One of the biggest and most frequently stated lies in American media and financial punditry; motivated entirely by their alignment with the hoax of global climate change; is that a United States President can do nothing about gasoline prices. This is an oft familiar claim by the political left, media pundits, financial media and leftist economists. It is one of the more transparently false assertions in their arsenal of deceit.
CNN reports that gas prices are rising again as the White House occupant’s inflation and supply chain crises persist, during a segment on CNN’s “New Day” with John Berman and Brianna Keila. WATCH:
So, what can a U.S. President and administration specifically do? We have abundant U.S. energy resources. Quite literally the strongest in the entire world.
- Permit the use of preexisting approved leases in ANWAR (Alaska) to put more volume into the Alaskan oil pipeline that is severely underutilized.
- Finish the Dakota access pipeline.
- Re-approve the preexisting energy leases in New Mexico, Arizona, NE Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico.
- Retract the stoppage of the Keystone pipeline to permit efficient oil transport shipments from Canada.
- Stop blocking the expansion of coastal oil refineries in Texas, Louisiana and Alabama (regulatory issue), as well as Northwest, Northeast and Southeast Seaboard.
- Continue to develop natural gas as a clean burning fuel.
- Drive Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) as an export.
Unfortunately, this would mean reversing the entire energy policy of the current administration. The existing energy inflation and high prices of oil, natural gas and gasoline are a direct and intentional part of Joe Biden policy. That policy is driven by the leftist demand for a “green new deal.”
None of the actions above require any approval from OPEC. Strategically the ‘all of the above’ approach enhances U.S. national security and diminishes the influence of Russia, China and Iran. Within six months of the above, gasoline will plummet.
Democrat policies are the driving force of inflation. It’s not COVID-19.
The MSM and big tech concern about high inflation and gas prices is solely about how it effects Democrats in the midterm elections. That’s it, watched a business show in the early morning that is supposed to be about Europe and that’s what they were worried about.
So true. How some people can’t see they only care about themselves is beyond me.
and they are still lying. If you figure in energy prices, food prices and rents the actual inflation rate is closer to 15% annually.
The entire Green Old Scam is absolutely nothing but a massive wealth transfer. Only the extremely ignorant in any way fall for the climate change bull shit.
It is also a major power grab for our Congress critters and blue state govs.
You think Covid mandates are bad, just wait until they mandate everything we do in their war against the sun.
Your stated premise begs the rhetorical question: Can a society become too stupid to survive? The answer: We lost the intelligence necessary for survival long ago, therefore, we’re seeing/watching the collapse of our society.
But I was never one of them. I worked in the oil&gas industry and I am still very proud of the work we did and the results it produced. But my entire life I heard the same old rants about greedy oil companies rigging oil prices and on and on. Most of us in the industry always liked it when the gasoline was cheap.
I agree with the point items in Sundance’s list. There are a few other available remedies, but this list is very good and will accomplish the goal of saving the oil&gas industry so we can all have heat for our homes and gasoline for our basic transportation needs at affordable prices
Indeed!!
You have people like Al Gore John Kerry, Obama, Vanguard, Black Rock, Goldman Sachs and Larry Fink heavily invested in green energy stocks and pushing the narrative of global warming. The news media is pushing it hot and heavy to the point where the Republican Party in California is completely toxic to the public who all subscribe to the global warming hoax.
I expect all of this as rationalization for another round (or more) of stimulus checks to be sent out prior to November.
All so that some of those politicians can run on being generous with other people’s money and get re-elected.
R F Burns: Most certainly, the pols will find a way to create a new round of handouts “for the most vulnerable,” i.e., the voters on government support for just about everything.
Hope so!! Why not! Pillage and Plunder.
Which will only exacerbate inflation which is being driven by all the money printing. It’s a death spiral. Their only hope out of inflation is a big recession to tank the economy…in an election year…
But, a big recession with pronounced deflation of prices is what TARP and “the stimulus” were trying to prevent. People always asked back in 2008 “where’s the hyper inflation?” The answer is that if prices should ordinarily fall 20% but are up 1%, you have 21% inflation. Prices after 2008 never really reset to some new lower level, so the prices got locked in.
If we smash into a recession this year, both parties will rush to resume massive spending and the Fed will back down from raising rates. This will only make things worse.
They’re trapped.
Do people who think we can print more money and increase everyone’s wealth ever wonder why Zimbabwe is not the wealthiest country on earth?
I can no longer tolerate the term “green new deal” in spoken or written form.
It makes me sick the GOP just lies down and plays dead and doesn’t stand up for their base.
Oh what am I saying. They have no loyalty to anyone or anything but their own selfish interests.
THE GOP always curls into a fetal position if the media yells “Boo”. That’s why they aided and abetted the Dems in seeing he was not reelected.
What do you want as an alternative to the GOP? A Demcommie government? Surely you know the difference. Sometimes less bad is better.
“Quislings”
I’d use the P-word, but it would probably get censored.
I got ya covered…
Pig-farts!
‘Wussy’ is a great substitute.
It’s actually One World Order.
Buckle up guys. The deal has been made.. It’s all down hill now. Biden will get war powers to push his agenda while Putin gets a sliver of Ukraine. Not a real war… mostly just fluffed media propaganda. But it will give them what they need on the world stage to try and stay in control. The real battles haven’t even started yet.
As soon as the EU and US handover Ukraine, Putin will send gas to Germany. Germany and O’biden will stamp their feet and call Putin a no good son of a gun, then wire the cash.
Puzzled: You don’t seem puzzled at all. I think you’ve figured it out 🙂
The “EU” and “US” took over Ukraine in the NWO-CIA Soros “Color Revolution”. Eastern Ukraine and Crimea are Russian as much as TX is US. Though that TX example may not always be such an example in the future.
BTW, “Why” do We give 2 sheets about Ukraine? It was either Nazi or Communist in recent history and Corrupt to the core. Ukraine’s Borders are obviously more Important to the DC Oligarchs than our Own southern border. Oh well, it’s just an Invasion of Millions of Illegals in 2021 alone; I’m sure it will “work out”.
Ukraine is where the Uniparty siphons off tax dollars (USAIS) to family members (Hunter) and donors…
You have actually hit on the ‘truth’ of this situation. Ukraine is a thoroughly corrupt country. The politicians play with it for control so that it can be used to funnel money through to the respective politicians.
You could be right about that. The agenda is far more important to them than the outcome of any territorial conflict the Russians are having.
Media is concerned about political impact on the agenda the democrats preach and that they, the media, fully support.
They are not concerned about the impact upon the PEOPLE.
I wonder if those who became “Reagan democrats” will become “Trump democrats” when reality sinks in.
And with the policies of the democrats, whether they like it or not…….
Reality WILL sink in.
I wonder how many rich white “progressive” hypocrites would be screaming about climate change if the policies that are supposed to fix it would affect them like it affects millions of working poor people? Me thinks they wouldn’t be supporting any of it.
But, of course, it doesn’t affect them like the working poor so they don’t give a rat’s ass because they’re all lying hypocrites.
Perfect!
Oh & also… (🚙💨)
Is that top picture available on a t-shirt? I need to wear it to the grocery store in a couple of weeks.
“So, what can a U.S. President and administration specifically do?”
Pffft! Move over and let the duly elected President Trump fix it.
…again!
MAGA 2.0
Yep, he showed them the way and they did everything they could to destroy him, his family, colleagues, and supporters.
This is not by accident. Major powers WANT the U.S.A. to fail.
At this point I can’t think of one country the doesn’t want USA to fail.
They need us out of the way so they can to the Great Reset.
Trying not to sound totally stupid, but what is the “Great Reset” in layman’s terms?
I think it has something to do with “One World Order”, but who is the “One”?
World government of the elite billionaires, by the elite billionaires, and for the elite billionaires while the serfs and peons do all work, hoping for enough handouts of food, shelter, and other necessities to stay alive. Kill off most of the population by means of drugs, starvation, and disease.
It is when all of the governments in the world declare bankruptcy and everybody in charge have golden parachutes and all of the regular folks get stuck paying the bills.
One world globalism order with two or three totalitarian leaders and the complete support of international businesses and the slavery of 90% of the population.
All we need is about 10,000 executions of traitors, with rapid trials of course
YES!!!
Which of course is the whole idea. However, enough people have to feel Trump and his MAGA gang are the salvation. Unfortunately it isn’t the smart people of concern it is the dumb and stupid.
Interesting how it is the bulk dumb and stupid category are Libtard democrats. It is not an accident, it has been programed ever since kids hid under their school desks in case of an atomic bomb.
Exxon to shut down Baytown Texas crude unit for scheduled overhaul-same unit that had a fire in December. May be a contributing factor it’s their largest refinery
Windfall profit tax on big oil 3..2..1. Just wait till 3rd 4rh quarter this year.
We always hear about the “record profits” of the big oil companies. Always in how ever many billions of dollars per year.
When is the last time they reported the profit margins of the industry in relation to what capital and labor went into achieving that margin?
Or how many cents per gallon are profit versus taxes.
“Degrowth” is the word that cannot be spoken by the Hard Left. But, while you’ll never hear it discussed out in the open, making people poorer, limiting our ability to travel by manipulating energy production, etc. is viewed as more “sustainable”. None of what’s happening is incidental.
Political fallout?!?! Elections are rigged, stolen,trampled, and are dishonest. Politics and being accountable to the people has gone the way of cassette tapes and critical thinking skill set. It’s all bread and circus.
Destroying Clean Burning Anthracite Coal was the Harbinger from Obamy; Now that he is the Chief Resident Again it’s all out Transformation, Comrades.
But Each ProgreSSive step “Forward” just becomes the “New Normal” and Accepted.
The Sheeples will Require some more 2×4 head knocking to WTFU
Not sure what you mean,i’m still burning Anthracite in my base burner.
I like a bad case of diarrhea rather than watch cnn.
With projectile vomiting…
A very large percentage of Democrats live in crowded cities like New York, Chicago and Detroit taking subways and bus transit to work…if they do work at all!
Many stay holed up in their apartments, fearful of crime and most offices in these cities aren’t open. Living in cities has become lunacy, you ‘work’ in the big city but could work from anywhere. People are leaving, the jobs aren’t there, it’s extremely dangerous and for insult, too expensive.
If I remember correctly, there were only 8 members of the Republican Senate who objected to the Mail Order Presidents certification. At least one of those 8 have since exposed themselves as a traitor.
Here we go again.
These people are not qualified to tie their own shoelaces.
If we want to survive and live well, we can not be dependent upon them.
There’s a booster for that.
Up $1.60 so far; thats $25+ per tank of regular gas.
FJB
I just filled up today, don’t remind me. Even at $2.00 a gallon I would’ve saved almost $25., we’re about $2.85 a gallon up from the consistent $1.60 to $1.80 a gallon during the “mean tweet years”.
$3.09 down from $3.19 a week ago… We were as low as $1.89 with President Trump (the good old days)!
21.5 gallons of regular ran me $103.50 out here in Mexifornia.
Crap, you don’t even have to actually be President. PDJT election in November 2016 sent gas prices down even before being sworn in.
I find it very odd that our gas prices are controlled by the speculative market by people who never actually take delivery of a barrel of oil. Maybe it’s just my ignorance of the commodity markets, but to me its insane.
It is not really controlled by a speculative market. There are speculators who go long or short, but there are also hedgers who buy or sell to guarantee a certain price. The result in a normal environment is a stable market with reduced volatility and uncertainty. Speculators do not control price over the medium to long term. Supply and demand and fear is what controls price.
It is so obvious that they are just going to segue from the Scamdemic right to the Green New Steal.
We know now that all the BS about Chi Com Fauci Flu was never about public health. It was always part of the Great Reset.
FJB
The left has proven its ability to cause a crisis, time and again. They just aren’t really good as ending them.
Green New Deal dissolves all our Green money . These people are doing this deliberately
The illegitimate administration’s policies are the cause of the country’s disastrous economy, not the scam virus. Ultimately it’s the distribution of wealth, from the producers to the parasites.
He will make a grand announcement that he has lowered the price of gas.
Just like the announcement that he had fixed the port problem.
Topped off our propane tank today @ $2.65 gal.
Last September it was $1.77, nearly 47% increase.
Part of it is seasonal, but not entirely.
I’m seriously considering not voting for Biden in ’24…
I didn’t want to vote for Biden in 2020 myself
but the democrat only poll workers in N.J. had the final say!
The destruction of our Country didn’t convince you?
No worries….they’ll start the war between Russia and Ukraine to distract us.
And remember this bs about “green energy” is NEVER going to be achieved in our lifetimes. So you have a partial change to electric cars which will be more expensive. Solar , windmills, more expensive and not reliable. The only way to bring the us down is to push this bs. China, India, laugh and nod their heads.
Well they just flushed all the more seasoned personnel from the armed Services – all branches.
The resident in the White House and all those who surround him and head policy agenda on his behalf have repeatedly shown that they are the enemy of America and her citizens. This is just another example of how they hate us and want to destroy out country.
The Paul Krugman type economists can always be counted on to provide cover blaming the evil market which absent any federal policy would in abstract theory be beyond influence of a president. After all, can a president change the supply of oil or other hydrocarbons? Can he alter demand? Turns out he not only can but always will and so will Congress and so will other governments and nations. What is true in pure economics is nevertheless subject to the effects of arbitrary policies intended to push the market in a particular direction for whatever profit or ideologically motivated reasons. Economics always functions within the legal and regulatory framework imposed upon it by society. If it ever functioned in its pure form the resulting prosperity would be mind boggling but, through human avarice and malice it is always less than optimal. How far less many socialist nations have shown us. The path to misery and poverty lies in coercion and control while prosperity only happens when sufficient faith allows freedom to flourish.
The “arsenal of deceit”, now that is richly accurate.
The plus side of all this. People who are dumb as rocks get to experience Communist/Fascist/Totalitarian government and its negative effect in their daily lives.
Most the dumb and stupid will remain dumb and stupid and think there is a “Magic Wand” somewhere in the deal. If not waved by Joe Biden for sure the “Magic Wand” will be waved by Kamala Harris. The main political objective for the dumb and stupid is to make sure Trump stays out of this and messes things-up.
On public forums, I refer to them as the Biden AOC policies.
Leftists have a cute bartender setting energy policies.
Most of the folks here understanding what’s happening. The question is, how do we stop it from happening? Like many of the people here, I’ve organized rallies, worked the county fairs, canvassed neighborhoods for good candidates, ran for local office and wrote letters to the editor. The last rally I attended has cost me thousands of dollars in legal fees. My crime? Showing up to support DJT.
Resident Biden could undo all his Trump policy reversals tonight, if he was a Real President who loved his
country and put country over ideology. You know, like that MAGA fellow we had a year or so ago.
Come on now! Who doesn’t yearn for the good old days of waiting in line for gasoline and the even/odd license plates?
I have memories of my grandfather asking me to get out and see if the plate is even or odd. Fun times for a 14-year old living through the Carter years.
I grew up in SW Missouri, really never many lines for gas, and we never implemented the even/odd license plates. I do remember the crazy interest rates though.
They definitely had lines and the even/odd license plates in Pittsburgh, PA.
I can recall sitting in lines with my Dad. I also recall having to steer the car while he pushed once.
> That policy is driven by the leftist demand for a “green new deal.”
It’s more like part of the plan to collapse the economy and impoverish the nation so that they can enslave us all.
It’s past time to break away, split the nation apart.
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Some good news outta Montana. A brand new 1.5 billion light crude oil find was announced a few days ago on private land. It will take a couple of years to realize the flow, and no it was not on the Yellowstone Ranch.
That is good news.
I’d love to see Beth Dutton as PDJT Chief Of Staff.
Election Fraud put Joe Biden in the White House.
The policy of Democrat politicians will cripple the Supply Chain.
Inflation will destroy the buying power of the Middle & Lower Class.
I will be 60 this year. I never thought I would see us be energy independent in my lifetime. Thanks to President Trump, I got to see it. Thanks to Brandon, it didn’t last long. I want to see it again.
On another note, I’ve never had much respect for the French except in one area–nuclear power. Safe, efficient, and wide ranging with all the control rooms for all of the plants nearly identical. But now they are beginning to close them down so that little bit of respect I had for them is soon to gone.
They are backed into a corner on energy resources. That makes them dangerous.
Dominion! No worries.
Demand management: keep people home, lay off people, stall the trucks, reduce expectations. This will also stabilize prices, as will population reduction.
If they release the COVID restrictions, inflation goes through the roof.
They cannot free the people.
There are two very simple steps Biden could take that would cause gas prices to plummet overnight
1) Remove ALL sanctions on Venezuela Oil exports
2) Remove ALL sanctions on Iranian Oil exports
What have the above countries done to deserve crippling sanctions by the United States?
Sanctions of Venezuela and Iran only benefit Saudi Arabia and Russia while PUNISHING the American consumer. Of course high gas prices are not just felt at the gas pump – they have a ripple affect that is causing the worst inflation in forty years.
Also quit trying to shut down Line 5 at the Straights! Build the tunnel under the lake as proposed for safety. Michigan would freeze without the line operational.
I agree, except I have mixed feelings about exporting our natural gas. On the one hand I would prefer to conserve our own resources and hold them dear. On the other hand, I would like to help Europe who will be energy starved by Russia. Oh wait, it’s not like Europe gives a rat’s behind about us.
“Target CEO says people will drive and shop less amid inflation” when gas prices rise.
Corporate propagandists are omitting that a main driver for inflation is high gas prices. Almost everything increases in price, when gas prices increase dramatically.
That’s one of the main reasons PDJT pushed and achieved energy independence.
Now OPEC has the US by the proverbials (again).
These whack-a-doo’s can’t think themselves out of a wet paper sack.
What do they think is going to happen when they shutdown the world’s most crucial source of energy, without anything even close to replacing it? Revert back to horse’s and carriages?
Where do these half-wits think the majority of the electricity they need to charge their cars comes from in the first place?
God wins. Pray without ceasing. Luke, chapter 21 – Jesus tells us exactly how this is gonna go down. So be vigilant and prepared, stay awake in his word. God bless all my treeper friends. Don’t let anyway take away your peace and fear not.
I am surprised the Democrats have no used their standard answer to rising prices on the gas situation. Raise the tax on gas!
That should fix the situation with high gas prices! (sarc)