Posted on 05/20/2022 3:43:38 AM PDT by Kaslin
Joe Biden is becoming engulfed in a national energy crisis, and he decided to kill virtually all oil and gas leases in Alaska. He already got the ball rolling on this fiasco when he decided to nix the Keystone Pipeline. It was a bad policy, but one he was forced to make because the environmental Left would have had a coronary. It’s not hard to see gas prices soaring to a national average of $5/gallon by the dog days of summer. This is Joe Biden’s crisis. It’s his fault, and it’s sadistic. These people thought they could ride in and do what they want. You can’t with a 50-50 Senate and a four-seat House majority. So, they’d rather torch our wallets with these policies; it’s intentional. Could it also be a backdoor enaction of the Green New Deal? At least on a partial basis especially with the oil and gas leases?
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) caught Biden’s Secretary of Interior Deb Haaland dead to rights on the agenda to kill everything regarding oil and gas exploration. It occurred during a budget hearing. Manchin whipped out the Department of Interior’s own documents highlighting their intention to kill the whole show. Haaland was left speechless:
It didn’t stop there. The West Virginia Democrat took a blowtorch to the Biden administration’s energy agenda (via The Hill):
Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Chairman Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) claimed the Biden administration’s oil and gas leasing policies have “put America’s energy security at risk” during testimony by Interior Secretary Deb Haaland on Thursday.In a hearing on the Interior Department’s fiscal 2023 budget request, Manchin pushed back on the administration’s repeated references to the industry’s 9,000 unused leases to explain the energy crisis, arguing the administration has the power to pressure industry to use them.
“If the administration’s argument is that industry is sitting on these leases … why don’t they do something about it?” Manchin said. “For example, if the concern is that too many leases are not being developed in a timely manner, the department could increase the rental rates over time to provide a financial disincentive against holding leases for speculation alone.”
Haaland said that her department is working on a new five-year offshore leasing plan that will be released by June.
These people just could have left the Trump energy policy in place which was tremendous and put us on a path towards energy independence. It had to be wrecked by the Democrats because—well—it was good policy. And things that the GOP enacts that work for the American people is racist, sexist, misogynist, or whatever “ism” is the flavor of the week for the ‘woke’ dolts.
The "Gaia First" Commie Rats have been planning to "take America off fossil fuels" for decades, and now they are.
“In a hearing on the Interior Department’s fiscal 2023 budget request, Manchin pushed back on the administration’s repeated references to the industry’s 9,000 unused leases to explain the energy crisis, arguing the administration has the power to pressure industry to use them.”
Some of the Ukraine supporters here (the Neocons) are making the same claim about oil companies not using their leases...now I know they’re getting their talking points from Biden.
“Some of the Ukraine supporters here (the Neocons) are making the same claim about oil companies not using their leases...now I know they’re getting their talking points from Biden.”
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We sure do seem to have quite a few Biden Democrats here lately.
They are playing with people’s lives and livelihoods. It’s on purpose and as the write says, sadistic. Something will explode - and they have no idea of the rage building.
If there is no support system{s} in place, i.e. pipeline, rail ways, heavy truck ready roads, there is no reason to drill.
You can only use oil if you can move it, and with the regulations that various gummint agencies impose, many times it is better to leave it in the ground.
We sure do have a bunch of KGB loving, closet gay, fat, pasty white, arm chair general, conspiracy nut kooks around here lately.
I've been reading that sentiment since that reprobate Klinton was in office. Still, nothing.
Conservatives clearly can't be bothered to fight. Too busy with Junior's little league, I guess?
Seriously, if we haven't been motivated to rage by now, it can't happen.
Best advice I can give is don't take things so personally, and by all means, stop the personal attacks.
You may be right, but this year Junior’s little league practice may not be affordable. We’re going to see more cars on the side of the road out of gas, and more panhandlers at the gas pumps.
On that, it seems it’s always a woman with a sad story, while their boyfriend stays out of sight in the car. I had a young lady approach me a few weeks ago at the pumps for gas money. I gave her a tip for success - take your sunglasses off - you can’t beg without showing your sad puppy eyes!
You hit the nail on the head. I work with pipelines and they have pulled permits for 7 of them so far this year. A few of them would have helped relieve natural gas shortages going up into MA.
Does Joe Manchin actually care about his constituency? How quaint. How racist./s
Shut up you ignorant, lying PUtler loving scum.
And I will add that Mr. Robinson himself has appeared to support Ukraine resist the Russian invasion.
He might be interested in knowing he’s a “neocon” now.
In any case, why he puts up with the likes of you is beyond me.
What is it about communists and their, "five year plans"? They seem to be awfully fond of them.
The neocon Zelensky bots on this site are Liz Cheney repuglicans. They arrived en masse when Putin tried to put up a firewall between Russia and the woke pedophile Biden / Cheney Deep State NATO / Vatican money laundering LGBTQ+ cabal.
They are following the World Economic Forum agenda. This is what we are dealing with. Climate change rhetoric. It has been the push since the 1970’s and now becoming a horrendous reality.
Too busy moving millions around in mutual funds trying to keep downward trajectory nose up with a broken yoke.
Bush-, McCain-, Romney-, Dole-class “conservatives” only fight to conserve their country-club, blue-blood, fake-pious, “dignified”, “respectful”, out-of-touch way of life knowing they can always get fat and play golf or ride their yachts in tough times for the unwashed worker types.
Their relentless, traitorous undercutting of President Trump and fear of Maga made today’s headlines a reality.
Thanks, Blue Bloods. Your houses are on fire, too.
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