There's a difference between "make sure local energy needs are provided for" and "encourage overuse and expansion of local energy needs by barely taxing" (the U

There's a difference between "make sure local energy needs are provided for" and "encourage overuse and expansion of local energy needs by barely taxing" (the US, and to a lesser degree, Canada), or even "subsidizing overuse via artificially-low prices" (much of OPEC).