As an occasional car user (thank you to my very generous housemate), nothing prepared me for the moment I filled up their tank this week and realised a full tank was about a third of my weekly rent. That shock to the system, plus stories about people stockpiling, events quietly being cancelled because no one can afford to get there, and fresh fears about supply chains, made me want to figure out what governments can actually do about this fuel mess and why they seem so hesitant to do it.
