It’s a fact, fuel is getting more expensive. If a few weeks ago we were able to take advantage of a small lull, prices have recently started to rise again. In particular, the increase in demand due to the school holidays, to which is added very high taxation, as well as the war in Ukraine. But would these be the only reasons for such growth? Well, not necessarily. This is explained by the oil group TotalEnergies. The journalists of “Auto-moto” really managed to communicate with the press secretaries, who provided us with additional information.
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Many reasons
The latter, who remained anonymous, explain that one of the main reasons for such growth is hidden costs, including those for distribution. According to them ” these costs are the same across the profession, and their variation is multifactorial“. But that’s not all, because this promotion is also associated with ” increase in EEC energy certificates“, which corresponds to approximately 7 cents per liter of fuel. Finally, biofuels such as ethanol are also more expensive, again due to war in Ukraine. It is there that many agricultural raw materials are actually produced.
A ceiling that works
In particular, to limit the increase, which TotalEnergies has introduced for several months, the price cap at 1.99 euros per liter at its gas stations. This measure has a real positive effect, as fuel now often exceeds the two-euro mark. For its part, the 40 million motorists’ association is asking reduction of VAT, but the government does not want to know anything. He believes that it would be useless, but it would cost the state too much money.
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Source: Auto Plus
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