Not to quibble, but... - Fuel taxes are national policy, not EU ? - Electricity was stupid high mainly because of the war ? (and FWIW "green" is not yet king

Not to quibble, but... - Fuel taxes are national policy, not EU ? - Electricity was stupid high mainly because of the war ? (and FWIW "green" is not yet king - given that there is still new coal capacity coming online [thanks, Poland] in spite of its utter stupidity) - Agreed that natural gas policy is kind of all over the place - policy is lagging reality The EU is not rich in own energy resources, so placing taxes & other restrictions imports keeps cash at home to plow into renewables - improving security of supply. So I'm still not convinced that the EU has got it willfully wrong.