I think some of you missed a point.

Control

If I can control something that you use in everyday of your life, I own you. I can tell you how much to pay me. Then when you ask "Energy is so much, I can't afford. Why is that?" I will say "It's my enemy that is causing this." "We need to control them too." I will then have allies supporting me... And it keeps building... When they grow weary of fighting and ask the same question again..
"Your using too much and hurting the earth, we need to limit your travel." "Why do you hate the earth so much and want to harm others? " They have done this with Oil, Natural Gas, Electric Nothing different