Posted on 11/15/2021 5:04:19 PM PST by Libloather
The Biden administration is preparing to sell off more than 80 million acres of the Gulf of Mexico to oil and gas drilling companies in the largest federal offshore drilling auction in U.S. history—less than a week after the UN climate change conference COP26, where nearly 200 nations promised to reduce fossil fuel emissions.
The annual Gulf of Mexico lease sale is planned for November 17 in New Orleans.
The 80 million acres on sale is expected to produce around 1.12 billion barrels of oil and 4.2 cubic feet of natural gas over the next 50 years.
The controversial auction will take place only months after Hurricane Ida ravaged old fossil fuel infrastructure on the coast of Louisiana, leaving dozens of oil spills and petrochemical leaks in its wake.
Unsurprisingly, the move has drawn the ire of climate campaigners.
More than 250 environmental, indigenous and social justice groups sent a letter to U.S. President Joe Biden and other officials in his administration on Wednesday with an "urgent plea" to cancel the lease sale, which they said "makes a mockery" of the climate commitments made at COP26 to avoid a disastrous increase in global heating of over 1.5 °C more than pre-industrial levels.
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I will be putting snow tires on soon and was planning on leaving the worn all seasons with the tire company.
Should I maybe keep them?
Is this satire?
4.2 cubic feet of gas is what Biden releases from his backside each day.
There’s not one damn thing that we can do that will change climate. The nice thing for the scientists is there is no way to prove that what we do has/had any effect. There will be only new stats....and meaningless new, expensive solutions.
I pass more than that a day.
I hope Biden doesn’t sell my drilling rights.
The courts said Joe couldn’t cancel them.
Set them out by the road, and will be out to pick them up.
Thanks!
“ Early retired now.”
Good for you; missing the Brandon Bunch shenanigans.
Yep, I think you’re correct that this O&G lease auction is required by law.
IIRC in the first few days after Jan 20, the flurry of executive orders included suspending new lease auctions on federal lands due to “ climate change”. This is when the ramp up of energy prices began. A lawsuit was filed and the federal court found against the FJB administration several months ago.
he will auction it off and then make it illegal to drill.
Only 4.2 cubic feet of natural gas? That’s not a lot!
I had to read the source article to see if that was correct, and sure enough, That’s what it says!
Short term leases? Let’s see how that turd goes over.
More than 250 environmental, indigenous and social justice groups sent a letter to U.S. President Joe Biden and other officials in his administration on Wednesday with an "urgent plea" to cancel the lease sale, which they said "makes a mockery" of the climate commitments made at COP26 to avoid a disastrous increase in global heating of over 1.5 °C more than pre-industrial levels.
LOL! And it ain’t the Bee either!
Beware of Biden’s fuzzy fine print
YCBBYCD clause
You can buy but you cant drill.
Who are you necklacing?
ChiComs and/or Euroweenies.
Deep State is rewarding the people who helped install the POOTUS.
The Price of the Steal
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