TC Won't Give In To Lies<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mas.to/@natureworks" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>natureworks</span></a></span> <br>Let's be clear what happened. </p><p>Russia oil trade to the West stopped AND Saudi Arabia cut production. No one else increased production (even to 2019 levels)</p><p>Leveraging the new <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ArtificialScarcity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ArtificialScarcity</span></a> , all the energy companies started <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PriceGouging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PriceGouging</span></a> and reaping record profits</p><p>Afraid of civil disorder, governments cracked down on profiteering to keep costs sensible. </p><p>Nah, just kidding, government directly subsidised <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FossilFuel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FossilFuel</span></a> extreme profits.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EnergyIndependenceIsGreen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EnergyIndependenceIsGreen</span></a></p>