Tough talk about increasing or even maintaining a high price, encourages consumers to invest in lower energy consuminggoods (cars, generally), thereby reducing future demand.
Worse still, most of these jobs came from the goods-consuming service sector rather than the goods-producing manufacturing sector (which lost another 6, 000 jobs).
If the numbers of idle workers climb because of the severity of the recession, the situation aggravates accordingly: less saleable goods available among consuming competitors.