Prices at the pump have leapt since the start of the conflict – but clinging to fossil fuels will only prolong the pain, says Berlin-based journalist Tania Roettger
The reality is that the tax is reduced by a fixed 17 cents per liter. Now petrol stations have increased the price of the actual petrol by (even more than) 17 cents the day before the tax cut came into effect.
So those 17 cents per liter of extra profit are now paid by the taxpayer – regardless of whether they drive with petrol or not – directly in the pockets of mineral oil corpos.
It’s nothing but a gift from the German government to oil companies, at the expense of the German people. And exactly this was predicted by many economists and activists.
The reality is that the tax is reduced by a fixed 17 cents per liter. Now petrol stations have increased the price of the actual petrol by (even more than) 17 cents the day before the tax cut came into effect.
So those 17 cents per liter of extra profit are now paid by the taxpayer – regardless of whether they drive with petrol or not – directly in the pockets of mineral oil corpos.
It’s nothing but a gift from the German government to oil companies, at the expense of the German people. And exactly this was predicted by many economists and activists.