Should petroleum and energy be rationed to tamp down on escalating costs/prices? Would a black market make rationing impractical?

@ViciDraco Thank god someone else said it, I feel like I'm going crazy.

@BlueVeins too many people are invested in scapegoating political enemies to pay attention to what the real problems are. It feels like it's impossible to fix problems because too many benefit from leaving them unsolved.

@ViciDraco That, and the oil crisis is legitimately extremely difficult to solve, and the one real solution -- quitting oil -- is incredibly politically difficult because both parties are fighting for the suburbs.

@BlueVeins I think quitting oil would ultimately be good for the suburbs. Honestly, suburbs make great candidates for putting solar panels on roofs. Pair that with electric cars and you can take a nice bite out of not only oil but also dirty electric. But all those poor oil execs would lose the money they pay off the politicians with.

@ViciDraco Yeah that's probably the case I should be making, but also I kinda want to glass the suburbs soooo I usually just pretend that eliminating R1 zoning is a realistic political goalllllllllllll