During a discussion about fuels and electricity with Cristi Citre at Digi24, it was pointed out that Romania being the richest country in oil is a myth maintained by nostalgics. Romania produced 2.5 million tons of crude oil per year while consuming 11 million tons. Regarding pump prices, variations depend heavily on taxation, as neighbors like Bulgaria apply lower excise duties, and non-EU countries are not bound by Brussels minimums. Beyond taxes, processing and distribution costs fluctuate between 0.9 and 1.2 euros per liter. On the electricity market, public scenarios of modest 5% to 20% bill increases for autumn and winter might be overly optimistic, given that contracts in force and current market offers point to increases of at least 40%. Furthermore, while Romgaz successfully sold gas-produced electricity for the last quarter of the year, Oltenia Energy Complex faced a failure at its August auction due to market demand for cleaner energy and rigid annual band offers.