Farmers aren't afraid of gasoline and diesel price hikes, so why do they worry about price drops?

Affected by the continuous rise in international oil prices, the domestic crude oil change rate is rising within positive territory. This round of domestic refined oil price adjustment window will open at 24:00 on May 11. Multiple institutions predict that a slight upward adjustment in this round of refined oil pricing is more likely.

Oil prices have become a livelihood issue affecting millions of households, and every rise or fall in oil prices triggers strong reactions from onlookers. Take Haoshe Farmer as an example: at this time last year, from the county town to his home in the countryside, 200 yuan of fuel could cover 6 round trips; at current oil prices it covers 4 round trips, a loss of one-third. As a farmer, I have to say I can't afford it.

In our countryside, farm machinery is now very common too. Plowing, harvesting, spraying, logging, transport and so on all require fuel. Farmers feel rises and falls in oil prices most keenly, because it is hard for farmers to make money.

When oil prices fell before, some farmers said: with oil prices, we don't fear rises, we fear falls. If it rises, generally it won't rise again in the short term, and the pain is just a one-off sting. Seeing oil prices fall, farmers instead ache even more. Why? Because farmers all know there is a pattern: every drop in oil prices is actually a crouch before a jump, and within a few days it is sure to surge higher, farther and stronger.

Oh, buy gah! You can't afford to mess with oil prices, and farmers can't afford them either. But what needs to be hauled still has to be hauled, and what needs to be burned still has to be burned. Netizens, are you afraid of oil prices rising or falling?