More unnecessary meddling, this causes price convergence so anyone living close to a typically lower cost source of fuel is going to have an almost imperceptible increase in relative cost.
They certainly love spending taxpayer money on nothing don't they.
> this causes price convergence
aka competition
Conversely, some expensive petrol stations won't be able to get away with staying so expensive.
> More unnecessary meddling
This is a funny take, because we ostensibly assume 'perfect information' when we extol the virtues of capitalism. It would appear the government is supporting capitalism with this particular initiative...
Providing better price information makes a market work better.