The largest profits are made from all the goodies you buy at the petrol station.
A number of very well informed sources would disagree that there is a shortage. Essentially we're all being manipulated into believing there is a shortage, thusly allowing them to create more price gouging and if you think about it on a global scale most governments reap a phenomenal amount of money out of taxes on petrol, so it continues.
As far as I'm aware now, there is only one place in the world (in France) that has the facility to decommission batteries out of electric cars. Electric cars are heavier, therefore creating more wear and tear on the roads, obviously requiring more maintenance, lol and creating more carbon omissions, and for the batteries to be shipped from all over the globe to France. You guys see where I'm going with this?! We are all pawns in their manipulative power plays.
Almost amusing as BP in NZ are invariably the first to rise the price of petrol per litre, every time there is even a minor sneeze in the price per barrel, never mind the stockpiles in every country.
Basically we've been encouraged to become so dumbed down in every way shape and form by our illustrious leaders, this is only a small part of it.