What rises in Germany: Gasoline. Heating gas. Heating oil. Electricity. Health insurrance. Property taxes. When the prices on international markets fell due to shrinking industrial demand for oil, the prices for the households went up. When there are vacancies, prices go up. Prices almost never fall. No matter the market situation, they almost never fall, they only go upwards for the end consumer. Savbing the industry earned due to market situation, are not being given to the consumer, this is especially true for electricity and gasoline. The market is totally dysfunctional, much due to monopolism, manipulation, and political protectionism ("tax incomes" and "lobbyism" are the two words to watch out for here).
The more the economy gets into swing, the higher the demand in oil again, the faster the oil price will go through the ceiling again.
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