I received 2 forwarded emails from my office colleague. Again about fuel price increased.

The first one,

THIS IS NOT THE 'DON'T BUY' PETROL FOR ONE DAY, BUT IT WILL SHOW YOU HOW WE CAN GET PETROL BACK DOWN TO $1.00 PER Litre.... This was originally sent by Phillip Hollsworth, a retired Coca Cola executive. If you are tired of the gas prices going up AND they will
continue to rise this winter, take time to read this, PLEASE. This makes MUCH MORE SENSE than the 'don't buy petrol on a certain day' campaign that was going around last April or May! It is worth your consideration. Join the resistance!!!! We are going to hit $ 3.00 a liter and it might go higher!! Want petrol prices to come down? We need to take some intelligent, united action. The oil
companies just laughed at last year's action because they knew we would not 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 on and join with us! Here's the idea: For the rest of this year, DON'T purchase ANY petrol from PETRONAS
the biggest price-up driver company. 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 petrol buyers. It's SO simple! I am sending this note to 20 people. If each of you sends it on to at least twenty more that's (20 x 20 = 400) .. And those 400 send it to at least twenty more (400 x 20 = 8000 ... and so on, by the time the message reaches the fifth group of people, we will have reached over SIXTY FOUR MILLION consumers!!!!! 20x20 = 400 400x20 = 8,000 8,000x20 = 160,000 160,000x20 = 3,200,000 3,200,000x20 = 64,000,000 64,000,000x20 = 12,800,000,000 That's 12.80 Billion people folks, who will have been
contacted!!!!! Unbelievable?? Do the math and see for yourself!

Of course, not all 12.80 billion pump PETRONAS, but with the hard work and network distributions, others users will get this news and distribute it to the whole Malaysia
Again, all you have to do is send this to 20 people. That's all! I'll bet you didn't think we had that much potential, did you! Acting together we can make a difference.. If this message makes sense to you, then please pass it on. THEY will LOWER THEIR PRICES TO BELOW THE $1.50 RANGE AND
KEEP THEM DOWN. THIS CAN REALLY WORK. It's simple - send the message along to others and choose to not buy petrol from PETRONAS TWENTY FIVE POINT SIX BILLION people: Now THAT's people power. LET'S JUST DO IT ! ! ! – stop pump at PETRONAS

The second one,

Tapi member aku adik dia keje petronas mmg bonus lebih 6 bulan beb..
tak penah kureng tu.......



Kena tipu wehh....



Wahai warga Malaysia sekelian.... .hebahkanlah cerita benar ini kpd
rakan2 anda sekelian mengapa perlu boikot minyak petronas.... .

Sebenarnya semua warga malaysia kena tipu dengan dasar kenaikan harga
minyak ni..baru2 ni kenaikan harga minyak sebanyak RM0.78.Tinggi
tuuuuu.Mengapa kita perlu menaikkan harga minyak setinggi tuuuuuuu....
Haaaaaa ini lah yang warga malaysia tak tahu.... Sebenarnya kita ni
duduk je Malaysia ...tapi minyak yang kita cari gali kat trengganu dan
Srawak tu, kita tak penah pakai pun...Minyak yang kita gali tu ialah
minyak Gred A...Diulangi Minyak Gred A.......semua minyak tersebut
dijual keseluruhannya keluar negara...jadi petronas telah beli pulak
minyak gred C...Diulang Gred C.....untuk digunakan dimalaysia dan
diletak logo Petronas.... dalam kajian oleh syarikat2 kereta yg bukan
keta nasional, bahawa minyak petronas ini adalah minyak paling kotor
sekali...maklumlah minyak gred C.

Minyak yang paling bersih adalah minyak Caltex @ Mobil/Esso @ Shell.
Mengapa minyak tersebut lebih bersih??? Sebab minyak tersebut adalah
dari gred B...Inilah yg rakyat malaysia tak tahu...kenaikan harga minyak
disebabkan kenaikan harga minyak dunia yang dikawal oleh US yg mana
setong hampir mencecah usd130.00..Semua orng tertanya-tanya mengapa kita
negara peneluar minyak kena mengikut harga minyak dunia kan . Itu lah
antara sebab2 nye...

Untuk pengetahuan anda semua...semasa kenaikan harga minyak dari RM 1.62
kepada RM1.92 anda pasti pernah menerima E-mail yang mengatakan "isilah
minyak petronas ramai-ramai. Jika semua rakyat malaysia isi minyak
petronas, harga minyak tidak akan naik"...Semua e-mail tersebut adalah
mengarut.Anda semua kena tipu.....Minyak tetap naik jugak
kan....Sebenarnya yang untung paling besar adalah sebahagian orang2
besar kat atas tu dan org2 yang bekerja dengan petronas...sebab bila
reramai isi minyak petronas, makin besar lah untung petronas...bila
makin besar untung...makin besar lah bonus yang orang2 petronas
dapat...Tahun lepas sahaja bonus org2 petronas dapat antara 6-13 bulan
bergantung pada perkhidmatan. ..Tapi yang petronas istihar ialah 2 bulan
bonus sahaja...Bonus yang selebihnya diletakkan atas nama saguhati....

Dasyat betul diorg menipu rakyat.mengambil untung dari hasil perut bumi
yang ALLAH bagi tanpa mengagaihkan sama rata kepada rakyat....Cerita ini
bukan rekaan tetapi cerita ini aku perolehi sendiri dari abg ipar aku yg
bekerja di KLCC. Dia yg menguruskan sendiri Jualan minyak Gred A kita
keluar dan membeli Minyak Gred C untuk di pakai di malaysia ...masa aku
dengar dia bercerita menyirap jugak darah aku bila dia cakap "bonus aku
tahun ni 9 bulan (masa tu tahun 2007)"dah la gaji dia rm 6+++...Siapa
yang keja kerajaan tahun 2007 mana ada bonus....

Pasal Peraduan Car Craze......yang menang tu semua org yg senang2 dan
ada contribute dgn petronas...apa salahnya kalau petronas kurangkan
harga minyak RM 0.20 keee tapi takde pertandingan Car Craze...
Semua rakyat dapat rasa..ni tidak...dahla jual minyak gred C....
Pas tu nak tarik ramai orang isi minyak petronas dengan peraduan mcm tu...
aku bukan nak kondem petronas tetapi aku rasa terkilan ditipu buta2
dengan cara demikian.

Selama ni aku isi minyak petronas nak support produk malaysia ...tetapi
setelah aku tahu aku terus betukar ke minyak Caltex @ Mobil/Esso dan
skang ni sudah 7 bulan aku tak isi minyak petronas. dan aku dpat rasakan
minyak
tersebut lagi menjimatkan. .Terpulang pada anda untuk mengisi minyak yg
anda suka kerana duit tersebut adalah duit anda...

I have no intention to back Petronas. Well I don't know. Like for the 1st email, I don't see why we should not buy from Petronas? Why do I say this? It's simple, are the other oil companies, like Esso, Mobil, BHP, or even Shell, selling lower than RM2.70? If they are selling, even 1 cent cheaper than Petronas, I'm more than willing to buy from them. But they selling the same damn price! Is our fuel price controlled solely by Petronas?

Second email, I know about this. The oil that we produce is meant for export, not for domestic usage. I know this is one of the reasons Petronas making lots of money. Another statement from the email, "Minyak yang paling bersih adalah minyak Caltex @ Mobil/Esso @ Shell." Shell? You really mean Shell? May be their V Power is Grade B. But did anyone notice/know, Petronas and Shell are actually drawing the petrol from the same silo? If you don't believe me, take a slow ride to Cyberjaya area. You will see.

So I don't really see "boycott Petronas = reduce oil price tremendously". Well I don't know.