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Domestic oil prices, which fell as the fuel tax cut rate expanded, recorded an upward trend for the fourth week in a row.
As the situation abroad is the same, there are warnings that an energy crisis worse than the oil shocks of the 1970s and 1980s may come.
Reporter Lee Seung-eun reports.
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Domestic gasoline and diesel prices rose for the fourth straight week.
As a result, the average price of gasoline in Seoul exceeded 2,87 won per liter.
If you look at the national average of gas stations, the weekly sales price up to the 2nd
In the case of gasoline, it was 2,13 won per liter, up 19.3 won from the previous week.
As the fuel tax cut rate was increased from 20% to 30% from last month, gasoline prices fell in the first week of May.
Diesel price also recorded 28.4 won per liter, up 8.1 won from the previous week.
The Korea Petroleum Association said that international oil prices will continue to rise and domestic prices will continue to rise, and that there are no significant downward factors.
International gasoline prices rose due to the easing of lockdown measures in Shanghai, China and the European Union’s approval of Russian sanctions.
As a result, gasoline prices in the United States rose 52 percent from last year to a new all-time high, and natural gas prices nearly tripled in one year.
The U.S., an oil-producing country, is doing better.
In Europe, natural gas prices are soaring and factories are on the verge of closing.
CNN said that the Ukraine war only hastened the energy crisis, and that the price of energy has soared due to a surge in energy demand after the Corona 19 crisis as investment in fossil energy has fallen by half in eight years and energy production is sluggish. told
He also warned that the world could be plunged into the worst energy crisis experienced in the 1970s and early 1980s, or worse.
Sending a positive signal to the market by resuming investment in fossil fuels, ending the war and increasing oil production could stabilize the market, CNN reported.
If this were not the case, he predicted that a severe global recession would subside the energy crisis.
This is YTN Lee Seung-eun.
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