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jpfromlondonyesterday at 2:07 PM4 repliesview on HN

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.


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graemepyesterday at 2:09 PM

Providing better price information makes a market work better.

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123pie123today at 12:31 AM

> this causes price convergence

aka competition

advisedwangyesterday at 7:57 PM

Conversely, some expensive petrol stations won't be able to get away with staying so expensive.

bonsai_spoolyesterday at 2:14 PM

> 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...

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