Posted on 03/11/2022 9:35:09 PM PST by Mount Athos
President Joe Biden could lower prices at the pump for consumers if he would remove some of the barriers to oil and gas projects, Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy said.
"Alaska is awash in energy, but not able to capitalize on it," Dunleavy said in a news release.
The governor's comments come as oil prices rose to $134 a barrel days after Biden announced a ban on Russian oil imports.
Gas prices are averaging $4.33 a gallon nationwide and are higher in Alaska, where a gallon of gas costs $4.72, according to AAA.
Dunleavy criticized the Biden administration for not defending a federal court ruling that stopped the Willow Master Development Plan, which is being led by ConocoPhillips Alaska. The company first discovered oil in the area in 2017 and the project was approved.
It was stopped by a court order last year. The Bureau of Land Management reopened the comment period for the project, which ended Wednesday but its fate has not been decided.
"It is nearly shovel ready, could be built by 2025-2026, and would supply some 160,000 barrels of oil per day," the governor said of the project.
Dunleavy also derided a decision by the Biden administration to request a U.S. District court to suspend right-of-way on the Ambler Road project, a "211-mile private industrial access road from the Dalton Highway to the Ambler Mining District in the Northwest Arctic Borough," Dunleavy said. The area contains deposits of minerals and other elements that could have created jobs and revenue once the mines were started, he said.
Another project, the Alaska Gasline has permits and federal loan guarantees already and LNG prices would be "lower than that of other U.S. projects competing for the same Asian market," according to Dunleavy.
"Your administration can stop issuing anti-fossil fuel statements to encourage investment in domestic energy production," the governor said.
Dunleavy also asked the Biden administration to lift the pause on federal oil and gas lease sales, including ones in the the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
"The U.S. should not be begging for oil from dictatorships such as Iran and Venezuela," Dunleavy said. "We can produce it at home with the highest of standards for environmental protection, if you will simply let us.”
My prediction: Lisa Murkowski will be reelected.
Why not just go ahead and drill anyway?
Joe Biden promised, on video, to end the fossil fuel business.
Why is the governor flummoxed about Biden not helping the oil industry?
The quote was verbatim: He said, “I want you to look at my eyes. I guarantee you. I guarantee you. We’re going to end fossil fuel.”
Print that and stick it on the gas pumps.
I stopped for diesel today and when the pump kicked off automatically at $100, I had only pumped 15 gallons. Half a friggin tank for $100. And prices will climb higher. The only consolation was every pump had a Biden “I did that” sticker on it. I hope people remember in 2022 and 2024.
Thurd world countries have food riots.
We’re going to have gas riots.
There’s already cohort of the working poor who can’t afford to drive to work. And there ain’t no public transport in those Red State areas.
I’m thinking of the legion of minimum wage workers who make the ultra-rich so comfortable in Kethchum, Idaho. There’s no low-wage housing in Ketchum, so a great many live in Shoshone, some 50 miles away. Already, when there’s someone with an apt in Bellevue, which is much closer, they’re sleeping ten to a room, causing massive traffic problems, what with 10 cars parked where before there was one. It’s only going to get worse.
Someone should tell Gov Dunleavy that this is totally INTENTIONAL and Biden does NOT want to REMOVE any of the barriers his FAUX administration has put in place.
Do what you want AK. It’s your state. Not those fools.
He is correct. Socialists don’t want the USA to succeed.
Biden never said that. The video was faked. Just ask Winston Smith or NYT/WaPo Fact Checkers or anyone on MSNBC.
I agree!
It’s time these judges and Biden need to be ignored!
Is it time for the states to take a more independent role?
Where is that video clip? It needs to be seen. Repeatedly.
I’m not sure what’s stopping him. How many federal bureaucrats are in Alaska, anyhow, and would they be willing to trek through all that cold, miserable weather to stop the projects?
avg fill up for my Tow truck is 180 for 30 gallons on a 35 gallon tank.
People will remember, and still vote the squad in because, Putin, Putin, Putin
Alaska has both RCV and RCV-enabled voting machines.
Of course she’ll be re-elected.
Unless Alaska gets rid of both of the above and then goes back to dumb voting machines.
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