[sdwa]

>Why is it worthy of respect to go against your own interest?

Isn't this like a basic human principle? That we are taught as children? That sacrificing one's own interests for the commonwealth is typically considered virtuous? So your question is total nonsense unless you were brought up in a forest by a bear somewhere and actually genuinely don't understand.

[ThomPete]

It might be nonsense if you believe that making energy more expensive is virtuous. I am unconvinced that's the case.