Posted on 03/08/2022 10:19:58 AM PST by frogjerk
President Joe Biden said the ban is a 'powerful blow to Putin's war machine' during White House remarks
The ban will be levied by the US alone without European Union allies, which rely more on Russian energy
Biden used their reliance on Russian oil and gas as a reason to accelerate the move toward clean energy, which he said 'will mean that no one has to worry about price at the gas pump in the future'
American markets only bought 3.5 percent of their crude oil from Russia last year, with most from Canada
Domestic gas prices have skyrocketed since Russia launched an unprovoked attack on Ukraine in late Feb But the crisis has still exacerbated US gas prices, which reached a US-wide record average of $4.17 per gallon
The American Auto Association released a series of tips to help Americans 'conserve' fuel on Monday
Meanwhile US officials have been looking at Venezuela and Saudi Arabia as potential sellers to fill the gap
Republican Senator Lindsey Graham said going to authoritarian Venezuela for oil is 'the height of insanity'
Democrat Senator Jon Tester said 'We shouldn’t be advancing other countries who don’t share our values'
More than 7 in 10 Americans still say they'd support a ban on Russian oil, a new poll released Tuesday shows The United Kingdom is expected to levy its own ban on Russian oil, with a ban on its natural gas still in talks
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Meanwhile the biggest culprit of air pollution, China, has just announced that they will be stepping up their mining and use of coal.
Smart folks those Chicoms.
They’re putting civilians in electric cars powered by coal plants and saving the good stuff for the military.
By any rational explanations our nation is already running on clean energy. I think we already lead the industrialized world in this & very likely even the “unindustrialized” world. What Biden wants would likely put us back in the stone age & that might not be so clean as he thinks. He seems to base so many of his ideas on other people’s thoughts & it’s evident he stays in touch with mostly the wrong people.....mostly the “green energy” crowd.
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