Posted on 11/08/2021 7:06:55 AM PST by SeekAndFind
So what other catastrophes does Joe Biden have in store for us, now that he's shut down the Keystone XL pipeline, halted drilling on federal lands, opened the border, brought back Jimmy Carter-style inflation, and abandoned Afghanistan in shambles?
Looks like a good bet is even higher energy prices.
Get a load of what he's planning now:
The Biden Administration is considering shutting down a Michigan oil pipeline in another push to get the U.S, away from fossil fuels, despite warnings from Republican lawmakers who believe the move would result in fuel price shocks throughout the Midwest.
The administration is exploring the possibility of terminating the Line 5 pipeline - which links Superior, Wisconsin, with Sarnia, Ontario - and gathering data to determine if shutting down the line will cause a surge in fuel pricing, according to published reports.
In a letter dated Thursday, 13 Congress members - led by Ohio Rep. Bob Latta - urged the president to keep the oil line in operation, saying: 'Line 5 is essential to lifeblood of the Midwest.'
Apparently the old foof has no idea what shutting a vital energy pipeline down does, how energy gets important was winter approaches, or what a Michigan winter is like. What's more, he seems to have no recollection of the Texas winter of last year with its heating and electricity emergencies which ought to have been a warning. His energy secretary, Jennifer Granholm, does. She's the ex-Michigan governor who rictus-laughed on camera this past weekend about soaring energy prices, telling CNN: "Yeah, this is going to happen. It will be more expensive this year than last year."
Whatever she may have in mind, Biden's scheme to shut down the Michigan pipeline in response to environmental activists, is going make it worse.
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
FROM FOX NEWS:
Line 5 is part of a network that moves crude oil and other petroleum products from western Canada, transporting about 540,000 barrels per day. Petroleum is taken from the pipeline in Escanaba, Michigan.
Jason Hayes, the director of environmental policy at the Mackinac Center for Public Policy, blasted the Biden administration for its energy policies, telling Fox News that their work on Line 5 is “just one more example of being divorced from reality.”
“They’re planning to power an industrial nation like the United States on solar panels and wind turbines,” Hayes said, while noting that even the solar panels and wind turbines require “oil, natural gas, nuclear and even coal” to be produced.
That’s a lot of fuel. Which really makes one wonder what Biden’s grasp on reality is.
Someone is literally trying to kill us in the Midwest. That much is clear.
Don’t forget all the new taxes they want to hit you with
Taking away ability to Heat and to Eat...what could go wrong?
China preparing for war with US:
I am prepared. It’s going to be epic for those who are not and especially for those who cannot prepare because they live week to week. I remember those days well.
"Hardware store owner I know told me just now a supplier recently informed him there’s a bolt shortage because there’s not enough iron. Later, he spoke to an iron miner who said his mine is cancelling shifts because they don’t have enough bolts for their machines"
FWIW, I’ve got nearly 400 gals of #2 diesel onsite (works for both heating oil and fuel for trucks and generators), over 1,000 gals at our farm in TN. We’ll make it through 2 winters here in Maryland with what we’ve got, our house in TN runs on propane and firewood both of which we have on hand.
Bought the diesel when price was under $2/gallon, it’s “insurance,” just as with “prepping” materials, foods on hand.
55 gal oil drums can be found in nearly any market and filled from 5 gal. jerry cans, or pumped out into them. Some fuel stabilizer/biocide for fungus/bacteria and a good seal, useful life is indefinite. Just keep ‘em out of the rain and off the ground.
I watched a neighbor in TN start up a combine that had been parked 20 years earlier after repairing the injector pump and he used the diesel that was still in the tank (drained the lines of water and there wasn’t much). He said he’d seen that done on a fifty year old tractor once. I believe him.
Any writer that frames what’s happening as “incompetence” and not what really happening, loses my time spent reading and my respect.
American Thinker, shame on you.
I've got food, water and other necessities covered. Only thing I'm apprehensive about is heat. Yes, generators are a great idea, but (1) It's beyond my financial ability right now; (2) Storage of enough gas or diesel to run one for any length of time is problematic space-wise; and (3) If the power goes out completely, gas / diesel pumps don't operate, so fuel would be impossible to get.
Recently looked into having a wood-burning stove installed. Costs quoted to me for the stove itself ranged from $2300 to $3100, not including labor. They also said it would take 8-12 weeks to even get one ordered in. (Alleged supply shortage). So any thoughts you might have for alternate means of heat would be very much welcomed.
Best, AFB-XYZ
“Someone is literally trying to kill us in the Midwest. That much is clear.”
You can bet on it being exactly that behind it all. Next up the EPA will outlaw fireplaces, woodstoves, and backyard firepits. I’m calling it now.
When food and shelter become luxury items. If you can afford them, you should pay more of your fair share in taxes to support those who cannot. Ayn Rand lives on.
I have to drive exactly one mile to work. If I take the long way around it’s a mile and a half.
FJB!
Yeah but at least he doesn’t tweet
That should be interesting. All it takes is one announcement to induce a panic and grocery stores would be emptied in a day leaving others who weren’t fast enough like the disabled and elderly to begin starving. Yeah 3rd world here we come. And I bet they would still blame Trump and racism. “All the white people have the food”
Do it! Shut it down! But be prepared to pay the price come next November.
Treasonous bastard. Rope.
Just talking about shutting it down will increase prices
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