Hydrocarbures au prix unique : la justice sociale hors champ de la pompe
Behind the apparent stability of hydrocarbon prices lies a rarely questioned but deeply structuring blind spot: pricing uniformity. Whether in Dakar or a remote village in Fouta, an urban setting or a small farmer, a liter of fuel is billed at the same price, as if the expense everywhere represented the same burden, the same effort, the same sacrifice.
Yet this homogeneity masks a glaring inequality. In rural areas where incomes are lower and commutes longer, fuel accounts for a disproportionate share of household budgets. In some areas, filling up the tank is almost a luxury. Conversely, in urban centers, wealthier households benefit from this uniformity without it reflecting their actual ability to pay. By seeking to guarantee a facade of equality, current pricing perpetuates a profound injustice of use.
At a time when the country is rethinking its hydrocarbon pricing structure, the question of a differentiated system based on socioeconomic categories or geographic areas deserves to be addressed. Progressive modulation, compensation mechanisms, or targeted subsidies could restore a minimum of fairness. Because fuel, more than a consumer good, is a tool for mobility, access to education, health, and markets. Its price is never neutral.
Refusing to consider fairer pricing means freezing inequality in the distribution pipeline. If the energy transition is to be inclusive, it cannot be limited to macroeconomic stability. It must integrate the daily reality of those for whom each liter weighs, not on the gauge, but on their lives.
Commentaires (6)
Pourquoi au Senegal nous avons une telle différence.
Ya pas de station pour riches ou station pour moins riches. Ya pas de supermaches pour riches et pour les autres. Il y a juste in choix pour les plus aises.
Il arrive meme que les plus riches oaient moins d imoot. Alors cette equation est a Millie inconnues.
Cest une avenue pour le traffic.
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