[unspun]

When supply goes down, demand has to go down, otherwise the market doesn’t clear appropriately.

Wrong.

(I'm talking about actual demand, not demand affected by supply.)

[Tublecane]

I speak carelessly, of course. What I probably should have said was that when supply goes down people have to buy less, otherwise the amrket does not clear properly. But I think we can both agree, the point of raising prices is to lower demand, and that lowering demand is a good thing when there isn’t enough gas to go around.