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You have made an important point.

We are going to get our oil. Period.

We must have it. Period.

The rub is “how” we receive it (who benefits), “how” we receive it (who benefits from logistics), and “how” much we pay (who benefits).

A quick comparison of Trump vs Biden and their policies -

Trump - we were energy sufficient encouraging more environmentally friendly pipelines and lots of high paying jobs for Americans and it was comparatively cheap depriving our enemies of cash. Every family in America had more money in their pocket and we were far more secure.

Biden - we are dependent on foreign nations and lost lots of great paying jobs and our fuel is now less environmentally friendly with our enemies flush with our cash. Every family in America has less money in their pocket and the world is less secure.

Go back and look at Russian oil imports. There was a large increase of Russian oil imports in 2019. They virtually doubled from the previous year and remained high through last year. Why, if we were energy independent?

Why are so many producing wells idle and have been idle since 2020? While Biden isn’t issuing new leases on federal lands, why are the existing eases not being drilled and pumped? And haven’t been since before administrations changed?

A lot of our current energy problems have less to do with who is in the WH now vs before a year ago than with the oil companies getting the highest and best value they can.