Letter to the editor: Biden's actions on pipelines have no effect on gas prices

I wish more people would educate themselves before making false comments on subjects that they have obviously not researched.

President Biden did not shut down any pipelines. What he did was stop the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline, which was the Phase IV part of the current operational Keystone pipeline.

At the time Biden signed his executive order, the Keystone XL pipeline was only approximately 8% completed. The Keystone XL pipeline segment was not due to even be operational until 2023.

Since the signing of the executive order, the company that owned the project, TC Energy, has confirmed the termination of Keystone XL Pipeline Project with the government of Alberta, Canada.

Telling Biden to open something that was never open is again not an option.

The Keystone XL pipeline was due to carry 830,000 barrels of crude oil a day from the Canadian Tar Sands. The U.S. imported 209,000 barrels of oil from Russia in 2021.

Moving ahead with the project would not have prevented U.S. gas prices from skyrocketing, as the Keystone XL oil would have only increased global oil production by less than 1%.

Nancy Scialabba

Shaler