I Bought Gas Today

 Had to fuel-up the car....23 liters of E-10 fuel....2.18 Euro a  liter.

Just over 50 Euro.

I told the wife at this rate....if the car could burn on vodka....would be cheaper to buy vodka at the grocery.

TV news guy brought up....German gov't for March....collected just over 300 Million Euro 'extra' for fuel tax revenue.   At present pace.....he figured German gov't would  collect almost 800-to-900 million extra for April, if nothing happens.

UK chatter?  They have enough jet fuel to keep  the current flight schedule on-track through the end of April....maybe a week into May.  Then.....rationing and flight-cuts have to occur.

Germans haven't said much....but I expect some type of warning by the end of April, and some flight cuts likely to be announced by mid-to-late  May.   Lufthansa went and said around  two-dozen planes are going  to be parked shortly....flight schedule to be curtailed.

Course....pressure is building.  

Odd news item?   Well....Russia has hinted in some way....they might bring naval  ship presence into the Gulf, and aide the US in securing safe passage.   If you did the  schedule....it'd take at least three weeks for a Russian  frigate or two  to arrive.