On Wednesday, April 1, on TVR News, in the program "Who makes the law", energy expert Eugenia Gusilov explained how repeated and imperceptible increases in the excise tax over the last 2 years led cumulatively to a doubling of it, a treacherous tactic deliberately adopted in order not to alarm drivers. She raised a critical question about how it came to seem normal to pay for a liter of fuel twice, drawing a parallel to illustrate the absurdity by noting that at a restaurant, people do not pay a 300 lei bill plus an equal 300 lei tip to the waiter.