Classic_Beautiful973 t1_j9381vk wrote on February 18, 2023 at 10:13 PM

Reply to comment by atchijov in Globally, the total cost of energy for households has likely increased between 62.6% and 112.9% since Russia invaded Ukraine, say international researchers. An additional 78–141 million people worldwide could be pushed into extreme poverty as a result of these increases. by MistWeaver80

There was some analysis a while back saying much of it was about half and half actual scarcity vs corporate greed. That's just the nature of the economics of monopolies/oligopolies, and exactly why they should never be allowed to persist. Although I think that 50-50 was in reference to all goods, not fuel particularly, so maybe it was worse for fuel