Sahwa@reddthat.com to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 12 hours agoHundreds of Irish petrol stations run out of fuel as protests continuewww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up1183arrow-down12
arrow-up1181arrow-down1external-linkHundreds of Irish petrol stations run out of fuel as protests continuewww.bbc.comSahwa@reddthat.com to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 12 hours agomessage-square15fedilink
minus-squareblackn1ght@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·8 hours agoThey’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.
minus-squareDoc_Crankenstein@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·8 hours 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-up5·edit-25 hours 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
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