As Pied Piper says, it's not expensive at all, considering. More especially in the USA where you have it dirt cheap, even when the price goes up.

There's only a limited quantity of it, and when it's gone it's gone. It's going to get a lot more expensive, get used to the idea.

Until we've set up proper replacmeents to enable us to get by without it (including cutting down on unnecessary use of energy), it should be treated like gold dust. Except that it's a great deal more important than gold dust.