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Boycott petrol!

i-need-a-martini — Tue, 25 Nov 2014 20:52:10 GMT

Halal certification funding terrorism = a big fat lie.

Crude Oil funding terrorism = fact.

So IF you are really so concerned about the spread of Islam, the horror of terrorism, and the threat of muslims taking over Australia then I suggest you stop driving a car.

So far this fact has been ignored in the halal obsessed threads which is very odd given the feverish arguments about Islamic terrorism.

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softail-joanie — Tue, 25 Nov 2014 21:08:29 GMT

So IF you are really so concerned about the spread of Islam, the horror of terrorism, and the threat of muslims taking over Australia

I thought it would be China gearing up to take over Australia. Good luck getting people to boycot "made in China" with black friday and Christmas coming up.

then I suggest you stop driving a car.

I tried, rode my bicycle instead and police took it, they must be working for the oil companys.

"dem road made fer cars, bicycle lady thoughts she hads rights"

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i-need-a-martini — Tue, 25 Nov 2014 21:10:46 GMT

No joanie - China was last years bash-a-race fashion.

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punch*drunk — Tue, 25 Nov 2014 21:19:37 GMT

What makes you think those can boycott petrol arent already doing so? I'm sure you're smart enough to realise that most people cant actually boycott fuel in this day and age even if they want to.

I'd happily boycott fuel if there was as easy an alternative as just choosing another brand of cookie. It costs me a damn fortune to get from place to place where I live. A flying broom would be handy I reckon 🙂

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i-need-a-martini — Tue, 25 Nov 2014 21:33:14 GMT

@punch*drunk wrote:
What makes you think those can boycott petrol arent already doing so? I'm sure you're smart enough to realise that most people cant actually boycott fuel in this day and age even if they want to.

I'd happily boycott fuel if there was as easy an alternative as just choosing another brand of cookie. It costs me a damn fortune to get from place to place where I live. A flying broom would be handy I reckon 🙂

Why not? For most people it's as easy as cutting down their travel and travelling by public transport whenever they can. My family made the choice (for environmental reasons) many years ago. I can now go months without driving a car.

And even if they can't stop driving a car, where is the "boycott middle eastern petrol" campaign? We have a choice to buy petrol from the middle east or from other oil reserves. The US made that choice and now consume petrol mainly from their own reserves or south america.

Australians buy from the middle east and indonesia (who import from the middle east and export to us suckers).

So where are the facebook pages devoted to making this change? Where is harrassment of the oil companies who buy 'tainted' petrol?

Where is the discussion about this? How come the boards haven't been swamped by this? And how is it that when the question is asked on other threads, it is ignored?

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cmcoins2000 — Tue, 25 Nov 2014 21:36:22 GMT

@punch*drunk wrote:
What makes you think those can boycott petrol arent already doing so? I'm sure you're smart enough to realise that most people cant actually boycott fuel in this day and age even if they want to.

I'd happily boycott fuel if there was as easy an alternative as just choosing another brand of cookie. It costs me a damn fortune to get from place to place where I live. A flying broom would be handy I reckon 🙂

Then you could double up on a game of Quidditch.

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softail-joanie — Tue, 25 Nov 2014 21:55:56 GMT

I'm sure you're smart enough to realise that most people cant actually boycott fuel in this day and age even if they want to.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nzos5qz3_A4 . . . . . . . . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSKQM-pEtWU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jc5Ud52Sqtc . . . . . . . . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YblL928zaOw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NebLkPulpNg . . . . . . . . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AM-DSAbKxq8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLz-WTssnNE . . . . . . . . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEBlRhQMQ8M

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwS_Z6P0EFY . . . . . . . . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiyjM-w5QpQ

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lyndal1838 — Tue, 25 Nov 2014 23:47:16 GMT

It really does not matter how individuals feel about boycotting petrol, it is not really practical for most people.

Would you be prepared to stop going to the supermarkets.....grow your own food or stop eating? How do you think the supermarkets get their stock?

Are you happy to have no clothing in the stores, no ebay buying, no mail, no bills delivered (that I could live with but the utility companies might not be so happy).

There is no point in standing on your high horse and refusing to buy petrol for your car when you are so dependent on petrol for all aspects of your everyday life.

Would you prefer to go back to the days of the horse and cart where most food was brought to your door?

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tasfleur — Wed, 26 Nov 2014 00:00:24 GMT

"could double up on a game of Quidditch"

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***super_nova*** — Wed, 26 Nov 2014 00:01:29 GMT

Of -course, I agree with what you say, but all the same; ISIL gets millions from oil. Maybe we should demand to know provenance of the oil that comes to Australia, maybe we should demand that ALL countries around the world agree not to buy oil from ISIL. And here we are sending our troops to fight ISIL, but do nothing to cut off ISIL income and weapon supply. That would be the quickest way to defeat them. Instead there is campaign to stop halal certification, which has nothing to do with anything, raises only small profit, and as far nobody was able to prove that any money from it goes to terrorist.

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icyfroth — Wed, 26 Nov 2014 00:07:46 GMT

it's not just boycotting travel.

Petrol plays a large part in the manufacture of plastic.

Are you ready to boycott plastic as well?

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softail-joanie — Wed, 26 Nov 2014 00:24:41 GMT

Smog, lung leasions, cancer rates, and what are we gonna do when theres no more to pump out from the ground, start taking it from the sea and have 3 to 5 BP distasters a week. Did you look at any of the links i posted on EVs?

No we can't cut it out completly, range limits of EVs prevent that, but we can stretch it out alot more than we are doing, use less, not none. While constantly looking for more efficient transportation. Even in electric cars theres alot of room for improvment, but unless more people put more of them on the roads, the ideas for any improvment won't come.

Even gas cars could do alot better on fuel milage. Look at some cars made in the 1980s compared to new cars of today. they are getting much worse millage.. Even hybrids of today have a hard time going the distance on the same fuel as say, a 1978 pure gas Honda Civic.

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the_great_she_elephant — Wed, 26 Nov 2014 01:08:59 GMT

@icyfroth wrote:
it's not just boycotting travel.

Petrol plays a large part in the manufacture of plastic.

Are you ready to boycott plastic as well?

I don't think Lyndal feels the need to boycott anything. She was simply pointing out the absurdity of of it.

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icyfroth — Wed, 26 Nov 2014 01:21:35 GMT

@the_great_she_elephant wrote:
@icyfroth wrote:
it's not just boycotting travel.

Petrol plays a large part in the manufacture of plastic.

Are you ready to boycott plastic as well?

I don't think Lyndal feels the need to boycott anything. She was simply pointing out the absurdity of of it.

Totally agree.

My question was general, I just happened to hit Lyndal's post to reply with.

Please accept my sincere apologies if you feel you've been unfairly targetted, Lyndal .

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cherry*135 — Wed, 26 Nov 2014 01:32:31 GMT

Boycott petrol... Good idea. Another reason is the Bowser Bandit's (Abbott's) increase on fuel tax.

Why aren't the halal certification hysteria brigade concerned about crude oil funding terrorism?

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daydream**believer — Wed, 26 Nov 2014 01:39:07 GMT

I totally support your choice to boycott petrol.

Good on you for helping the cause martini

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Anonymous — Wed, 26 Nov 2014 02:03:02 GMT

do what you can. every bit helps

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nero_bolt — Wed, 26 Nov 2014 02:05:22 GMT

I love my 2013 V8 Commodore..

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