Read if you want petrol prices to come down…
I received the following message from a friend in the UK:
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See what you think and pass it on if you agree with it.
We are hitting 95p a litre in some areas now, soon we will be faced with paying £1 a ltr. Philip Hollsworth offered this good idea:
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! (more…)
Filling Up Your Car With Petrol or Diesel
I received this from a friend in Ireland and thought this was very interesting:
“I’ve been in petroleum pipeline business for about 31 years, currently working for the Kinder-Morgan Pipeline here in San Jose, CA. We deliver about 4 million gallons in a 24-hour period from the pipe line; one day it’s diesel, the next day it’s jet fuel and gasoline. We have 34 storage tanks here with a total capacity of 16,800,000 gallons. Here are some tricks to help you get your money’s worth: (more…)
Muhammad Yunus
Last night (22nd March) in Lisbon I saw this year’s (2006) Nobel Prize for Peace Muhammad Yunus make a presentation of the work that he has been involved with over the last 35 years with Micro Credits.
You may or may not know about Micro Credits (and if you don’t know about Micro Credits, then I suppose you have been in hibernation for the last 10 years at least). It was the “invention” of Muhammad Yunus and the story behind the man is just about the purest most incredibly singularly unselfish thing that anyone can possibly imagine. Much has been written about this and there is no point me trying to compete. However, if there is a God in this world, you can be sure that he is standing next to this simple man.
The auditorium of the Gulbenkian in Lisbon holds 1.200 people….all seats were taken….and there were still people standing at the back. And some seconds before Muhammad walked onto the stage, there was a sudden silence in the hall that was almost as though we were waiting for a God….indeed we were waiting for someone special. And the moment he stepped onto the stage, this more than 1.200 people burst into a sustained applause that must have sent shivers down his spine…..it certainly did mine.
The mixed audience (from Ambassadors to the mere mortal) knew how to welcome the man from Bangladesh and he will remember the warmth of this reception of Lisbon for many years to come.
And what is quite striking is that this man, a Phd in Economics, can describe the complexity of his experience in such simple works. He formed pictures in three words and basically rewrote the banking world principles, so that the poorest of the poor people could be given a chance to live a life…simply be given an opportunity.
And turning extreme poverty into a business opportunity, where the only beneficiaries were the poor, must be seen as a one of the wonder of our lives.
People like Gandi, Mandela and now Yunus…all of whom we have been fortunate to have touched our lives…must become our heroes…they must serve as our inspiration and our reason for living…they must help us to understand that in this unique planet, we are all one and we are all part of the misery and poverty and therefore all part of the solution to, as Muhammad so simply says, Rid The World of Poverty.
At the end of his story, again the more than 1.200 people ALL stood and applauded the Man…and I honestly believe that we would all still be there, had he not decided to leave the stage after several minutes…it was a truly amazing feeling…truly amazing!
