Gas was really cheap during the Trump years of enthusiastic drilling. However our vast stockpile at Cushing, OK became totally filled and then tankers all became filled, then drillers shut down or stopped pumping, because there was no more space for storage. Then oil barrel prices soared and more reduced drilling and pumping stops. Then Russia attacked Ukraine and the market became even more disrupted. I have the impression that gas producers are in no hurry to increase production since they can now blame it on Biden and perhaps get a more drill friendly Republican set of legislators.
The 2 pro Russia, anti Ukraine commenters I have seen at this post are eager to push the “Biden caused high gas prices” agenda because at Ukraine news posts they push the pro Putin agenda. So far as the Keystone pipeline is concerned it was planned to carry foreign produced oil of the absolutely dirtiest and most toxic kind across several of our rivers and streams. Anyone remember the Kalamazoo River oil pipeline spill? A 2 1/2 foot wide pipeline cracked and spilled oil for 24 hours. Last I read cleanup had cost over a $billion. So we should risk that kind of destruction of our western rivers for the dirtiest foreign oil out there?
https://www.oilandwaterdontmix.org/6_billion_great_lakes_question_will_enbridge_pay_if_line_5_ruptures [Michigan public considers far higher spill costs for a new Enbridge pipeline across Mackinack Strait than the estimated $1.2billion for Kalamazoo River disaster.]
https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2020/12/10-years-after-oil-spill-kalamazoo-river-michigan/ [How people were affected by pipeline defects and inspections (still not state regulated).]
https://www.epa.gov/enbridge-spill-michigan/enbridge-spill-response-timeline [The final official report,]
Meh. Just because a drunk driver causes a fatal accident at a four way stop in the middle of nowhere doesn’t mean we should put in a traffic light. 😁
I could be misremembering but I thought the wanted to go under the river but the tribes demands were $$$.