Posted on 09/01/2020 12:07:05 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
PITTSBURGH (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden said on Monday he would not ban hydraulic fracturing, a controversial method of drilling for crude oil and natural gas, if elected and called Republican assertions that he supports such a ban a lie.
The comment added a level of nuance to Bidens energy platform, which includes an ambitious timeline for transitioning the U.S. economy away from fossil fuels and an end to new oil and gas drilling leasing on federal lands to fight climate change.
I am not banning fracking. Let me say that again. I am not banning fracking, no matter how many times Donald Trump lies about me, Biden said during a speech in western Pennsylvania, home to one of the worlds largest natural gas deposits.
Pennsylvania is a battleground state that could play a decisive role in the Nov. 3 election between Biden and Trump, the Republican president.
Environmental activists say fracking can pollute underground aquifers, an assertion the industry says is overblown. The drilling technology has touched off a surge in domestic oil and gas production, upsetting groups concerned about climate change.
The western Pennsylvania region, once a Democratic stronghold, has become much more Republican in recent years due partly to Democratic plans to phase out fossil-fuel energy.
Bidens comments were a detour in a speech otherwise dominated by the subjects of civil unrest and the coronavirus, a nod to the vulnerability the former vice president faces as his party becomes increasingly hostile to drilling.
Bidens position on fracking has at times been confusing.
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Like HeelsUp said
“It was just a debate”
“It was just a debate”
I thought it was when their lips were moving.
Congress would and Biden would sign it
I can see that...
He’s so fracked up.
I don’t think it means what he thinks it means.
Biden won’t ban fracking on day one.
However, on day two, President Harris WILL ban fracking.
Count on it.
Solar and wind farms need a huge amount of fossil fuels to create a small amount of energy for a small amount of time. Not very renewable or recyclable.
Where’s the yeah right girl?
“In a March Democratic primary debate, he said: No more - no new fracking.
Was he lying then or is he lying now. I wonder if he even knows he is lying.
Joe will do as he is told.
The fake news WILL spin it for him. The Dems can count on it
Doggone, got caught lying again!
I saw a better one with Biden’s remarks from yesterday at the beginning and the end, but I can’t find it today (of course!).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=digRNl-tmKI (compilation of Joe through the years saying, no more fracking)
Trump will remind him of this lie during the debates.
The Republicans sure will be able to make a lot of TV ads showing Slow Joe taking both sides of the same issues. The list keeps growing.
In a March Democratic primary debate, he said: No more - no new fracking. The statement came after his then-rival Bernie Sanders said he would end fracking in the United States to combat global warming.
Bidens campaign then said he meant he would not allow new federal land-drilling leases.
These people can't write to save their lives. Biden's position isn't confusing. Biden is in a constant state of confusion.
We know how this goes. Step one: they restrict fracking on federal land. Step two: they restrict pipelines - no pipeline = no fracking. Step three: after the fracking numbers decline for a couple of years they make the argument that it's obvious this technology doesn't work, it's bad for the environment, we need new green jobs and presto, fracking is completely banned.
He’s said multiple times he is banning fracking. It’s all on video.
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