My view is that this Winter’s heating season is going to be catastrophically expensive for many. My LP gas bill for a tank refill DOUBLED, THAT’S AN EXTRA $500 3 times a year.
So what’s the governments answer - yep, more heating welfare, NOT producing more to bring the price down which would also stimulate the economy with new jobs.
I remember when natgas was around a buck a therm back in the 2000s, as opposed to a quarter a therm in the winter of 2020-2021.
I would spot-heat with a portable kerosene heater, and saved a lot of money and got to be comfortable [well, the Queen got to be comfortable, which was the important part].
Zeroboy and his ecogoons destroyed kerosene as a heating option by introducing low-sulfur K-1 and diesel [added "biofuel" - garbage french-fry oil and the like].
This drove the price from 1.50 a gallon to over 3 bucks a gallon - and killed 3-4 heater wicks a season [at 15-20 bucks a pop], as opposed to 1 or two wicks a season before [water from the "biodiesel"].
The garbage biodiesel also made the heaters run like crap for half the life of a wick.