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so I get that energy prices are high, and I get that this has a cascading effect on, well, everything.<p>I&#x27;m not really sure though that energy prices can be controlled by govts.<p>(the comparison with the Poll Tax is somewhat irrelevant because the poll tax was 100% dreamed up by the govt, and was a new tax out of fresh air).<p>Energy is however a commodity, and prices are set internationally either by private companies, or other govts (eg Russia).<p>Yes there are taxes on energy, but that&#x27;s just taxes, if they don&#x27;t get the money there, they&#x27;ll get it somewhere else.<p>So given that the underlying price is set by extra-govt entities, who have plenty of customers elsewhere, I&#x27;m not sure that most govts have control over energy they would like.<p>A better long-term solution is to a) Foster the use of less energy overall, better house insulation, electric cars etc and b) grow home-produced energy (wind etc.) if those reduce dependancies on oil and gas then that&#x27;s likely a nice byproduct.<p>Of course these won&#x27;t change by Oct 1.<p>So yeah, I get people are hurting, I&#x27;m just not sure there&#x27;s a lot a single nation (which imports energy) can do much about it.