This is how you are supposed to react to high oil prices. We have just been bounced into doing the opposite. Delaying carbon tax under pressure from the protestors will slow our move away from fossil fuel. In the long run we all lose.

France doubles electrification aid to cut fossil fuel dependency
https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/france-double-state-support-increase-use-electricity-energy-source-2026-04-10/