Dutch fuel prices on the rise, approaching record levels

Posted on Jan 7, 2012 in News | 3 comments

Dutch fuel prices on the rise, approaching record levels

Fuel prices in the Netherlands are approaching record levels this weekend. The price of a liter of diesel has increased to € 1.47 yesterday. A liter of regular unleaded 95euro now costs 1.75 euros.

Demand for oil in Asia is growing so fast, experts say even that we do not have to expect that the price of oil ever goes down again. “Not even in a recession. Only when we are driving less, refueling becomes cheaper, “said Cyril Widdershoven, oil analyst at TNO.

The Telegraph calculated that an average driver (15,000 km per year, 1 to 15) will spend Euro 100 more on fuel or diesel this year than last year.

More at The Dutch Daily News

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  • Joe

    The obvious reason for the high price of petrol in the Netherlands is all the taxes, so why do people keep insisting it is the oil companies. Petrol here is $1 a litre, if it was the fault of the oil companies, why is it so much cheaper here?

  • Dreamlwd

    Yes that is the reason here, why they do it , i do not know, we are the richest EU country, The Dutch man are business people, only think in euro;s ,the total living standard is going down.

  • Joep

    this is the only way to get the roads free again for the happy few that can afford to pay. what’s the use in buying a hummer, porsche, rolls etc if you stand next in traffic to a fiat panda, driving the same speed. so lets get the prices up and the roads free again for the rich