Fuel prices at a record high: understanding in the district
Created: 03/08/2022 13:03
By: Laura Forster
A liter of diesel cost just under 2.04 euros yesterday at the Esso filling station in Starnberg.
Christian Mayer, driver at the Pavle bus company in Gauting, has never experienced such high fuel prices.
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Fuel prices in the district are now reaching dizzying heights, and there is no end in sight to the price spiral.
While gas station leaseholders are met with understanding, entrepreneurs are struggling with the economic consequences.
District – At the Allguth petrol station in Gilching on Monday afternoon, the illuminated display panel showed a large two before the decimal point for each type of fuel.
"I've never experienced that before," says leaseholder Werner Wagner.
"The prices are currently exorbitantly high." The price for a liter of diesel and petrol has risen by around 40 cents compared to last year.
"That's a house number."
Nevertheless, Wagner's customers show understanding for the prices that the Allguth headquarters are currently setting.
"I really have to say I'm very pleasantly surprised.
So far, neither my team nor I have been fooled,” he says.
Many customers reacted with humor.
The Allguth tenant has often heard phrases like “I don’t want to buy the whole gas station right away” or “I’d like to frame the receipt” coupled with a smile in the past few days.
“People know why fuel prices are so high at the moment.
There is a real reason that is understandable.
That makes it easier to deal with and accept it,” says Wagner, who can still clearly remember the time of the 2008 financial crisis.
"Prices went up back then, but customers had little understanding."
Gas station tenants do not expect fuel prices to go down any time soon
When asked when the situation at the gas stations will calm down and the numbers will go down again, Wagner can only answer his customers: "Unfortunately, I don't have a crystal ball." However, the experienced gas station tenant assumes that prices will remain at a high level for some time and even rise - a horror for some companies in the district.
Hans Pavle's bus company has still not completely survived the Corona crisis and the next blow is already coming.
"There are still very few bookings," says Gabi Pavle.
That is why the main business of the Gauting-based company is currently transporting school children.
The 14 employees drive to eight schools in the district.
"We have fixed contracts there." If the fuel costs continue to rise and the journeys are no longer economical, things will get tight.
The prices for the trips are to be increased in the future.
"Despite the pandemic, we have been very moderate so far," says Gabi Pavle.
Taxi entrepreneur from Starnberg cannot increase his prices
Detlef Sommerfeldt from Taxiservice Starnberg would also like to ask for a little more.
“However, we have statutory tariffs to which we are bound.
There are new negotiations only every four to five years,” says Sommerfeldt, who drives customers through the district with his wife Sylke.
The situation has been tense for years, and the majority of airport and Munich trips have been canceled due to Corona.
Sommerfeldt does not expect fuel prices to drop until the situation in Ukraine has calmed down.
"It's as certain as amen in church." Until then, the taxi driver will have to live with a significant economic cut.
Switching to an electric car is out of the question for him.
"There's not enough tank.
I would need two electric cars for a diesel car,” says Sommerfeldt.
Despite the current situation, he does not want to complain.
"It could be a lot worse.
We have a roof over our heads, that counts.” lf
