SVT Nyheter meets Per-Göran Persson at a large logistics center on the outskirts of Helsingborg.

He has just unloaded and is going on to Malmö to load new goods.

- We do not have the whole day on us, I have to move on, he says.

Per-Göran Persson has worked in the haulage industry since the 70s.

First as an employee and for the past 20 years he has run a small haulage company in Skåne.

- I have never seen anything like it.

And I do not want to look at the meter because you get really scared of the sums that show up, says Per-Göran Persson.

Climate change raises prices

Since Sweden needs to reduce its carbon dioxide emissions, fuel suppliers have a duty to mix in more biofuels in the fuel, which is one of the reasons for the price increase as biofuels are more expensive.

The haulage industry now warns that they are unable to cope with the cost trend and that it may counteract their ability to invest in new, more climate-smart vehicles.

- There are many hauliers who today can not afford to make new investments due to the high costs, says Liane Ask, regional manager of Sweden's Haulier Company South.

"The industry can not afford to change"

Energy Minister Khashayar Farmanbar (S) believes that the price increase is an important signal that the industry must switch and produce more biofuel and told TT in January that the government does not plan any support measures for haulage companies.

Should not the haulage industry have been able to anticipate this development?

- Switching Sweden's 60,000 trucks to electricity takes time and if we are not going to run on fossil diesel, what are we going to run on then?

We have not prepared in any way in Sweden to match greater demand for biofuels, says Ulric Långberg, head of social policy at Sweden's Åkeriföretag.

Do not dare to fill the tank

For Per-Göran Persson, this is a reality he has to deal with every day.

A full tank costs him SEK 12,886, which can be compared with last year when it would have cost him SEK 8,910.

- We do not dare to refuel fully, because if we were to be "slang" we would lose a fortune, it has happened, he says and refers to diesel theft.