Comment by ben_w

> Charge the consumer of energy the requisite price. If you want to make them pay for some externality, great.

> And it is elites only as poors don’t give a shit

The poor people are also consumers; raising prices of energy for that group is a fantastic way to get kicked out of office even if you're an actual literal dictator.

People are complex.

The screeds you're objecting to are part of the political process to tell governments to do something, even if that something ends up being a mix of what you suggest plus subsidies for the poor, or something completely different, in any case to avoid being defenestrated