Posted on 11/09/2022 8:05:05 AM PST by george76
Joe Biden and other Democrats promise to curtail U.S. domestic oil production, the northeastern United States could face a historic energy crisis as temperatures fall this winter, burdening an energy economy already beset by record-high prices and oil shortages.
Signs of vulnerability in the Northeast have been apparent in recent months, Bloomberg reported, with retailers already rationing oil as stockpiles of diesel and heating oil are at a third of their normal levels. Those unfavorable conditions could bring about challenges to the Northeast's energy infrastructure that would be unprecedented in most Americans' lifetimes, according to Bloomberg:
Add some cold to the mix, and in the best-case scenario, Northeast consumers will shoulder the highest energy bills in decades this winter. The Biden administration, under pressure to tame prices ahead of the midterm elections, is considering ways to stash more diesel and gasoline in New England. In the worst-case scenario, a cluster of states with a combined economy bigger than Japan's will run out of fuel to keep the lights on and heat homes and businesses.
Even as the Northeast is facing energy shortages, Biden at a campaign event in New York on Sunday reiterated his commitment to shut down the U.S. fossil fuel industry. "No more drilling," Biden yelled at a climate protester in the crowd. Meanwhile, in Michigan, Democratic lieutenant governor Garlin Gilchrist on Saturday promised to "close more coal plants" to "strengthen our state's response to the climate crisis."
The threat of energy instability poses a difficult conundrum for the Biden administration, according to Bloomberg, because the administration may have to choose between boosting oil exports to European allies facing economic pain through their participation in sanctions against Russia and keeping oil supplies at home to help U.S. consumers.
Consumers in the Northeast are expected to face a punishing winter, with energy bills 23 percent higher than last year. And homes that rely on heating oil, of which there are many in New England and the Mid-Atlantic, may pay twice as much to heat their homes than the typical northeastern family, Bloomberg reported.
The Northeast isn't the only U.S. region facing a historic energy crisis. Last month, a major fuel supply company warned that conditions in the diesel supply market are "rapidly devolving" and that it expects several southeastern states to experience a serious diesel shortage.
This sounds crass, but let them freeze.
If there are no consequences, there will be no change in behavior. There may not be a change in behavior anyway.
Elections have consequences.
I hope they freeze before they starve.
I also hope they run out of gasoline before they move somewhere else.
I agree. Let them freeze and starve to death. If the liberal has to learn the concept of cause and effect the hard way, so be it.
“Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow.......”
It will warm up by Memorial Day in New England...it’s ALL good.
Most of them vote for this garbage can full of Democrat politicians. They will reap what they have sown.
If they freeze, they will simply blame Republicans, and the Dems will continue to escape accountability.
So the Democrats will send out heating subsidies, more welfare.
Maybe their election choice regrets can keep them warm.
I’m fine with this. I can survive and protect my family. I am ready. Libs aren’t.
Sadly, I still have family up there.
Outside of them, I hope that all the folks that voted for Zeldin and Bolduc have warm homes this winter.
If they voted for Hassan and Hochul, if they freeze to death, oh well. But I bet they’ll still be voting for Democrats for years to come.
“They will reap what they have sown”
Just like the European countries that mocked and laughed at President Trump and his warnings about energy.
Suck it up.
Having worked in the industry for a long time, honestly, I really feel like the entire industry should just go Galt. Give them what they ask for: no drilling and no fuel, no energy.
They think energy comes from the plug on the wall.
This insane American Marxist government makes it nearly impossible for us to do our jobs.
Unfortunately the pain inflicted by demoncrap policies is not limited to just demoncraps.
I have a wood burner and a fireplace. I’ll be fine. Frankly, I don’t care if they freeze up there. They voted for it.
I hope the suffering in the NE is immeasurable. Give them exactly what they voted for.
I'm praying for a non-stop series of Polar Vortexes making it the coldest winter since the Ice Age.
And yesterday they voted to elect and re-elect the very people who have brought this hardship upon them. I once resisted the disparaging word “sheeple” for the mass of voters. I have come to believe it is a very appropriate characterization of much of the herd-like electorate.
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