Since the peak in oil prices last summer, the prices for a barrel of oil actually halved. A barrel or a barrel is 159 liters. Brent 38 cost an average of 137 in July 2008 And dollar is currently at $ 70. This does not mean that prices for gasoline or diesel at the gas pumps the official crude oil prices on the world market proportional follow the same extent.
What do the prices at the pumps? be
Until the oil to customers in the form of gasoline or diesel arrives at the gas stations, it must be transported, stored and refined. Depending on state laws and taxes on fuel are due. This significantly affects the pricing at the pumps.
In June 2008, one liter diesel in Germany € 1.490. This price is currently at € 1.243. The days are far behind, as the Diesel prices less than one euro a liter, respectively. This was in March 2005 with € 0.994 the case. The consumers should therefore be prepared in the coming months, similar to diesel prices as in 2006 or 2007 expected. At that time they were up € 1.05 to € 1.20. Even then complained many women drivers and drivers of their much higher fuel prices than at the beginning of the decade. With petrol
see the situation not much different. A liter of regular gasoline fell from June 2008 to current € 1.525 € 1.305. Here you need to look back to June 2002, at prices to be found under one € per liter.
gasoline and diesel continues to save necessary
It would be wrong to give all-clear and to reduce its cost-cutting efforts while driving and refueling. Petrol and diesel prices will not fall back to the level at the beginning of this decade. All signs indicate that oil becomes a scarce commodity. If the world economy recover after the shock in financial markets, the prices could go up again rapidly to the level of last summer.
If it is possible to reduce demand for gasoline or diesel fuel means saving efforts, this has a beneficial impact on prices. Decline in savings and a resulting increase in demand should raise prices again. Tips Gasoline or diesel save see on the website http://www.cleanerglobe.ch
Liliane Waldner
Cleaner Globe
