The Casino brand has decided to extend the “fuel work” for the summer holidays, which will reduce the bill for many motorists! https://t.co/SfW74jJthE
— AutoPlus (@AutoPlusMag) July 6, 2022
This is love. If you regularly take your car, you have undoubtedly noticed that the few service stations are occupied by motorists. And sometimes the lines stretch far, very far, for very long minutes. And it is not for nothing that many pumping stations had to be closed since the beginning of September. And especially those with TotalEnergies. The reason is very simple: the distributor has actually established an additional discount of 20 cents, which can be combined with the 30 cents from the government. As a result, the company offers fuel the cheapest on the market, prompting motorists to rush to the service station to use it after long months of crisis and rising prices.
Because of the 30-cent discount on fuel, there are shortages at many service stations. https://t.co/SzgziQKxfm
— AutoPlus (@AutoPlusMag) September 5, 2022
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Except that users, rushing to the pump even when they don’t have to, create a shortage of supplies. Add to that the strikes in TotalEnergies and you have all the ingredients for an explosive cocktail. This is why many stations were forced to keep their doors closed when they could not be replenished. But there is no need to talk about the deficit for the government. The latter prefers to cause “tension”. According to him, currently there are such 12% of stations were affected supply difficulties, especially in some regions such as Haut-de-France.
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Strategic reserves
To fill the shortfall and avoid a crisis, the government decided to use strategic reserves for supplying dry stations. France has approximately 18 million tons of reserves, roughly equivalent to 90 days of fuel consumption. They are then distributed among 80 storage locations. Then only the government can order the application of this decision, and it itself sets the permitted volumes. A priori, no risk of shortage therefore, it is better to stay smart and go to the station only if necessary, so as not to saturate the last one.
[#SudRadio]🗣@dupontainan : “For a real reduction in the price of fuel to 1.50 euros, it is necessary to tax the profits of oil companies! »
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— Southern Radio (@SudRadio) July 4, 2022
Source: Auto Plus
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