The price of petrol shot through the previous record from 2012 last week. Never before has a liter of petrol been so expensive as now. The increase has not yet ended and the limit of 2 euros per liter may be reached this time.
The average national recommended price of a liter of petrol has already passed € 1.90 per liter. The previous record of € 1,895 per liter from 2012 fell last week and it continues to rise. The big question now is where it ends. Paul van Selms of United Consumers consumer collective does not expect the price increase to end yet. “Fluctuations in fuel prices are the order of the day. Now the price increase seems structural and we have to take into account that prices are heading towards 2 euros. And that is a crucial limit for many consumers. leave the car earlier. ”
Retail expert Paul Moers does not think that people will really leave their cars at home because of the high petrol price: “We are just as addicted to driving as we are to cigarettes and spirits. Driving makes us independent. We want to have that feeling, at all costs Or you have to be on welfare, maybe you will start thinking about it seriously. ” He also does not consider the reduction of its own fleet due to the high petrol price realistic: “Anyone who can afford a second car will not just get rid of that thing.”
In Belgium, they are already noticing that the Dutch come to refuel there to save money. At the petrol station on the Bredabaan, just across the border at Wernhout, the jerry cans are even full of petrol. Brabanders are flocking to it en masse because of the cheaper petrol prices. “Refuel four times, then the fifth is free.”