Shinano Mainichi 2024/12/16 06:05 Subsidies to combat rising gasoline prices to be gradually reduced from the 19th Government subsidies to combat rising gasoline prices will be gradually reduced from the 19th. The average retail price of regular gasoline per liter in Nagano Prefecture announced by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry’s Agency for Natural Resources and Energy on the 11th was 185 yen 60 sen. Prices are expected to rise further in the future, with regular gasoline prices expected to exceed 190 yen per liter. Drivers who visited gas stations across the prefecture on the 15th, the last holiday before the cutbacks, expressed confusion and resignation. “It’s already expensive…” On this day, there was no last-minute congestion at a self-service gas station located along National Route 18 in Shinonoi, Nagano City. A few days ago, the company announced the planned price increase to members via the communication app “LINE,” but there has been no significant response. A male office worker (38) who came to get gas said he uses his car to commute to work and said, “The price increase is a problem, but it’s already really expensive.” “In rural areas a car is a necessity. I want something to be done,” he said, calling for the abolition of the provisional tax rate added to gasoline taxes. 20 years ago it was around 80 yen per liter… On this day, the price of regular gasoline at the store was 186 yen per liter. Store manager Koji Kobayashi (45) recalled that when he started working there as a part-timer about 20 years ago, the price was in the 80-yen range, and said, “It’s unthinkable now. It’s like another world.” After the 19th, they will analyze the pricing of nearby stores and the amount of discounts offered by coupons, and say they will “make efforts to offer the cheapest prices in the area.” Gasoline isn’t the only item that’s rising in price… Even a gas station in downtown Matsumoto was apparently not crowded that day. Kensaku Yoda (46), an office worker from the city who came to fill up his car, said he was unaware of the reduction in subsidies that took effect on the 19th, and commented, “Gasoline isn’t the only thing that is rising in price. Gasoline is necessary for work and life, so we have no choice but to accept the price increase,” he said with a resigned look on his face. Gas station: “Price hike is inevitable” According to the male manager (40), the price of regular gasoline is expected to rise by 5 to 10 yen per liter at this store from the 19th due to the reduction in subsidies. “There’s nothing we can do about the price hike, but there’s a possibility that customers will flock to the cheaper self-service stands,” he said.
>>6 I live in Nagano I don’t need air conditioning in the summer This winter has been so warm that I don’t even need heating There’s been no snow, It’s so easy to live here.
A car isn’t a “must” thing. Of course, there are many times when I think a car is more convenient, and I do use one sometimes. But I basically go anywhere by bicycle. Some people say, “That’s tough once you’re over 40,” but I’m already in my fifties.
Country folk are defenders of the country, so if you convert it into the value of their lives, their lives are about three times that of Tokyo residents.
I live in the countryside and drive 1500km a month, so if my fuel economy is 15km per litre, the difference of 100 litres would be around 1000 yen? No offense, but if I quit playing pachinko I’d have money to pay for it straight away.
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