Posted on 11/16/2013 3:45:15 PM PST by Hojczyk
In his weekly address, President Obama took credit for the booming energy sector in the country.
From the White House:
One area where weve made great progress is American energy. After years of talk about reducing our dependence on foreign oil, we are actually poised to control our own energy future.
Shortly after I took office, we invested in new American technologies to reverse our dependence on foreign oil and double our wind and solar power. And today, we generate more renewable energy than ever with tens of thousands of good, American jobs to show for it. We produce more natural gas than anyone and nearly everyones energy bill is lower because of it. And just this week, we learned that for the first time in nearly two decades, the United States of America now produces more of our own oil here at home than we buy from other countries.
Thats a big deal. Thats a tremendous step towards American energy independence.
However, the truth is that Barack Obama actually cut oil and gas permits since he came into office. In fact he has the worst record on granting permits than any president in recent years.
The Institute for Energy Research
And, Fossil Fuel Production on Public Lands Is At 10 Year Low The Energy Information Administration (EIA) released its report in June on, Sales of Fossil Fuels Produced on Federal and Indian Lands, FY 2003 Through FY 2012. The report shows that total fossil fuel production on federal lands is at a ten year low, natural gas production on federal lands is also at a ten year low, and oil production on federal land fell in fiscal years 2011 and 2012 ending two years of increase in fiscal years 2009 and 2010.
They are deserving and easier to get at I imagine.
That means 0bama is solely responsible for Glowbull Warming.
Why does lightning miss him on the golf course for years?
Thanks, knew the story but couldn’t remember the roosters name.
This is like Clinton getting the credit for the economy we had in the late 90s.
Job creation? That job growth started over a year before he took office, and was helped by the Tech Boom and Y2K, neither of which were his doing.
Balanced budget? He didn't have to budget for the Cold War, got the benefit of the tax revenue from the Tech Boom, and effectively punted the WOT to the next administration.
His predecessors' policies enabled all of this, but he was in office, so he got the credit. That burned me up too.
You build it (in spite of him)...Clown Prince nobama takes credit for it.
As usual, when one looks beyond the lies of the worthless Obama administration, the real energy solutions are coming from private enterprise and not government.
he did all he could to prevent oil independence, block the keystone pipeline, blocked oil leases on gouv. lands, closed the gulf drilling down for years, blocked drilling off Florida. The list goes on and on.
What an ass. The oil companies and private land owners are solely responsible for our oil and gas boom. This liar has stood in the way of off-shore drilling ever since the BP spill, and we all know how his Leftist EPA has blocked the XL pipeline. His cronies got billions of tax dollars for now-defunct wind and solar scams which did absolutely nothing but launder money for Democrat campaign coffers.
Here Comes Obama.....
I really think that if you were to factor out both the private energy boom and QE, then the GDP is and has been negative. Which is what the left wants.
BTTT!
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