I bought an EV like a week before this whole thing started. It's been pretty surreal to see everyone talking about skyrocketing gas prices and I haven't once needed to fill up a tank.

Reminds me a bit of immediately after 9/11 where I had a full tank and drove by the station and saw super long lines. One of those "I lucked out and am insulated from this"

Russia recently banned export of petrol, diesel and ammonia nitrate to keep domestic prices low so it cannot benefit from high internationsl prices for them (petrol shortages are caused by Ukrainian attacks on refineries, not sure why there is a need to ban ammonia export). Curde oil export is also significantly down because of attacks on oil terminals. So benefits to Putin are limited.