Previously, we repeatedly saw individual gas stations or entire chains impose limits on the sale of diesel fuel once it became scarce. Now the state has stepped in.
The Crisis Management Center, which has apparently finally acknowledged that there is in fact a crisis, has limited diesel sales to one 20-liter canister.
Diesel Sales Now Limited
“We are proposing a temporary restriction on the sale of diesel in consumer containers to a maximum of 20 liters. At the same time, a vehicle may be fully refueled and one additional container of up to 20 liters may also be purchased,” said Center head Sergiu Diaconu.
Criticism of the Center’s Effectiveness
The Center, whose task is to forecast possible threats to the country and formulate intervention proposals to neutralize them, has once again demonstrated its “impressive” effectiveness.
There was no need to create a new structure with highly paid sinecures in order to predict a worsening of the hydrocarbon market situation after the outbreak of conflict in the Middle East. Elementary logic would have been enough.
With even a modest degree of analytical ability, the crisis could have been anticipated in advance, since the tensions did not emerge overnight. As for proposing measures to soften the crisis, these “experts” have so far said nothing at all.
