You do realize he's a comedian? Of course you don't.

BTW anyone's who's been paying attention since the last gas price spike ~15 years ago would be driving a normal car and not a 12 mpg barn on wheels now. And you don't need a Tesla, any $20k shitbox can do 40+ mpg.

But blaming the government for your own idiotic choices is a time-honored American tradition, and obviously that's much easier than taking personal responsibility or - gasp - voting in the actual fucking election.