You're having to convince people that paying more now for something that is more expensive daily now is a good choice.
Did anyone know that we were so reliant on imported energy before all this kicked off? I didn't know. It doesn't get media attention normally, and people don't have time in their busy lives to go and find out these things when its in the background.
If people were given the facts, properly without propaganda, and the options, then I think people would be much more open to things and take an interest in long term planning.
When have we ever been given good data and sensible choices on long term national policy? Never I don't think. There is the problem. Our system delegates this duty to people who time and time again prove their incompetence.
People want the cheap, short term solution.
You yourself were calling for coal-fired power stations to be started up again a few pages ago.
Things will be worse in future and we'll all be thinking "We should have invested more in renewables back in 2022 when we had the chance".
Reactive yes, to cut costs/increase security in the short term. That doesn't preclude having a good long term strategy.
See my reply above, if people are given genuine good quality data and sensible options and discussion, without the propaganda like what we end up with (eg the brexit bus), then people would, I think, have some good input to make.