I mean, if they really wanted to make gas unaffordable, they could have raised gas taxes to European levels. I think most people know we are in a Catch-22: the majority of Americans are totally dependent upon affordable gasoline to go about their daily lives. You don't want these people to suffer, which is what happens when prices are high, but you also don't want them to become even more dependent upon low gas prices, which is what happens every time that gas prices collapse.
We should be celebrating that we can now see a way out of this endless trap, and embracing EVs across the political spectrum.
Ev are only part of a solution. The energy must come from somewhere and it’s not going to be wind/solar unless something miraculous happens in renewable energy. Europe like California is ditching nuclear while paying lip service to climate change. They are either dishonest or falling into magical thinking.
Honestly, the miracle in wind and solar has already happened, or is happening right now, depending upon your perspective. There are literally hundreds of utility-scale wind and solar projects up for approval in the US right now, including solar in places well outside the sun belt. And rooftop solar is still rare in most places, largely because the utilities have successfully lobbied against net metering. I still think we'll need nuclear for at least another generation, but I see fossil fuels getting largely priced out of the generation market before this decade is out.
We should be celebrating that we can now see a way out of this endless trap, and embracing EVs across the political spectrum.