Yeah, also price doesn't really slow demand very quickly since people rely on transportation. Especially in the US where electric charging station funding was canceled and most people need to drive at least an hour a day for commutes because of the "return to work" policies to revitalize commercial real estate that collapsed during COVID. Not many people can survive without right now. And if prices were to rise to their actual market driven prices right now, the Republican party would lose a ton of their flock with midterm elections not too far off. Of course, then again it's always possible gasoline riots are the way the Republican party intends to stay in power. Good excuse to cancel elections I suppose. Their flock has taken every other loss of rights without complaining as long as they crack down harder on the enemy of the day, immigrants or trans people probably, or maybe the supreme court will finally get around to ending legal gay marriage as they've been threatening to do.