“We should build more refineries, if THAT is the real problem”.....
They’re shipping it out of the country as fast as possible, give ‘em a break. Thus, we pay more for OUR gas, much like our medicines.
This is the still the free USA and there is no collective ownership of gas as you imply when you say “OUR” gas. The owners sold their gas and shipped it out. You are of course free to buy gas and sell it overseas if you wish and become part of that mysterious elite class of Americans known as owners. It’s easy to do via the stock exchanges. You’ll get filthy rich right?
The lesson of shale should re-explain to even so called Freepers (many who seem to prefer government diktat) that profit is a good thing and that it will drive supply up until the excess profit is gone. Selling overseas helps assure profitability for the owners and makes them willing to invest.
It’s not a mystery and the opportunity to get rich is available to all to invest in oil and gas. Of course so is going broke. Or just complain about others who take the risk.