Well, with all due respect, you're overestimating the effects of one pipeline. For one thing, I don't think it's finished yet, but even if it was, it takes awhile for things like that to get into service and have an impact on prices.

There are bigger and more immediate impacts, such as Putin and hurricanes. I don't remember exactly how many Houston-area refineries were shut down by the last hurricane, but I think it was two.

Americans need to grow up. Additional pipelines continue the ever-growing carbon footprint. The infrastructure bill is right in its efforts to incentivize green energy. Oil and coal state politicians hate that, but their constituents will benefit.

How many coal miners are even in West Vriginia? I'd venture to guess less than 15,000. Most of whom work in appalling conditions. And people want to save those jobs?

Democrats focus on the wrong solutions, too. It is a bipartisan effort there. Dems should help wean those 15,000 (probably fewer) people out of the coal mines with money and training for other careers (not call centers - these people want to work with their hands) and even small business grants to help them get on their feet. Yes, grants, not loans.