Cost of living

Commodities markets are not like durable goods and do not follow the curve you suggest.

OPEC will reduce production if consumption drops in order to not lose money and prices will remain within a certain bracket.

Feds and States will increase fuel taxes in order to maintain a well-established income level (CA is case-in-point)
We don't need OPEC !!! If we produced our own oil, we would set the market. as we already did at one point.
I think I'll move along now, as there is no way to discuss inflation without getting political.
See ya