The Biden administration says it's releasing 1 million barrels of gasoline from a Northeast reserve established after Superstorm Sandy in a bid to lower prices at the pump this summer.
It costs a lot of money to store gasoline. Why would we keep paying for that when we could release it and pump a million less barrels out of the earth?
Tapping reserves means less pumping, not more burning.
People don't start joy riding like mad when the price goes down. The continue to just go to work, to the store, and all the normal stuff. Maybe a couple people road trip more when gas hits $2, but not a significant number.