> but why should we pay the price when it is our natural resources being sent abroad
Because price signals are important and useful tools.
But note, I'm not suggesting you "pay" the price. I'm suggesting the "others" pay the price and then you use that money to make your life better, with greater impact than you'd get by just capping prices and using all your resources wastefully locally.
The same reason you have a job and then pay people to do various tasks that you could in theory do yourself. It makes your life richer.
Because price signals are important and useful tools.
But note, I'm not suggesting you "pay" the price. I'm suggesting the "others" pay the price and then you use that money to make your life better, with greater impact than you'd get by just capping prices and using all your resources wastefully locally.
The same reason you have a job and then pay people to do various tasks that you could in theory do yourself. It makes your life richer.