Sahwa@reddthat.com to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days agoHundreds of Irish petrol stations run out of fuel as protests continuewww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square18linkfedilinkarrow-up1239arrow-down13
arrow-up1236arrow-down1external-linkHundreds of Irish petrol stations run out of fuel as protests continuewww.bbc.comSahwa@reddthat.com to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days agomessage-square18linkfedilink
minus-squareDoc_Crankenstein@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·5 days agoI’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.
minus-squarekhannie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·5 days agoYou 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
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