Did you read the article? The fuel stations are running out because of blockades by protests. They have fuel. Hell, they are nearly to the point of needing to turn away ships because they are nearing capacity.
The protests are because of fuel pricing being gouged and impacting the livelihoods of these people.
These actions have forced the government’s hand at providing relief packages to people in need, especially those in key economic sectors such as food production, public transit, and emergency services.
The owning-class can go without making obscene profits off of an international crisis. That’s all that the people are asking for.
Do they expect the Irish government to conjure petroleum out of thin air?
Did you read the article? The fuel stations are running out because of blockades by protests. They have fuel. Hell, they are nearly to the point of needing to turn away ships because they are nearing capacity.
The protests are because of fuel pricing being gouged and impacting the livelihoods of these people.
These actions have forced the government’s hand at providing relief packages to people in need, especially those in key economic sectors such as food production, public transit, and emergency services.
The owning-class can go without making obscene profits off of an international crisis. That’s all that the people are asking for.
They’re wanting the government to cut the fuel duty to help with the costs. At least that’s what I’ve read of Irish based communities.
I’m from the US so I interpreted it the best I could. If others closer to the issue could provide more nuance it would be much appreciated.
You did a decent job. Tax is a huge part of the cost of fuel here so there’s room to cut it but there’s no doubt that price gouging is going on also.
Diesel is running about €2.20 a litre here now which is about $9.73 per gallon in US terms.
Maths was: 2.20 x 3.78 x 1.17
Stupid communists
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Is there actual gouging? How do we know?
In the article? The price change is noted at the end.
It doesn’t mention anything about price gouging though, only that global fuel prices have gone up.