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How are you dealing with the rising cost of fossil fuels?

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The energy crisis triggered by the conflict in the Middle East has sent oil and gas prices soaring. As a result, car owners are paying more at petrol stations and households face ever higher heating bills.

We are interested in your opinion: what are the impacts of the energy crisis in your country and in your daily life? How are you reacting to rising petrol and diesel prices? Take part in the debate.

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رضوان عبد السلام
The following contribution has been automatically translated from AR.

This crisis has highlighted our need for alternative and sustainable energy sources—and for building homes using energy-efficient materials. We must learn to live frugally; this may well be the right opportunity, given the circumstances, to reduce our dependence on oil and gas in our daily lives and to live simply, just as our ancestors did on this land before the discovery of oil. We need to read aboutand their daily lives. ____Ridwan Abdulsalam __Iraq, Mosul

كشفت هذه الأزمة حاجتنا إلى بدائل الطاقة و الطاقة المستدامة __وبناء المنازل بمواد عازلة توفر الطاقة علينا أن نتعلم العيش بتقشف و قد تكون هذه هي الفرصة المناسبة في هذه الظروف لتقليل الاعتماد على النفط الغاز في حياتنا اليومية و العيش ببساطة كما عاش اسلافنا على هذه الأرض قبل اكتشاف النفط نحتاج إلى أن نقرأ عن طريقة عيشهم و حياتهم اليومية ____رضوان عبد السلام __العراق مدينة الموصل

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Rafiq Tschannen

Well, I live in Indonesia, one of the very few countries that has not (yet) increased the price of petrol. The Minister of Finance said that until the end of the year there would be no change. One liter cosst 0.5 Swiss Francs.

Luigi Jorio
Luigi Jorio SWI SWISSINFO.CH
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@Rafiq Tschannen

Good morning, Rafiq. Thank you for your message. In Switzerland, the government does not currently intend to intervene to curb the rise in fuel prices, unlike in Germany, Austria and Italy. According to a report in ‘20 Minuti’, members of the Swiss People’s Party are calling on the Federal Council to abolish the mineral oil tax (which amounts to around 80 centimes per litre for diesel).

Buongiorno Rafiq grazie per il messaggio. In Svizzera, il Governo non intende per ora intervenire per frenare l’aumento del prezzo dei carburanti, a differenza di quanto fatto in Germania, Austria e Italia. Secondo quanto riportato da “20 Minuti”, esponenti dell’Unione democratica di centro chiedono al Consiglio federale di abolire la tassa sugli oli minerali (che ammonta a circa 80 centesimi al litro per il diesel).

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Rafiq Tschannen
@Rafiq Tschannen

correction: Indonesia has a 'subsadized' category of petrol for the not so sophisticated brands of cars (and motorcycles). If you drive a BMW then the price of your petrol has increased. For my old Toyota still the price of 0.5 SFR applies per liter.

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