Is artificially changing a price to make something less affordable "fixing" a problem or creating one that didn't exist yet?

At the moment the price of gas is artificially low due to indirect subsidies. Eliminate those to give a fair playing field.

I can see now why Russia hasn't been taxed (because of the oil)

> This is easily fixable.

Gas is a lot more expensive ("fixed" with taxes) in the EU and the electric cars are losing steam here too.

You need to drive a lot (by EU urban standards at least) to justify the price premium and hassle of an all electric. Especially since we've been in a recession longer than the US which is just starting.

From TFA:

> But even before President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs on imports, many of those projects were being canceled — leaving thousands of jobs and the shift to clean energy in doubt.

Might have something to do with the end of free financing too...