Shouldn’t be exporting any heating fuel.
Because we can export it, more suppliers invest in producing it.
Because we can export it, the supply grew to the point that more investors in petrochem are now using it.
Because we can export it, prices dropped.
Thinking the demand curve rules while ignoring the supply curve only works for a couple months. Wanting the government to pick winners and losers is always a bad idea.
We need less government regulation, not more. Even when this has proven a success, some people still won’t see the truth.