fuel

Tagged Discussions

Rise in fuel causes nationwide protest in Kanya

SIDDI KIMPOLE @SIDIKIMPOLE (3480) • Eldoret, Kenya 19 May

On 18th May, 2026 public transport was entirely paralyzed when thousands of Kenyans flocked streets in protests over high prices of petroleum products. Diesel, the most used product had its price increased by almost 25%. As of...

5 responses •

4 people

KENYAN GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCES INCREASE IN FUEL

SIDDI KIMPOLE @SIDIKIMPOLE (3480) • Eldoret, Kenya 15 Apr

Our government announced an increase of fuel prices in the evening of 14.4.2026. The Price of Super Petrol went up by Ksh 28 (US$ 0.22) while Diesel price went up by Ksh. 40 (US$ 0.31). This implies that bus fare will go up...

fuel

kenya

corruption

6 responses •

5 people

fuels stock reserve left for 50 days?

cuttyrish @cuttyrish (3264) • United States 9 Mar

As per the news here in the Philippines, our fuel will only last for 50 days, which means, its doesn't only affect cars, but even our electric. If you were face with a situation like this, what would you or buy to make sure you...

5 responses •

5 people

Something new to test!

Fleur @Fleura (34927) • United Kingdom 9 May 25

I have written before about our car-related tribulations. We took our car for an MOT test 6 weeks ago yesterday and haven’t got it back yet! First we had to just do without… then we hired a car for a week’s holiday… then after 4...

5 responses •

6 people

Are we really ready for electric vehicles?

Fleur @Fleura (34927) • United Kingdom 14 Jul 23

Everything is geared towards encouraging drivers to choose electric vehicles at the moment – from the promised/threatened phase-out of internal combustion engines to penalties for driving ‘polluting’ vehicles into cities. The...

14 responses •

13 people

OPEC's Power to Raise Gas Prices Came Directly from the United States

Jim Bauer @porwest (112717) • United States 5 Oct 22

Hear me out. I understand many of you are not going to like what I have to say. But it has to be said. [i]Gas prices did shoot up about 30 cents or more a gallon after OPEC announced it would pull back oil production...

6 responses •

5 people

so glad I bought that plane ticket

lady Di @lady1993 (27221) • Philippines 12 Jul 22

I bought round trip tickets to South Korea last month. I was really debating whether to get them or not, but in the end I bought it because I really wanted to travel. So glad I did because now fuel charges are insane,...

5 responses •

5 people

Fuel price increase

[eds] @ZedSmart (19839) • Philippines 15 Mar 22

Our economy hasn’t fully recovered yet from the effects of the pandemic that even up to these days continue to threaten us but new challenges always come up by surprise. In times of war, violence, crises I think that we as...

9 responses •

9 people

The Staggering Cost of Fuel

eileenleyva @eileenleyva (27555) • Philippines 7 Nov 21

At first I thought nothing of it as the radio announcers report Monday mornings that fuel prices will rise again. Till last Friday when I refueled full tank and the digital liter cost showed PhP 2K. I was, of course,...

11 responses •

11 people

Gas Prices Are Your Fault

Jim Bauer @porwest (112717) • United States 7 Nov 21

It makes absolutely no sense to me, nor should it make sense to anyone, that President Joe Biden has to resort to going to OPEC to beg them to please ramp up production to help lower gas prices at the pump. Just one year ago old...

10 responses •

10 people

S is For Shortages

Winterishere @thedevilinme (5217) • Northampton, England 10 Oct 21

About a month ago in the United Kingdom there was a small shortage of fuel after a likewise small tanker driver strike. With covid delays backlogging HGV license renewal the press jumped all over this and linked the small...

6 responses •

6 people

Tomorrow has come today but the sun has not come out yet.

eileenleyva @eileenleyva (27555) • Philippines 22 Jul 21

Daughter and I made a mad dash to the fuel station and the grocery after mid day yesterday. The car was out of gas and the refrigerator was out of cold cuts. We needed eggs also for our daily omelet. The heavens rambled with what...

6 responses •

6 people

Lessons learned daily

Heather Echola @GardenGerty (169406) • United States 22 Jul 21

I have lived in this location almost six years. It is rural. Not all farmland but very lacking in industry and business. We have at least a ten minute drive everywhere, with nothing. Usually it is more like thirty to 60...

july 2021

cars

fuel

11 responses •

11 people

Cashew nut shells as liquid biofuel

CSHINE @SHAMRACK (8576) • India 17 Sep 20

Recently I attended a seminar on cashew by products. In this something I really got interesting is that about the Cashew nut shells that are biomass wastes that can provide energy through different ways. They can either be...

cashew shell

cashew shell byproducts

fuel

bio fuel

8 responses •

8 people

The future of Ethanol cooking fuel..

Evelyn @Mbenieve (567) • Kenya 18 Aug 20

Ethanol fuel is fast replacing gas and kerosene fuels. Many homes in the USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and some African countries have opted for ethanol as a cooking fuel. The fuel is used in special stoves that are easy...

7 responses •

4 people

Another vacation photo

Metsrock69 @Metsrock69 (3617) • United States 4 Aug 20

This was at a rest area in illinois that I stopped at. I like how most of the places that we stopped at driving across the country had a lot of different options for food and drink. I am sure people from other states say the same...

4 responses •

4 people

Temporary Closed

[eds] @ZedSmart (19839) • Philippines 3 Feb 20

A gas station not so far from the place where I live was temporarily closed by the local authority. Two weeks ago, there had been fire nearby the station and according to the people there they suspected that there is leakage of...

5 responses •

5 people

Everything's expensive again

LK2018 @Letranknight2015 (52665) • Philippines 4 Jun 19

Has anyone noticed the prices of commodities lately? I didn't realize that prices of canned goods on the store had rose by few cents. It sucks that when prices of fuel increase, it goes the same with the products we buy in the...

9 responses •

9 people

Drunk driver

Nevena Zivkovic @Nevena83 (66063) • Serbia 28 Mar 19

Good evening friends. Today we were visited by a man who worked with my father in the company, and he has been living in Canada for years. It was a nice surprise, but he came with a neighbor who was a drunkard. They got drunk...

9 responses •

9 people

Twenty-Peso Tip for your service.

eileenleyva @eileenleyva (27555) • Philippines 3 Feb 19

I understand that in foreign lands, gassing up one's fuel tank is a personal task. Hmmm, in my country, the driver of a vehicle is a fief. All he has to do is to pull open the gas tank cover and wella, sit back and relax. A gas...

3 responses •

2 people