Skyrocketing petrol prices, record increases

Fuel prices are rising again, with gasoline costing an average of € 1.657 per liter, according to the latest Mise surveys, while diesel fuel returns to € 1.510 / liter. Compared to the same period of 2020, petrol records a record increase of + 18.6%, while diesel costs 17.6% more – reports the Codacons – This means that a full tank of green costs today 13 euros more than in August of last year, while for a full tank of diesel the additional cost is equal to +11.3 euros. Since the beginning of the year, gasoline has grown by + 15%, while diesel has grown by + 14.5%. “Increases that translate into a real sting on the pockets of consumers – attacks the president Carlo Rienzi – The increases at the pump in fact translate into greater expenditure, only for refueling, equal to +312 euros per year per family “.” The rise in the price of gasoline continues, albeit slowly, reaching a record of € 1.657 per liter, reaching a record since October 22, 2018 when it reached € 1.661, ie over 2 years and 8 months ago, while diesel fuel , although stable at € 1,510, it is at its maximum since June 3, 2019, when it stood at € 1,514 per liter, two years and 2 months ago “, reports Massimiliano Dona, president of the National Consumers Union.” ‘year, from the survey of January 4, in 7 months, a 50-liter tank increased by 10 euros and 80 cents for petrol and by 9 euros and 55 cents for diesel, with an increase of 15% and 14.5%. On an annual basis it is equal to a sting per car equal to 259 euros per year for gasoline and 229 euros for diesel “continues Dona.” In exactly one year, from the survey of 10 August 2020, when gasoline was 1,398 euros per liter and diesel at 1,284 euros per liter, a full tank of 50 liters costs 12 euros and 99 cents more for petrol and 11 euros and 28 cents more for diesel, with an increase of 18.6 respectively % and 17.6%. An increase that is equivalent, on an annual basis, to a record scoppola of 312 euros per year for petrol and 271 euros for diesel “, concludes Dona.