Carbon Taxed! European Gas Stations Out Of Diesel, French Refinery Strike Deepens Crisis

Diesel is in short supply in Europe. The situation is about to worsen as the biggest French refinery is shutting down.

Bloomberg reports Europe's Diesel Woes Deepen as Strike Halts French Oil Refinery.

Total SA, France’s biggest refiner, is in the process of shutting its largest plant in the country, the 247,000-barrel-a-day Gonfreville facility in Normandy, due to a labor dispute, a spokeswoman for the company said on Tuesday. A few hundred miles away, in the Netherlands, retail fuel stations are running out of supplies because of shipping constraints on the Rhine, according to Royal Dutch Shell Plc.

Shell said Nov. 20 that it cut production at its Rheinland refining site, the biggest complex of its kind in Germany, due to low water levels on the Rhine. In a tweet on Tuesday, the company said that it was temporarily unable to supply some unmanned fuel stations in the Netherlands.

Gas stations in Germany had already been running dry due to the situation on the Rhine, a major petroleum product transportation corridor that runs northwest from the Swiss Alps all the way to the Netherlands. Switzerland released emergency fuel stockpiles because of the situation on the river.

The premium per barrel of diesel over Brent crude - another indicator of market strength - was at $15.96 on Tuesday, the highest for the time of year in six years.

This shutdown cannot possibly come at a worse time for French President Emmanuel Macron.

Macron is already reeling over a protest of his diesel tax.

People from across France went to Paris to let the president know how they feel about the taxes in general and the tax on diesel. The [Diesel Tax Protests](Diesel Protests in France Turn Violent) then turned violent.

Expect more reactions when the price skyrockets.

In another poorly-timed announcement, France president Emmanuel Macron unveils plan to reduce reliance on nuclear energy.

Amid daily protests about high energy prices, Mr Macron said Francewill shut down 14 nuclear reactors by 2035.

France depends more on nuclear energy than any other country, getting about three-quarters of its electricity from its 19 nuclear plants.

The French leader promised to develop renewable energy instead, saying his priority is weaning France's economy from fuel that contributes to global warming.

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OK, so he's ruining his economy? Expect him to be thrown out next election. Thats all thats gonna happen, someone sane will run and be elected and have to fix all this mess.

I want it to escalate further. Ww3 baby

Yah, so the (((elites))) can live in luxury in their million dollar underground silo-bunkers while the MICs of the world burn all us plebs into the ground? Sounds so wonderful.

Your an idiot, thats what the elites think will happen. When their zogbot guards realize their masters destroyed everything they will chimp out and kill them.

Let it all burn, and from the ashes new hope shall arise.

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It never happens that way. The people chimp out but those elites typically get the fuck out of the country before that ever happens. They have luxury offshore safe havens and nuclear bunkers that have been renovated for comfortable living.

If you think a few cities full of niggers will do anything to these elites I'd like you to take a look at Latin America, Africa, Valenzuela, Sweden, much of the Middle East, et al. These people live in absolute poverty and hell, chimp out all the time, and they can't do a damn thing to overthrow those who destroyed their countries.

They cannot afford to leave this time though, not with the world watching and most regions having weapons that can strike really far away.

I'll agree that if enough nations get fed up, and things really do get very bad, its possible that things could backfire against the kikes in control. But its going to take good people to stand up, and its going to take some pain to get good people to finally stand up. However another World War would NOT be in our interest, only theirs because it distracts us from them, and it pins Western nations against one another instead of the true enemies.

Ain't gonna happen, user. Over 2000 years of jewish usury finally managed to annihilate the global economy. Capitalism and currencies are done, which is why all the governments doing everything they can to agitate the citizens with immigration, censorship, politics etc. to make sure that when shit finally hits the fan humans will be weakened enough to not globally retaliate against the elite. They will soon try to soften the blow with their digital currency, but this will come a) with a massive deflation of value and b) with oppressive restructuring of governments. user…we will have SO MUCH FUN coming our way…this is histories first (and probably only) global financial collapse and the streets will be bathed in blood.