How long until we see €2 a litre and will it push more to EV's faster?

The 2c NORA levy is suspended from tomorrow 1st April for 2 months.

I've done about 1000km in the last 2 days and noticed this morning a lot of stations have increased by exactly 2c per litre on both P & D from yesterday, just a pure coincidence I'm sure!

The government mandate how private business run there operations all the time it's nothing new. There should be strong legalisation mandating employers to allow a certain amount of WFH for those its suitable for (e.g. 2 days per weeek) regardless of this latest crisis but this just makes it more pressing something like this be introduced. The default should be a minimum of 2 days unless an employer can give actual proper evidence as to why its not suitable and nonsense reasons like "improving collaboration", "maintaining company culture", "increasing productivity" and other similar made up reasons should be straight in the bin.

The reduction in excise was a can kicking exercise by the government. Prices are again creeping up, it may sound horrible to some but people are going to have to start reducing their car usage to save on fuel costs.

With prices rising again this week and probably more significant increases next week i honestly can’t see how the government can go ahead with the carbon tax increase in May .. unless they take significant measures to reduce prices before then.
If issue in Middle East isn’t significantly better over next couple of weeks we will see supply getting scarce.
On radio today they said if the 90 day emergency supply is needed it will be priced at current market value and also it could be used exclusively for the likes of emergency vehicles, public transportation, doctors, nurses and utility workers like the ESB .
It seems also a big run on solid fuel over the last week or so, so it seems some people are not using it ordering home heating oil .. and you can’t blame them.

I very much doubt they will need to do it and I dont think they will.

They will advise flexibility but they will stop short of telling private companies that they cant bring staff into the office.

It is an opportunity for more people to utilise public transport however.

If there is a global WFH mandate as there was during covid then Ireland will comply.

There is no such global mandate currently and so no need to take that response.

The countries who can no longer get oil from ME will enter EU markets and that will eat into Ireland's share and also keep the cost up.

A massive global recession is when the price of it will drop.

But by that stage we'd all be sitting in the dark anyway.

Easily spotted by the maurauding gangs looking for charge points for their phones and vapes.

You'll have to sell all that to afford food.

The UK has about 4 operational refineries left.

The majority of what they refine is petrol, and they produce so much petrol that they can export it.

The UK is a net importer of Diesel/Kero/Jet A1

If the amount of diesel etc being imported slows or reduces.. then.. it just ain't there.

Whitegate also make HVO

But yeah.. the majority is petrol.

Most of our diesel and kero is imported.

I always thought that airplane fuel was expensive stuff but watched the Ryanair show during the week and they were saying it’s actually cheap as chips.

amazing how habits change , we would always have the heating on for a couple of hours still in March .. normally mid April before we stop using central heating completely.
Always get 500L end of March as that always seems to be cheaper month, not this year.
We are running low on oil but not a hope ordering at double the price.

To be honest we aren’t exactly missing it , throw a hoodie or jumper on and it’s fine. I do light the stove for a few hours and keep internal doors open which heats the house a bit. Surprising the oil we use when not absolutely necessary.

I have 3 tanks full of kerosene... 3000 litres in each.