...meanwhile more than half of the gas price goes to the government, and people are notcing.
It's not a gas crisis, there's enough gas, it's a politics crisis.
If anything, they are losing money with inflation and the decreased demand that higher fuel prices will create.
In slovenia we had regulated gas prices until 2020 - https://www.gov.si/assets/ministrstva/MGRT/Dokumenti/DNT/cen... [docx]
If we look at the last price (top row), the price (without any taxes) was 0.395eur/l. Then they add (in column order) CO2 tax, "saving energy tax", excise duty ("trošarina"), "tax to help electricity production", and VAT (DDV), bringing the total price to 1.00eur. The total of taxes added is ~153% of the base price (0.395 without -> 1eur with tax).
For example, California charges both $0.539 per gallon AND sales tax. The latter varies based on city/county/district and is charged on the "after per-gallon tax" price.
The total sales tax in San Jose is 9.375%, so $6.50 at the pump includes $0.557 in sales tax. (The "at the pump" price includes sales tax.)
That's a total of $1.096/g state and local for $6.50/g at the pump.
Add in the federal $0.184/g and the total tax is $1.28/g on $6.50/g gas in San Jose.
There may also be permit fees.
You can't find out what something is going to cost until after you've eaten it. You have to have food consumption insurance to get things at reasonable cost. Food insurance companies charge astronomical rates unless you're part of some group plan.