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The price of the fuel was embedded in the price of your purchase.
The price of the food was embedded in the price of your purchase.
The price of the water was embedded in the price of your purchase.
The price of the labor was embedded in the price of your purchase.
The price of the taxes was embedded in the price of your purchase.
The price of the computers was embedded in the price of your purchase.
The price of the pens and pencils was embedded in the price of your purchase.
The price of the ... was embedded in the price of your purchase.

Unless you buy nothing at all you buy all of those things.

Yes, but the fuel cost that's embedded is the only one of those that comes from a monolithic conglomerate with little internal and almost no external competition. And additionally, the government doesn't add extra exise taxes to the other products. So it's not the same thing, really. Which you know.

My initial point is that it's impossible to cut your fuel consumption past a certain point, and that point is still a pretty significant amount of fuel for most people. The only upside of this is that hopefully the high prices will spur an alternative. I just hope it doesn't take 15 years to get that product to market.

People are furious because they feel trapped into paying whatever price is asked. To some extent, they are trapped. Some people can't afford to move, and they can't afford to invest. They just juggle bills to make more room for gas. And that's the fury you are seeing. If you can't understand that, then you have a real disconnect from a large segment of the population.