Mar092022

Episode 502 – About Time

Biden finally does the right thing. Better late than never.

Gas prices hit record highs and the Biden administration has no solutions.

And our elites keep reminding us how much more they no than you.

 

 

Pulling the Trigger

Joe Biden has finally pulled the trigger:

Some things:

  • This is something that needed to be done. It is going to hurt at the pump but, if we are serious in stopping the escalation, we need to do this.
  • It would have been nice if it was done before the invasion.
  • Russian oil imports make up 7% of our oil.

  • The president said his decision comes after consulting with European allies, although he said some are not able to join the U.S. in banning Russian oil.

  • Still, the European Commission (E.U.) said it plans to reduce imports of Russian energy by two-thirds, even though it gets 40% of it from Russia. For its part, the United Kingdom is to phase out Russian oil imports by the end of 2022.
  • The United Kingdom will ban the import of Russian oil over the invasion of Ukraine, with the official announcement expected later on Tuesday, joining the United States in protest.
  • The ban on Russian oil is expected to take place right away.

So be prepared to pay more because this administration has no real plans to actually help this problem.

 

Gas Prices

Gas prices have gone up again. In my neck of the woods, prices went from $5.19 a gallon to $5.39 a gallon. Mind you, it was $4.55 a gallon about a week and a half ago.

Joe Biden is getting heat for not drilling in the United States to lead us to energy independence. In his speech today, he made clear that he had nothing to do with there being a lowering of drilling in the United States:

Some things:

  • This is an absolute lie.
  • His goal is to end all use of fossil fuels within the United States.

How do we know this? He said it during his campaign during the 2020 Democratic debates:

None of this is an accident. They are trying to save the planet and ruining our way of life is a path the elites will to go. They destroy but have no plans on how to build. How to replace. Solar and wind energy production have an efficiency of 10% and they all depend on the weather. And it’s not like they want to replace it with green energy like nuclear and natural gas.

Here’s Jennifer Granholm, the energy secretary, responding to a question about rising gas and oil prices and what the administration is going to do about it: Mind you, this was a couple of months before the Russia/Ukraine war:

Some things:

  • What’s so funny? People are struggling.
  • Well, what’s funny is:
    • The administration is not planning to increase drilling.
    • The administration doesn’t care about the suffering of the people.
  • The magic wand? She’s the damn energy secretary. Isn’t that her job?
  • And if she and the administration doesn’t know what to do, why are they destroying the oil infrastructure?

Jen Psaki also showed her compassion during a press conference yesterday. She was asked about what the administration was going to do about the fear people had about rising prices. Her answer was less than inspiring:

Some things:

  • Is he going to do everything he can? Really?
    • Could he encourage drilling by opening it up on federal lands?
    • Could he lower regulations on drilling to encourage more development?
    • Could he open the XL pipeline for more efficient delivery of oil from Canada?
  • This is going to be the new narrative: It’s Russia’s fault.
    • Remember, the gas prices were 40% higher before the Ukraine war. Was that Putin’s fault?
    • The average price when Biden took office was $2.79 a gallon.
    • It jumped to $3.44 a gallon before the war started.
  • Joe Biden release 60 million barrels from the reserve. That’s three days of oil.
  • Those producers and suppliers include:
    • Venezuela.
    • Saudi Arabia.
    • Iran.
    • Why do they always negotiate with countries that hate us.

That set Peter Doocy off. He went right after Psaki:

Some things:

  • Her comment about producing more oil than Trump’s first year is a bit misleading.
    • Trump cancelled just about every regulation on drilling. Biden can’t say we are drilling more than Biden’s second year.
    • We were energy independent. Biden came in, no longer.
  • There are 9000 unused oil permits. Why are they unused? According to the oil producers, it’s because the regulations placed on those permits to drill on federal lands are so suffocating that profits are impossible.
  • And her last statement is the rub. We should not be using oil anymore. Period! We are the problem and our cars and our warm homes and our stocked grocery stores and our vacations.
  • Everything we have come to expect needs to be change. All in the name of the planet.
  • That B.S. The reality is, if the planet was really the issue:
    • We would be going after China and India.
    • We would be encouraging innovation which means allowing the use of fossil fuels until we come up with something better.
  • This is all about pushing big government which requires suppressing the population and ending capitalism.
  • In the United States, that requires killing the Constitution and we know the Left is working on that.

I went off on a tangent. Peter Doocy wasn’t done with her:

Some things:

  • Gas prices are based on speculation. If the pipeline assures there will be more oil in the future, prices will go down.
  • If you combine the pipeline with the oil fields in Canada, you get a more efficient way of getting more oil into the country.
  • A good analogy. A sink is not the source of water but you don’t break the sink.
  • Those other means are by truck and ship. Both are inefficient and more susceptible to accidents.

All in all, this administration is not serious about this crisis. They just don’t care.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-announces-ban-on-russian-oil-imports-in-bid-to-hold-putin-accountable
https://www.dailywire.com/news/united-kingdom-to-join-u-s-in-banning-russian-oil-report

 

Just How Unserious Are They?

Pretty unserious.

Yesterday, Kamala Harris and Pete Buttigieg had a press conference talking about gas prices and it went about as well as could be expected for those two.

Here’s Pete Buttigieg telling us that we should all just get electric cars:

Some things:

  • The affordable electric vehicles lose 30% of their range in cold weather when transportation is needed most.
  • By the way, they’re are not that affordable. They cost be tween $30-$40K.
  • They also still take forever to charge.
  • The electric cars that don’t lose range in cold weather are Tesla cars. They cost, at least, $60K.
  • Where does he think the electricity to power those cars is going to come from?
  • And, what do car batteries run on? Cobalt. Where do we get cobalt? China. Why do these guys always enrich communist dictatorships?

Kamala Harris was worse. Here she is introducing a push to get electric school buses:

What world are these people living in. Imagine and it shall come? Click your ruby slippers and repeat I wish my car was electric and it will happen?

But this is the belief of the Left. We should all do what they do and, if we can’t, then we should go without. If you have a car with a combustion engine and can’t afford an electric car, then you shouldn’t have a car. If truckers can’t afford gas to bring inventory to the grocery stores, then the shelves should remain empty. After all, we should lower our expectations to make the world better.

That’s what Stephen Colbert thinks:

Stephen Colbert is worth $75 million a year and make $16 million a year. He can afford a Tesla, why can’t you?