It does not help that there are significant ideological factions within Western governments who believe these higher prices are a good thing. "Nudge" people and societies into green alternatives and whatnot.
Sounds great in theory and to people who can just go out and buy a Tesla.
Doesn't sound great to me when I think about gas prices and their almost perfect historical inverse correlation to the success of US Presidential incumbents. In other words hello fucking Donald Trump 2024.
That fucking clown has been handed all the talking points he needs by the general hostility of the present administration to fossil fuel production. The current fucking clown should have kept the green warriors in check I think.