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It will get much worse since higher prices is now government policy instead of energy independence. That is the only way to wean the USA off fossil fuels. They may occasionally pull stunts like begging OPEC for increased output but it is a ruse. For political purposes they will try and manage rate of price increases. Only a major economic dislocation will reverse the trend.

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