This is as close to absurd as it gets. The rest of the arguments against an export ban are the same old money and politics graft and corruption scheme as usual.
“Mike Sommers, the president and CEO of the American Petroleum Institute, warned that pausing the export of diesel would “make the problem worse” because it would lead to a glut of supply in Gulf Coast states and could make costs rise in other parts of the country because of imbalances in the broader oil market. “Americans are hurting from rising diesel prices, and policymakers are understandably searching for answers. But restricting U.S. diesel exports would make the problem worse, not better — for consumers, farmers and the broader U.S. economy,” Sommers posted on X. “
Codswallop! We have product pipelines that move product all over the nation. If that is a problem then temporarily suspend the Jones Act for product transport.
After the recent carnage in the Black Sea and Sea of Azov, not to mention the hits in the ME, I’d think there would certainly be a lot of ship owners looking for safer areas to transport oil and refined products...