Thanks for making this so concise. It's always easy to look at something and say "well these people are _weak_, because I can do without it, so I'm ready to tax/punish this behavior". It's true that society right now has lots of profligate energy waste, but without a path to transition out of this wasteful energy regime, the rise in prices will affect the most vulnerable in society.

Sadly, historically, when society was undergoing large changes, such as industrialization and urbanization, marginalized peoples were never really considered. We can't have fear of change hold back our progress, but we do need to be careful to offer marginalized peoples ways to ease transition into lower-energy regimes.

Aside: I didn't even register the sarcasm in this post when I first wrote it :D