Posted on 03/09/2022 8:02:58 AM PST by SeekAndFind
During remarks at the White House Tuesday, President Joe Biden claimed his domestic climate agenda is not contributing to an increase in oil and gas prices for American consumers.
"It’s simply not true that my administration or policies are holding back domestic energy production. That’s simply not true," Bide said. "In the United States, 90 percent of onshore oil production takes place on land that isn’t owned by the federal government. And of the remaining 10 percent that occurs on federal land, the oil and gas industry has millions of acres leased. They have 9,000 permits to drill now. They could be drilling right now, yesterday, last week, last year. They have 9,000 to drill onshore that are already approved. So let me be clear -- let me be clear: They are not using them for production now. That’s their decision. These are the facts. We should be honest about the facts."
"Loosening environmental regulations or pulling back clean energy investment won’t -- let me explain -- won’t -- will not lower energy prices for families. But transforming our economy to run on electric vehicles powered by clean energy with tax credits to help American families winterize their homes and use less energy, that will -- that will help," he continued.
But his claims are easily proved false.
First, Biden's claim oil companies are choosing not to produce on permits already approved onshore in missing context. It isn't that simple and Biden knows it. Shortly after Biden's remarks, Mack Energy Corporation Director of Government Affairs Claire Chase explained on Fox News.
WATCH: "Disingenuous at best" - @ClaireChaseNM pushes back on the White House as they continue to tout 9k unused oil drilling permits #AmericaReports pic.twitter.com/YTPQwdNDbp— America Reports (@AmericaRpts) March 8, 2022
The Wall Street Journal is also debunking this claim.
"Companies have to obtain additional permits for rights of way to access leases and build pipelines to transport fuel. This has become harder under the Biden Administration...companies must build up a sufficient inventory of permits before they can contract rigs because of the regulatory difficulties of operating on federal land," the Editorial Board writes. "It takes 140 days or so for the feds to approve a drilling permit versus two for the state of Texas. The Administration has halted onshore lease sales. Producers are developing leases more slowly since they don’t know when more will be available. Offshore leases were snapped up at a November auction because companies expect it might be the last one."
Second, President Joe Biden shut down the Keystone XL pipeline within hours of taking office on January 20, 2021. He did so after lobbying from climate groups. When completed, the pipeline would have carried 700,000 barrels of oil across the U.S. each day. He also stopped exploration in ANWAR.
Even with the crisis in Ukraine, Biden refuses to unleash American energy by re-opening pipelines he closed, resuming drilling on federal lands, etc.
Even with $5/gallon gas, Joe Biden is doubling down on Green New Deal policies. @AmericaRpts @johnrobertsFox pic.twitter.com/I0yYL2N4lJ— Jim Banks (@RepJimBanks) March 8, 2022
And third, current regulations being implemented on behalf of climate activists are hindering the oil and gas industry and causing prices to rise. The week Russia invaded Ukraine, the Biden Administration froze new leases. From CNBC:
The Biden administration is delaying decisions on new oil and gas leases and permits after a Louisiana federal judge blocked officials from using higher cost estimates of climate change.
The leasing pause is an unintended result of the Feb. 11 decision by U.S. District Judge James Cain, who sided with a group GOP-led states and argued that the Biden administration’s attempt to raise the real cost of climate change would hike energy costs and hurt state revenues from energy production.
One of the most significant and unintended outcomes of the ruling is the government’s pause on new oil and gas leases and permits to drill on federal lands and waters. Lease sales in states across the U.S. West, including Montana and Wyoming, are now delayed.
Fox News fact checks Joe Biden’s statement that America is producing the most oil it ever has at this moment.
In Dec. 2019 America was producing 12.9M barrels a day. In Dec. 2021 we were producing 11.5M. https://t.co/NYQAOeYxwk pic.twitter.com/e7ChQJSlef— America Rising (@AmericaRising) March 8, 2022
This is a flat-out lie.
Gas prices have increased 48% under Biden—BEFORE RUSSIA INVADED UKRAINE.
Biden did that.
That’s bc Biden:
- killed Keystone pipeline.
- froze federal leases.
- shut down ANWR
All, while Biden waived sanctions on Putin’s pipeline. https://t.co/RiBgpX1n9s— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) March 8, 2022
Meanwhile the White House, as Biden indicated during his remarks, will continue to pursue a climate agenda that drowns oil and gas companies in regulation with a goal of making the industry extinct. White House officials, Press Secretary Jen Psaki included, continue to claim putting pipelines back online or back into construction would take too long to have an impact on prices now. It may take some time to bolster oil and gas infrastructure, but it will take decades for the U.S. to completely transition to alternative forms of energy. Given how inefficient current alternative energy sources are at keeping things running, it may never happen.
Biden economic advisor Brian Deese: "The only viable path to energy independence" is to reduce fossil fuel use to "zero." pic.twitter.com/49q1Nav5hC— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) March 8, 2022
COMPLETE BULL$HIT from ol' WHISTLEDICK BIDEN!
Sniffle..... Biden’s so perfect.
The midterm strategy should concentrate not on his endless flaws but on how “perfect” Biden is.
As ms.behavin cogently observed......Biden doesn’t
even have a hemorrhoid.....he’s such a perfect a****le.
Biden never misses a chance to flaunt how perfect he is.
“I’m not going to make a judgment for other people,” he said recently, sounding more perfect than ever, when asked how he is able to perfectly reconcile his Catholic faith with his public support of abortion on demand with taxpayers picking up the tab.
It must be a burden on perfect Biden to have created such perfection to be hounded by people who don’t appreciate his perfectness......sob.
His Atlanta speech revealed Biden’s intense dislike for Americans.......
and his displeasure at having created a “perfect government” for such horrible people.
Biden became unhinged in Georgia especially b/c Stacey Abrams was not there to hold his hand .
Biden made one startling declaration after another.
He reviled Americans who disagree with him about how he has “perfectly” ensured the integrity of the American electoral process.
To somebody as “perfect” as Biden, dealing with us modern-day noose-carrying Confederates, us vote-suppressing racist traitors, is such a burden when you’re THAT perfect.
We deplorables can never hope to achieve the perfection Biden......and the Democrats have achieved...... under his perfect tutelage.
There’s a major point that can’t really be measured in this calculus. And that is, the oil cos do not trust Biden et al. His policies have created an environment where the oil cos do not know what might be outlawed tomorrow. XOM, Shell, BP are walking away from perhaps $25-30 bn in oil investments in Russia. Now that is not Biden per se, but what’s next? The oil cos cannot print money, contrary to what Liawatha thinks.
“How do we impeach the entire Biden administration and replace it with a pro America administration..... without a rebellion.”
That was called draining the swamp. But remember, both major parties didn’t want that because they were both guilty so they got the guy trying to drain it out of power. Think his name was Trump?
wy69
Prices are largely set by futures traders and their expectation of supply and demand thus implying price.
Under the plugs administration they expect it to be more difficult to improve supply. Meanwhile demand has increased. Cancelling approved lease sales is just one of the many factors that strongly suggest reduced production capacity in the future.
Compounding the perception and reality of decreased supply, stocks were drawn down as production decreased during the covid eruption. Low stocks also mean high prices. Stocks now are much lower than the five year average for such.
Now plugs has exacerbated the supply chain with the Ukraine war that kamala heels up began by openly declaring support for Ukraine joining NATO just weeks before Potoot’s invasion.
Everything plugs and his ship of fools touch goes to hell in a hand basket.
Plugs and his ship of fools are the result of 50% of our neighbors acting against the rest of us when they voted for this bunch of dolts in this administration and congress. Plugs and fools are the effect, the cause is the voters.
Makes no sense to drill on land that has no oil underneath.
FANATICS
RE: Makes no sense to drill on land that has no oil underneath.
And which land is that?
Only a fool would trust in anything Biden says.
Media repeats what he says case closed.
pfl
Excellent!...Total agree.
FMCDH(BITS)
Gonna need this... Libtards 100% believe every lie Sleepy Joe utters
The midterm strategy should concentrate not on his endless flaws but on how “perfect” Biden is.
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Well said rant, Liz. Bidung is so perfect.
Lincoln was right. You can fool some of the people all the time. And all the the people some of the time.
But you can’t fool ALL the people ALL the time.
Bidung is about to recognize that fundamental truth for the FIRST time in ALL his life. But he’ll just brush it off because he doesn’t care. He’s a thick Irish gangster.
You were the one that helped put Cuomo on the road to oblivion via your socko memes.
Biden should be your Target #1.
So that one deserves wider circulation.
But since I'm in Georgia, our priority is to primary out Brian the unKEMPt Oligarch of Georgia and his partner in corruption SOS Rattsberger. Our primary election date is May 24th.
To that end I'm preparing a major vanity and meme.
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