Posted on 12/11/2021 4:50:42 AM PST by MtnClimber
Only Biden is to be blamed for U.S. fuel shortages and price hikes.
It has been a tough time for the U.S. energy sector with production impacted by Joe Biden's hostility to Big Oil, and gas prices and heating bills soaring as a result.
President Biden has blamed OPEC for not producing oil at a faster pace and appears to be pleading with other countries to release more oil.
However, the real reason for the U.S. crisis has been Biden’s anti-fossil fuel agenda that has inhibited the production of more oil and natural gas. The country has gone from being energy independent in 2020 to being short on energy.
But here in Asia, the situation is completely different. Key countries like India, China and Japan have invested heavily in securing fossil fuels, knowing that no other source (except for nuclear and, to some degree, hydro) can sustain primary energy demands.
Despite promising to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide, Asian economies are on a track to burn more coal that contrasts starkly with the Biden administration’s energy policy and with the hostility toward fossil fuels at the recent COP26 climate meeting. Coal production is now on the rise in Asia after China and India urged their industries to ramp up output following severe shortages of coal during September and October.
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US coal plants have particulate scrubbers and are very clean in terms of ash and sulfur emissions. But we are harming our energy sector and production activity is shifting to countries with dirty power plants.
ELECTION THEFT without accountability has consequences.
Yeah like a rope from a high tree.
> The country has gone from being energy independent in 2020 to being short on energy. <
I wonder what happened in 2020 that turned everything upside down.
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Anyway, socialist countries usually go through a checklist when faced with a shortage.
1. Ignore the shortage.
2. Blame the producers.
3. Blame “hoarders”.
4. Institute price controls.
5. Institute rationing.
Biden has already checked off the first three items.
It’s all in the plan of ChiComjoe’s puppetmasters.
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