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The number of gas stations that violate the 12 o'clock rule, which has been in effect for half a year, has significantly decreased, with the remaining violations increasingly concentrating on a few operators who continue to frequently raise prices outside the permitted times despite measures taken. #Tankstellen #12UhrRegel #Preiserhöhung (translated)

The G7 countries have decided to release up to 100 million barrels from their strategic oil reserves to counteract high energy prices, which could lead to temporary relief at the gas stations, while experts warn that this measure will only be limited in effectiveness as long as geopolitical tensions persist. #Energiepreise #Ölreserven #G7 (translated)

MijnGelijk wrote that a Turk with a fake passport and driver's license had stolen 30,000 liters of diesel from a gas station in Zwolle and had applied for asylum in the Netherlands. The author asked how that was possible and stated that the asylum industry and the Netherlands were broken because of this. https://t.co/DVAsJa2FE4 #asiel #Nederland #veiligheid (translated)

Emanuel Boeminghaus reported that on October 4, several gas stations in the Northeim district had run out of fuel. At the Esso station in Katlenburg, all pumps had been closed, while the Calpam station in Hammenstedt had not displayed any prices. Other stations – TAS in Höckelheim, Aral at Westerlange, and Classic at Harztor – according to Boeminghaus, continued to offer all fuels. Classic explained the high demand, especially in the morning, with the fuel discount that has been in effect since October 1. No new deliveries had arrived over the weekend. Boeminghaus thanked Silke Lutz for the tip and mentioned HNA as the source. https://t.co/4Q2nvFwAvo #Tankstellen #Kraftstoff #Northeim (translated)

Arno Wellens wrote to the Commander of the Armed Forces, Buitenhof, and the Ministry of Defense that, according to him, there was no intelligence regarding a recent increase in the threat. He called the panic atmosphere of recent times unnecessary and wrote that Russian tanks would not advance that day from the Grebbeberg. https://t.co/uriLqfwycp #veiligheid #defensie #Rusland (translated)

Arno Wellens wrote that there was no intelligence regarding a recent increase in the threat and that the unrest was therefore unnecessary according to him. He encouraged people to go for a walk and stated that Russian tanks would not advance from the Grebbeberg that day. https://t.co/uriLqfx61X #Nederland #RustigAan #Wandelen (translated)

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The release of oil and diesel reserves by the G7 countries is intended to temporarily reduce energy costs for drivers and households with oil heating, but the long-term challenges due to geopolitical tensions in the Strait of Hormuz remain. #Energiepreise #Heizöl #Tankstellenpreise (translated)

The author wrote that October 3 marked Germany’s Reunification Day, but argued that the country had united East German resentment with West German arrogance. They also claimed Germany was becoming Europe’s arsenal, with defunct Volkswagen factories now producing Leopard tanks. #Einheit #Deutschland #Militär #DE

If I'm not mistaken, most military vehicles also run on diesel. If you want to fight a nice war with Russia as @SecGenNATO, the fuel is out. And then? Solar panels on the tanks? Sails? No? Can't be done? Then push? Can @jpaternotte, @rubenbrekelmans, and @RobJetten do that? Jan shouldn't nibble too much on the Ozempic or else he will blow away. And then with @DefensieMin as a siren on the bow? No? Can't do that? So electric then? With the engineers who install the charging stations? Although, for that, we don't have enough natural gas again. And if I'm not mistaken, the scarcity in diesel is closely related to the scarcity in kerosene. If you want to bomb Russia with your mighty F35s, your tank is already empty above Germany. You have to go the rest flying. Do we maybe still have the F35PG* variant in our collection? Can we fly that towards Russia from the Vaalserberg with favorable winds? Can that be done with all the bombs and grenades? We don't have the latter either? Jesus... Or can we let that F35 fly on LPG? That would be nice. The price of LPG usually doesn’t go up that fast. There is another problem: you can only bomb during the day if you want to refuel everywhere. At night, that’s only possible along the highway. But then you do have a runway. But even this isn't without problems: I have a Mercedes R500L, an eight-cylinder. With a small LPG tank. In no time, you find yourself at the pump with that thing. And you get cramps in your thumb because you have to hold that button for so long. With such an F35, you would have to land and take off about 20 times quickly to get to Russia. The return journey is less problematic. #Putin has enough gas. Although, I’m not sure he has the right tank connection. And I think you have to press the installation button for a very long time before the tank of such an F35 is full. Who is going to do that? @DefensieStas? He can probably handle it. Then he can still press his mustache somewhere (against something). Can we maybe send the navy? We still have a few frigates, right? What do you say? Cannon broken? You don't need that at all: you can't hit anything with it anyway. Just ask the Americans. They have experience with that by now. Well. All quite tricky. But our leaders will surely find a solution. One of the recurring themes in the decline of superpowers throughout history is that the powers that be increasingly disconnected from reality in the (dozens of) years leading up to it and then suddenly realized that the (military) power they thought they had was no longer there at all. Does that seem familiar to you? I think #Putin is pouring himself an extra glass of vodka tonight. And that Xi Jin Ping is having a lavish dinner tonight with Peking duck, babi pang pang, and Bam Goreng. *Paraglider. #militair #energie #diesel (translated)

"Als Rusland aan zou vallen en we onszelf moeten verdedigen hebben we enorme hoeveelheden diesel en kerosine nodig voor onze straaljagers en tanks"Zo uitte NAVO-secretaris-generaal Mark Rutte zijn zorgen over het sluiten van raffinaderijen in Europa. #Dieselprijs #AmerikaanseEconomie #Exportverbod

The gas station is the most modern cash register of the republic. Not Tehran, not Putin, not Trump are cashing in at the pump the loudest. It's the own governments that do that. About half is tax and fees. That's why the price is not going down either. A broken budget needs the https://t.co/h4TW98qYfs #Steuern #Energiepreise #Wirtschaft #DE #IR #RU #US (translated)

From October 1, 2026, a new fuel discount will apply, which is intended to provide drivers with a reduction of up to 16.7 cents per liter at the pump; however, it is unclear whether gas stations will fully pass on this discount. #Tankrabatt #Spritpreise #Energiepolitik (translated)

I participated in a bunch of protests in high school and college, and we never saw the shadow of a kepi, which means that violence was very rare and things were resolved peacefully through negotiation. Now we have a government that is on the verge of sending tanks to children, and of course, things are going badly. We will have to judge the crimes of macronism… #Macron #Violence #Politique (translated)