Friday, March 11, 2022

Fuel Prices Locally (Around 9 AM)

 It's mostly a shocker:

Diesel is at 2.30 Euro per liter, at the local Esso station.  Comes to $10.21 a gallon, US.

E-10 regular is at 2.15 Euro per liter at the local Aral station.  Comes to about $9.54 a gallon.  

Lot of political chatter going on that the VAT/fuel tax has to be cut drastically.  Odds of this next week?  It'll be openly discussed at the Bundestag, but I doubt if the votes are there to do much until it starts to hit 2.50 for diesel/gas.  

What I generally will predict is that the VAT drops from 19-percent on fuel, to around 7-percent, and the fuel tax drops by 15 cents....but this is only geared toward ninety days.  

Stopping the escalation?  No.  Even if the VAT/fuel tax drops....the escalation will continue on through the summer and I'll openly predict the regular E-10 fuel price (even with taxes adjusted).....they will be near 2.70 Euro per liter for diesel and 2.40 for E-10 by mid-summer.  

If people had a fear over 5-percent inflation....they haven't seen nothing yet.  

The adjusted VAT/tax going back to normal in 2022?  I don't see how.  The environmentalists hyping the E-cars now?  Well....electrical costs are escalating just as much.  

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