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Leanan on April 17, 2006 - 10:27am

They might notice more than you think.

Fuel prices go up in Tanzania

DAR ES SALAAM, April 16 -- Prices at filling stations in Dar es Salaam have gone up over the weekend, after the price of crude hit 67 U.S. dollars a barrel on the international market.
Unleaded petrol is now selling at 1,260 Tanzanian shillings (1.024 dollars) per liter while diesel is selling at 1,256 shillings (1.021 dollars) per liter.
...Local analysts attributed the fuel price hike to threats posed by Iran's nuclear standoff with the United States and the violence in the African oil-producing country of Nigeria.
They also predicted that the country's inflation was set to rise further in that fuel prices would affect the transportation and distribution of food in the country and fuel prices themselves,just like the food prices, also weigh heavily on the inflation scale.

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Big Gav on April 18, 2006 - 5:45am

Thanks for the link - as with elsewhere in the really poor parts of the world, the urbanised part of the Tanzanian population is no doubt getting severely squeezed by rising fuel prices.

The Tanzania I'm thinking of largely consists of people who don't consume oil at all though - no fertiliser, no pesticides, no transport - maybe some cooking oil if they are a bit luckier than most - it really is one of the poorest places on the planet.

If these people are dependent on food aid to get by (and I'm not sure they are) then maybe that segment of the population (and its a large one) may notice peak oil - but I think the only thing they'll notice is fewer vehicles driving through the areas they live in.

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