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Nearly 20% price increase for Diesel !

2 October 2008 11 Comments

The Automatic Pricing Mechanism had its meeting today to discuss the new prices for petroleum products which is calculated at a 3 months interval.

Bad, very bad for diesel-powered vehicle owners!

Lets the picture say everything!

Some months before, I also blogged about some illegal practices of filling stations of the island, which close up earlier that usual when the price of petroleums products have an increase…

Read more here…

 

Btw. the first guest article will be posted very soon…

I have already received it and will rework it so that to make it more interesting…

It will be about the Credit Crunch affecting America and its impact on Mauritius…

Dont worry, it will be more clear in the next post… Non technical stuff!

Thanks to Hans for taking some time to write about something which I was not even aware of!

 

Back to this article, how do you find the new price? :P

Do you think that the APM should do this ‘pointage’ more often?

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11 Comments »

  • carrotmadman6 said:

    Instead of increasing diesel prices by Rs 9 & decreasing gasoline by Rs 3, why couldn’t they just increase both by Rs 3?!?!? :S

    What’ll now happen is that all foodstuffs including bread will go up…. & inflation will go triple-digit now! :(
    What happens to industries & vans/buses running on diesel?!?!

    Read more here: http://stc.intnet.mu/whatsnew/apm/apmintro.htm

    carrotmadman6s last blog post : The Dark Knight

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  • Shah said:

    Yay! The price of gas “essence” goes down…by not much but still.
    Funny thing is – if you want to stick to gas, there’s nothing much you can do to reduce your expenses aside from ranting. It’s fate.

    Shahs last blog post : Fat Boy Wasim Sings

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  • Shah said:

    @carrotmadman – sure, so many questions but most people are helpless and are not agents of change.

    Shahs last blog post : Fat Boy Wasim Sings

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  • Yashvin (author) said:

    @Shah: I was just commenting on that point on my facebook status…

    http://www.new.facebook.com/profile.php?id=518093312&ref=profile

    We do have the choice, well, just wait for the elections :P

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  • Tushal said:

    Diesel supoZ decrease..lor marcher mondial li decrease..mais dan mtius li increase..should we expect a riise in bus tickets also?

    Tushals last blog post : Laptops ! ? ! ? ! ?

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  • preetesh said:

    Transport bus sure pu monT asterr…pna barer sa!!!

    Lessence in vin pli bomarcher…pa kwar sa kn to get prix n 2-3ans avan kt diesel ti buku pli bomarcher ki lessence!

    preeteshs last blog post : Bryan’s Robson Dream Team

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  • Veer said:

    [re=25722]preetesh[/re]: bus pu gagne incentive depi govt.

    pa dakor, zot ine fer 1 lesprit ar diesel
    diesel kout pli bon marcher pu fer mo pa dakor li monter
    zot ine fer sa akose 1 tas dimoune ine shifter lor diesel
    mem loto peugeot ziska bmw diesel aster

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  • Sailesh said:

    Glad that i use LPG :P

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  • Avish said:

    All you people use bicycle!!!! Throw away your cars :D

    Avishs last blog post : Posters Breaking Packets at UOM!!!

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