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What the coming diesel crisis proves https://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026/03/28/what-the-coming-diesel-crisis-proves/

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What the coming diesel crisis proves

The Financial Times has reported that the UK could face diesel shortages by mid-May if disruption in the Middle East continues: “Supermarkets and refineries are on course to run down their stockpiles of diesel by mid-May if the conflict in Iran is not resolved soon.” That claim, and the commentary that surrounds...

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Isabel Ruffell 7h ago

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There is a lot of sense in this article, and it is basically what #Greens have been saying for decades (I joined after #Labour's pusillanimous response to the fuel protests of 2000). But the article is a classic trad left analysis, in that environmental aspects are tacked on at the end rather than underpinning a sustainable, equitable and strategic approach.

Also, on diesel: consumer use has been in decline for some time. Areas such as road haulage and farming are particularly exposed.

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Isabel Ruffell 7h ago

It is a slightly different situation from petroleum shortages and pricing. Even there, it needs to be re-emphasised that the poorest and most vulnerable do not have access to a car, of whatever kind. As usual, this is skated over.

One strategic response, not canvassed here, typically, is a massive expansion in rural public transport, which is, of course, dire in the UK generally.