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| White House Rejects Idea of Boosting Domestic Oil Production to Lower Gas Prices |
| 2022-03-07 |
| [Breitbart] The White House on Sunday rejected the argument that increasing domestic oil production would help lower gas prices, as the cost of oil moves toward record highs. Crude oil prices rose as high as $130.50 a barrel on Sunday evening. White House press secretary Jen Psaki released a set of talking points on social media, arguing against a focus on boosting oil production in the United States. “It’s a reminder that real energy security comes from reducing our dependence on fossil fuels,” Psaki wrote, noting that Russia’s continued invasion of Ukraine was causing a spike in oil prices. Psaki pushed back against Republicans calling for more domestic oil production. She argued that domestic oil production was up after the coronavirus pandemic but that the United States was still vulnerable to global oil markets. President Joe Biden’s administration is exploring diplomatic shifts with oil producing countries including Saudi Arabia, Venezuela, and Iran, as Russia’s latest Ukrainian offensive has disrupted oil markets. But Psaki argued the only way to truly be free from high gas prices was to stop using oil. “The only way to protect US over the long term is to become energy independent,” she wrote, pointing to Biden’s efforts on subsidizing wind and solar energy. |
| Posted by:Thing From Snowy Mountain |
| #7 This is deliberate and calculated destruction of the American Economy. It has nothing to do with 'Energy Independence' or even 'Green New Deal' this is targeted directly at the Economy. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2022-03-07 18:42 |
| #6 Kinda raises the question of Biden and Putin being in cahoots on this. Putin gets Donbass and higher oil prices. Biden gets to look tough and tell everybody how he's standing up to the dictator just before the mid-term elections. Win-win. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2022-03-07 17:45 |
| #5 Traitor. Biden and his cronies are traitors. |
| Posted by: Whiskey Mike 2022-03-07 15:24 |
| #4 Note well that the WH and their minions are ignoring what the Ukrainian population is doing. They're taking on the Russian bears (see MIG-29s and nukes to paraphrase someone else). They think after denouncing their military as racist and evil that those people are going to be motivated to take on enough of the population that can shut this whole place down? |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2022-03-07 13:39 |
| #3 This is the whole idea - drive the price of oil sky-high and punish the American people for using cars. They hate you and wish you harm. Remember, just get on the bus and all of this goes away. Don't live on a bus route? Move into the city. Bad schools? Your kids deserve to get beaten up because you're evil people. |
| Posted by: Sheter the Lesser9291 2022-03-07 13:34 |
| #2 This is beyond the paradigm of election political thinking TW, this is transformation destruction of the economy. The motive hints at the identity of the power structure behind thr facade of cartoonish leadership at 1600. |
| Posted by: NoMoreBS 2022-03-07 13:23 |
| #1 Catering to his shrinking base. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2022-03-07 13:15 |