Prices here in Oz, particularly for gas, are escalating at a rate of knots for some.
Electric not much better.
Main cause is the mad rush to renewable energy with no back up.
Closing power stations with not enough renewables in the system and relying on more consumers to install solar panela and batteries at some large cost.
Such changes cannot be brought in over night, it takes time.
Now the feral gov says it wants by 2029 some 89% of all new vehicles to be EV.
tell them they are dreaming.
With EV will need to be capable of far greater distances than current, and distances such as we have currently along with thousands of charging stations.
Current wait for any vehicle here EV or ICE can be anywhere from 3 to 15 months wait,