Gas Rationing in Iran Not Going Over So Well
The Iranian government gave its citizens a two hour notice of gas rationing of 100 liters of fuel a month.
I’m no expert in the metric system, but I think a liter is somewhere over a quart. This would translate to about 25 gallons of gas a month.
At least 12 petrol stations have been torched in the Iranian capital, Tehran, after the government announced fuel rationing for private vehicles.
Windows were smashed and stones thrown at the stations, and there was traffic chaos as motorists queued to buy fuel.Iranians were given only two hours’ notice of the move that limits private drivers to 100 litres of fuel a month.
Despite its huge energy reserves, Iran lacks refining capacity and it imports about 40% of its petrol.
The country has a large budget deficit largely caused by fuel subsidies and the inflation rate is estimated at 20-30%.
The BBC’s Tehran correspondent, Frances Harrison, says Iran is trying to rein in fuel consumption over fears of possible UN sanctions over its nuclear programme.
Iran fears the West could impose sanctions on its petrol imports and cripple its economy.
A country sitting on top of an oil well can’t afford for its citizens to get as much gas as they need.
Written by ~J~
Big Mo Says:
June 27th, 2007 at 4:15 pmVisit Big Mo
And you know what? This should be how we bring Iran’s government down. They have oil, but can’t refine much of it. They need others to do it. Solution: interdict shipments until the mad mullahs give up the nuke program. Then we go in with extended hand (with rifles behind our back) to help them build refineries.
Of course, if the Iranian people want to overthrow the mullahs in the meantime, we won’t stop them.
Yes, yes, not perfect. But I wonder how much of a club this could be used against Iran?