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Monday, April 27, 2020
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Monday, April 27, 2020
Fuel usage plummets as Israelis stay home
New government figures showing a sharp drop-off in fuel usage in March give a snapshot of a nation in lockdown.
Israelis used 26 percent less unleaded fuel (benzene) than in March the previous year. Jet fuel usage was down a whopping 47% as global air travel ground to a halt.
With deliveries of essential goods continuing, though, diesel fuel usage was only down 11%.
Israel began to gradually impose lockdown regulations beginning in mid March, confining many Israelis to their homes and shutting schools, stores and other sites.
Travel restrictions banning some visitors and requiring others to self-quarantine were put in place in early March.
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