..giving the lie to the largely unquestioned acceptance that the transport of everything has inevitably whacked up the price of almost everthing..

See:
"Oil Giants' Massive Profits revive Calls for Windfall Taxes":

https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/wrapup-global-oil-giants-rake-massive-profits-third-quarter-2022-10-28/

https://thehill.com/policy/3709759-oil-companies-rake-in-huge-profits-amid-consumer-squeeze/

Ah how touching - despite obscene opportunistic 2021-2022 oil giant profits, the NYT is concerned that oil companies - poor things - "face an uncertain future":

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/28/business/energy-environment/exxon-chevron-profit-biden.html