Don't the democrats control the house and senate?
You know the answer to this. Do you thinks the rest of us don't?
This is from the insurrection thread where it was off topic.
I'm pretty certain if gas prices had been high under Trump, you or at least a hoard of others would have a thread blaming him for gas prices.
Biden killed the completion of the keystone XL pipeline on his first day in office and stopped allowing US companies to explore and drill for oil on federal lands.
Then Biden decided to obtain oil from OPEC and some other US adversaries instead of getting it from the US and Canada.
He disrupted the world supply and created a supply and demand problem.
This is Joe Biden doing what he said he was going to do. He said he was going to end fossil fuels in the US. The problem is he had no plan to transition away from fossil fuels. The sun isn't always shining and the wind isn't always blowing so there is still a need for oil/gas.
Additionally, even if everyone in the US had an electric car, the power grids wouldn't be able to handle the load from everyone charging their cars in the evening.
Reducing emissions isn't a bad thing but it can't be done overnight.
And food for thought, even if the US had zero emissions but the billions or people in China and India keep using gas, the US efforts and expense would be almost useless.
I don't understand why after these things have come up for the gazillionth time, people keep repeating this crap but never address the rebuttal points.
Regarding reducing emissions, you answered your own objection,
Re Biden going to Saudi Arabia, that is not to get more oil from OPEC for the US. We have enough oil.
Gas and oil prices are a global matter. In case you need a reminder, the US has not nationalized oil companies. Oil companies respond to world prices.
The pipeline has zero to do with gas prices.
Oil companies have multiple leases they are not yet drilling.
The US exports more oil (as refined products) than it imports.
We get very little oil from OPEC. And we do get a lot of oil from Canada
A Ban on U.S. Crude Oil Exports Would Not Lower Gasoline Prices at the Pump
One important point this proposal overlooks is that the prices of gasoline and diesel in the United States are determined by their prices in global markets since the U.S. trades diesel and gasoline. Because a cessation of U.S. crude oil exports would lower the supply of oil in global markets and raise its price, one would expect global fuel prices, if anything, to increase as a result. Refiners can always sell these fuels abroad at their global price, so it makes no sense for them to sell for less in the domestic market.
In other words, the prices of gasoline and diesel fuel in the U.S. would not be expected to decline and might actually increase, rendering the crude oil export ban not only ineffective, but also counterproductive. Thus, there is no reason to expect that U.S. consumers would benefit from such a ban.
The problem is the global supply is decreased with blocking imports from Russia. Biden went to Saudi Arabia to convince them (OPEC actually) to increase production. But the US doesn't need Saudi oil. Only 5% of our imports come from Saudi Arabia.
US Oil imports and exports
So how about addressing the real cause of the increase in gas prices: world gas and oil prices. Because as a capitalist country (I'm not complaining) oil companies sell their products like gas and diesel to countries that pay more than the US market does. And currently exports have increased.
Europe trying to stop importing Russian oil is the current issue and in case you need another reminder Russia invading Ukraine happened after the 2020 election. Are you suggesting Biden should have anticipated a need to boycott Russian oil?
If right-wingers weren't drenched in Biden bashing propaganda maybe they could honestly address the problem. Are you against sanctions on Russia? Should Biden be addressing the EU countries and asking them not to boycott Russian gas and oil?
At least be honest. It's a global problem, not simply a US problem. And Russian sanctions are a major reason for oil prices increasing.
