Swedish gas prices continues to climb to new record heights

[+Green Blog]

The major gas companies in Sweden have raised the price for gasoline to new record heights. One gallon of gasoline (4 litres) will now cost you $8,48 (around 52 Swedish Kronor).

The increase in fuel costs can not be blamed on higher gas taxes, like some political parties in Sweden have discussed to introduce. Experts say the fuel costs are rising because of increasing global demand and because the stock market have started to invest more money in natural resources like oil and food.

The fuel costs are expected to continue to rise and reach new record heights during the summer.

Ulf Svahn, from the Swedish petroleum institute (SPI), don't think that the current expenses will encourage people to use the car less, saying that the expenses are still too small to make a difference.

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[mountainhiker]

One gallon of gasoline (4 litres) will now cost you $8,48 (around 52 Swedish Kronor).

Whoa, impressed that it costs 2-3 times what it costs in the US.

[Simon]

Whoa, impressed that it costs 2-3 times what it costs in the US.

Yep, so what are you guys complaining about?

Nah, seriously, the gas prices should be higher, just like the Swedish parliamentary climate commission has urged. But you know, politicans and people alike don't trust scientists or economics anymore. It's like we have gone into a new dark age.

[mountainhiker]

Yep, so what are you guys complaining about?

Nah, seriously, the gas prices should be higher, just like the Swedish parliamentary climate commission has urged. But you know, politicans and people alike don't trust scientists or economics anymore. It's like we have gone into a new dark age.

Well, sad to agree, it clearly is not an enlightened age. Part of the problem is the scientists don't agree/trust each other so not sure I can fault the politicians on that score. Not sure how it is where you are but here that have a publish or perish mind set in many of the universities so the scientist and professors are way to quick to publish "research" that is shaky. Remember several times research being withdrawn after a splash in the news with a big "we made a minor mistake". Translated, the first person who read the report caught a major mistake..

[Simon]

Well, sad to agree, it clearly is not an enlightened age. Part of the problem is the scientists don't agree/trust each other so not sure I can fault the politicians on that score. Not sure how it is where you are but here that have a publish or perish mind set in many of the universities so the scientist and professors are way to quick to publish "research" that is shaky. Remember several times research being withdrawn after a splash in the news with a big "we made a minor mistake". Translated, the first person who read the report caught a major mistake..

The scientific reports these days seems to be made deliberately too soft not to make anyone "upset" about the findings. A great example of this is the IPCC reports who seems to have been too soft in pretty much every point, correct but miscalculated.

Scientific reports projects that the Arctic will become ice-free by year 2050. But newly released reports suggest it could happen as early as 2013. And as closer we get to 2013 the newer forecast looks more accurate.

But what are people actually to believe in when corporations and governments try to do everything they can to twist the scientific results and opinions in their favour?

Just recently "500 scientists with documented doubts" about man-made climate change (listed at the Heartland Institute website) seems to have been put on this global warming denying list in contradiction to what their findings have said.

DeSmogBlog manager Kevin Grandia emailed 122 of the scientists yesterday afternoon, calling their attention to the list. So far - in less than 24 hours - three dozen of those scientists had responded in outrage, denying that their research supports Avery's conclusions and demanding that their names be removed.

[only_green_no_gray]

Wow, here gas is around 1.30 euros/liter, but in the last year it raised around 50cents

[Simon]

Wow, here gas is around 1.30 euros/liter, but in the last year it raised around 50cents

Those prices are similar to the Swedish ones. 1,30 EUR = 12,32 SEK.

[Simon]

Today experts from SIKA, the Swedish Institute for Transport and Communications Analysis, released a report saying we need to raise the gas tax. They say we need gas prices at $17,45 per gallon to be able to reach the EU's climate change goals.