Energy Policy Reactions - Biden Edition

[GURPS]

Gas Prices Reach New Highs After Holiday Weekend, And They’re Higher in Blue States


Of course, President Joe Biden and other Democrats are not completely to blame for the staggering increases. The demand created by economic re-openings has created an unstable oil market, and no politician is responsible for anyone’s holiday weekend travel plans.

However, the White House has done little to quell the concerns caused by widespread increases. Biden’s climate agenda involved cancelling the construction of the Keystone Pipeline on his first day in office, a move that eliminated thousands of oil jobs.

Biden also responded apathetically to the Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack, which was compromised by a Russia-linked cybercriminal group back in May. The Houston-based pipeline carries oil to the Eastern U.S., and fears about the cyberattack prompted panic gas buying, driving up already-rising prices.


https://townhall.com/tipsheet/katie...sing-eyebrows-n2592107?utm_campaign=inarticle

 

[GURPS]

Biden Administration Opens Up Pandora’s Box With New Environmental Review For Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Oil Leases


Interior Secretary Deb Haaland, however, railed the review as insufficient in June when she pulled the plug on operations. The secretary complained of a “failure to adequately analyze a reasonable range of alternatives” in the process.

Rick Whitbeck, the Alaska state director for the non-profit energy group Power the Future, branded the administration’s move as heading down a “slippery slope” by declaring deficiencies in the environmental review process held as the “Magna Carta of environmental law,” under NEPA.

“Either it is or it isn’t,” Whitbeck said of NEPA’s credibility, arguing the post-review examination two years later could jeopardize any other environmentally approved process.

“It opens up the corps to additional scrutiny, with new litigation, and more NGOs to have carte blanche to criticize every decision made under NEPA from now to eternity,” Whitbeck told The Federalist.

The administration’s open animus towards fossil fuels has made opposition to drilling the nearly 20 million-acre refuge no surprise with a review process likely aimed to tank operations along the north slope altogether.

In the fight against Arctic drilling, Democrats have harnessed opposition by the Gwich’in tribe located hundreds of miles away from the proposed leases, whose opposition only rose in the immediate aftermath of exploration on their own lands finding no reserves. The Iñupiat however, who reside within the boundaries of the refuge once open for leasing, have lobbied for development on their own lands.

 

[Hijinx]

I don't consider the raise in gasoline prices as staggering, and to be honest I thought it would go up faster and even be higher.
Of course the increase is undoubtedly the effect of having a moron in the White House and morons in the Democrat majority Congress.

The price increase of gasoline has added to the price increases in food and everything else we buy.
The word is inflation and Biden telling us everything is fine while he prints trillions and shuts down our fuel to enhance his BS about electric vehicles is a great lie.
Things were going along pretty good with Trump as President.
So good that the Democrats and the Chinese who Trump was hurting by carrying on his "America First" policies got together with Faucci and gave us a Chinese flu to destroy the economy.
The only way they could get Trump out of the White House.

 

[GURPS]

I don't consider the raise in gasoline prices as staggering,

$ 6 a gal in Cali

 

[Hijinx]

$ 6 a gal in Cali

Yes, but they asked for it with their Bs special blends.

 

[Gilligan]

$ 6 a gal in Cali

It was hovering around $4 in Washington state when we were driving around there a few weeks ago.

 

[limblips]

$ 6 a gal in Cali

But many have no problem paying it because climate change and net zero carbon dreams. F'ing nut jobs.

 

[GURPS]

Prior to gas prices hitting record highs, Biden’s Democratic and left-wing allies commended the administration for acting so decisively to limit fuel production. One of their central claims was that America didn’t need more oil; there was plenty in the existing store to satisfy domestic needs.

Who can forget that Biden also shut down the Keystone XL pipeline on his very first day in office, despite the immediate toll of a loss of thousands of well-paying jobs? Actually, this measure was part of a larger project to reverse what the Biden administration boasted were more than 100 Trump-era policies, several of them dealing with energy production.

In June 2021, the Biden administration suspended oil and gas leases that the Trump administration had cleared in Alaska. This step infuriated Alaska officials from both parties and undid one of the Trump administration’s major moves to expand domestic energy production in an effort to gain U.S. energy self-sufficiency.

In conjunction with Biden’s policies, a number of Democrat-run states have banned or proposed banning fracking, which is an effective way to reach hard-to-access energy sources. The war against fracking is based on a series of exaggerated and unproven allegations, such as that fracking causes earthquakes, fracking is dangerous for human health, and other such nonsense.

With the backing of Democrats in Congress, the Biden administration has also sought to terminate a wide range of tax benefits for drilling and exploration. This effort is explicitly aimed at deterring additional oil and gas development. Biden’s goal has been to subsidize renewable energy while penalizing fossil fuels—all part of his promise to “end fossil fuels” in America.

Who’s to Blame for Rising Gas Prices?

www.theepochtimes.com

 

[stgislander]

But... but... there are 9000 unused drilling leases. Chucky said so.

 

[GURPS]

Biden's missed opportunity to go all in on renewable energy​

President Joe Biden made lofty promises about transitioning America to clean energy both during the campaign and once in office. When Russia invaded Ukraine last month, it seemed like a natural moment to revive the calls for investment in clean energy and a greener economy.

Oddly, though, exactly the opposite has happened. Instead of spurring interest in investing in renewables and in building out green infrastructure, the rhetorical emphasis has been on the need to reduce dependence on foreign oil not by reducing our dependence on oil generally, but rather by drilling and fracking more at home.

 

[GURPS]

Wyoming Sues Biden Administration, Alleges Suspensions of Oil Lease Sales Illegal​

Gov. Mark Gordon (R-Wyom.) announced that his state filed the lawsuit against the Interior Department for the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) decision to halt oil and gas lease sales in the state.

“This litigation is timely and vital to the interests of Wyoming citizens,” said Gordon in a statement.

“Beyond that, Wyoming’s energy resources can help power the nation and bring down costs at the pump. BLM’s decision to cancel lease sales sure seems to be a violation of both the letter and the spirit of the law.

“I firmly believe the pause in lease sales was politically driven and not based in law or fact,” the governor continued.

After state officials filed their first lawsuit to reverse the department’s order to pause federal oil and gas leasing in Wyoming for the first quarter of 2021, a U.S. District Court ruled in favor of the Biden administration.

 

[GURPS]

The domino effect of President Biden’s war on oil and gas​

From halting pipeline construction to curtailing America’s domestic energy production on public lands; from begging Saudi Arabia and Venezuela for oil while shoveling billions of taxpayer dollars to expensive, intermittent “green” energy — the Biden administration’s disastrous energy policy decisions have underscored their commitment to the war on America’s oil and gas industry.

But the oil and gas industry, and the millions of American men and women who work in it, is about far more than just fueling automobiles and keeping the lights on. Many products that we take for granted and use daily are made from petrochemical raw materials such as ethylene and propylene which are derived from oil and natural gas. From medical devices and other health products to clothing and food packaging to cell phones, car parts, electronics, and everything in between, the standard of life we have become accustomed to simply would not exist without plastic products made from oil and gas derivatives.