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by eru 90 days ago
Maybe. But it's not obvious that they would benefit from cheap petrol.
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anonymous_user9 89 days ago
In that case, we should definitely reserve judgement on the weird payment stipulations then. The oil industry probably hates that the government is doing this, and we shouldn't cast aspersions on them.
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fastasucan 89 days ago
Not maybe, they do. And noone wants their product so expensive that people starts looking for alternatives.
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justinclift 89 days ago
At a guess, they're probably happy to encourage continued reliance on petroleum, whilst the rest of the world is switching over to renewable energy.
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