The issues with these articles is that they focus on money, and the price of energy, which leads people to believe either consciously or not that something can be helped with money. It can't. There is a fundamental supply constraint that has nothing to do with money.
People will consume less, either because prices rise and they choose not to pay them, or by rationing, or by random blackouts (gas-outs?).
People will consume less, either because prices rise and they choose not to pay them, or by rationing, or by random blackouts (gas-outs?).