgotten the exact points of it and reasonswhy, it's been so long.
Any idea if it was resolved or is it still going on ?
 
Madhatter said:
Theres nothing left to debate though is there?
It's not spam, although I think that was the most interesting debate in this thread. It's not illegal because it's not selling anything.
I still think the best is to watch the local prices and go to the cheapest.
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agree with hatter - nothing left to debate! but while you mean well godfrey just remember the introduction of the Poll Tax - half of the country nearly was swept up on we aint gonna pay it movement, if i remember correctly virtually everybody Paid up, and a dozen or so pensioners went to jail for non-payment! the British do buggar all unless theres a war,then watch em unite.;)
 
cashman said:
agree with hatter - nothing left to debate! but while you mean well godfrey just remember the introduction of the Poll Tax - half of the country nearly was swept up on we aint gonna pay it movement, if i remember correctly virtually everybody Paid up, and a dozen or so pensioners went to jail for non-payment! the British do buggar all unless theres a war,then watch em unite.;)
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Depends on what the war is in the aid of and what can be gained.:rolleyes:
 
Madhatter said:
That's a sensible answer. I don't know anywhere here thats a quid a litre, only the tamworth services.
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Petrol is 99.9p per litre for unleaded in Blackley Village, Manchester. I think it is the Total garage.

The Nestle boycott is still ongoing but in my opinion totally fruitless. Nestle make everything from household cleaners, cereals, coffee, sweets, biscuits and have numerous subsidiaries. It would be nigh on impossible to boycott every product that Nestle have involvement with. I do not agree with what Nestle have done in the third world but it goes to show just what lengths these global companies will go to in order to maintain a monoploy on their products.
 
I didn't say it was the cheapest, its about what ethical footprint it has.

e.g. you were looking at an HP printer

here is 'their' ethical footprint



BRAND
Hewlett Packard
HOLDING COMPANY
Hewlett Packard Company
POSITIVE RECORD

Animal Testing
Boycott Calls
Ecological Schemes
Environmental Reporting
Genetic Modification
Nuclear Power

NEGATIVE RECORD
Politcal Donations
Armaments

try teh same for epson etc and see what they come back with
 
yes but it does say on there site
"GOOSHING makes it easy to buy brands from the most responsible companies at the (cheapest price)… and boycott those corporates that don’t care about animal welfare, human rights or the environment.."
i still think i will go to pc world ta:)
 
yes, but you can now make a decision whether epson (who have negative in Nuclear power but nowt else is a more ethical buy than a HP
 
Sounds like an absolutely daft scheme, because the smaller companies get the Oil from the bigger companies, therefore buying from Total instead of BP, isn't gonna work. Still be the same people counting the money at the end of the day. And it's the VAT in the UK that makes the prices so ridiculous, thats why the rest of Europe are hovering around the 70pence mark. Not sure exactly how much VAT is on Fuel, but I think it's about 40% or something daft. Perhaps if less people had voted Labour in again...? Lets face it, they don't seem to be too left wing anymore...
 
Technicality, it's still the government taxes.
Does this tax duty whatever stop people from using their car ? because I can't see it, there's more cars than ever on the road now, and there's been a very obvious increase in the last ten years since I started driving for as a job.
 
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