The Mullahcracy is using oil as a weapon. The reasonable counter would be to neutralize that weapon by increasing our own production. OPEC would then have no choice but to lower their price. It’s not only sound business, it’s a matter of national security. Oh, and can we please build more refineries? There hasn’t been a new refinery built in 30 yrs.
But we have been expanding and upgrading the existing ones for decades.