Liberals Hate Your Car
Dear Editor,
As the Biden administration prohibits any and all new oil and gas drilling leases on public land (CNN Ella Nilson, 2/21/22), you can look forward to the price of gas skyrocketing – even more.
The man who killed the badly needed Keystone XL oil pipeline, on his first day as president – by executive fiat – even now wants to impoverish you more. Shortly after it became clear that the senile old man won the presidential election, I saved a couple of gas receipts in my scrapbook and wrote, “I wonder how long it will take for the Democrats to double the price of gas.”
The price was $1.79.9. I filled up yesterday; each gallon cost me $3.59.9. It took them just over a year to double the cost to fill up your car. And they’re trying to jack up the price even higher.
The left resents and despises the private automobile, because it is the embodiment and expression of individual freedom. That is why they are trying to make driving as costly, frustrating, time consuming and troublesome as they can.
And they claim to represent ordinary people …
Austin Morris
Yes Austin….they are dumb as hell but you can bet they don’t want to give up their power or multiple gated homes and private planes.
You’re absolutely right, JV. They believe it’s one rule for us, and no rules for them. Hypocrites – and Leftists
Here goes Austin thinking he is an economist again. Here is a hint to the illogical view that the gas prices are a democrat driven issue….oil prices have gone up globally.
The left is not anti private automobile. They are also not anti-freedom. They are pro-environment and pro-science. {Trigger warning for nutters} Hence they believe CO2 emissions are the primary cause accelerating global climate change.
Chris, d0 you not realize that when the USA stopped being self sufficient in oil and gas dependence that the middle east is now in control of the prices of fuel? Do conservatives never think things through?
Do you just make things up to fit your agenda? Canada is the largest importer of oil to the US. In addition, US oil product fell due to covid and low overall oil prices. Since US oil is more expensive to extract, I would expect that if oil prices stay higher we will see oil product pick back up now that covid demand slump is ending.
High price of oil is good for US economy but it will take time for oil product to ramp back up given the current low unemployment rates to actually staff up for increased oil production.
Oil production might be able to “ramp back up” if this administration wasn’t doing everything it can to prevent it.
Name one thing this administration has done to prevent ramping back up oil production (a private industry). And don’t toss out that pipeline BS as that is for IMPORTING oil.
Let’s just cite the most recent thing they’ve done to restrict domestic oil production: The prohibition of any and all new oil drilling on US public land, as reported by CNN on Monday.
Anything else, Einstein?
The Democratic Party currently in power is doing everything it can to choke off our production of oil and natural gas. That’s why the price of gasoline has gone up, and why your Piedmont Natural Gas bill has gone up.
Less supply equals higher price.
ECONOMICS 101.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/01/27/oil-gas-leasing-biden-climate/
“But one year after announcing a halt to any new federal oil and gas leasing, Biden has outpaced Donald Trump in issuing drilling permits on public lands.”
Again, your repeating of right wing talking points like sheep ignores the facts. Oil production dropped in US due to reduced prices in 2019 due to covid dramatically decreasing demand…which decreased prices. US costs to extract oil onshore is too expensive to justify at pandemic prices. Now that prices are back up post pandemic, I would expect US oil production to increase…but that itself will not reduce prices byitself.
Again, fuel prices are based on global trends…not local. For example, Natural Gas is really spiking due the global economic recovery following the pandemic that has led to higher consumption and thus higher prices. Also contributing to high prices are geopolitics, as well as the energy transition. Europe and parts of Asia are shifting from using coal to produce electricity, which has boosted the world’s reliance on gas and reduced supplies.
Easy to just point a finger at current administration but the world is actually far more complicated. Especially for a fool that thinks supply and demand doesn’t apply to MACRO economics.
Economic 101
What a farrago of fallacies.
The laws of supply and demand always determine price, and nowhere have I said that they didn’t.
There is some truth in your assertion that crude oil prices are largely determined globally, and that’s why the Biden administration’s efforts to choke US oil production are helping drive up the oil price. It’s Economics 101 – right? In a self-indulgent exercise of virtue signalling they are restricting domestic oil & gas production – “fossil fuels bad” – while China and the rest of the World proceed at full speed with fossil fuels (including the new deal for Russia to supply millions of tons of coal to China). Liberals must believe that Chinese fossil fuels don’t generate CO2, but American ones do.
And of course Leftists hate the private automobile! The Transportation secretary just unveiled a new plan to make speed limits absurdly low, and install thousand of speed cameras to make sure we all get tickets. Then they throttle our roads with unused bike lanes, and forever implement strategies to impair swift movement. They’d like us all to be herded into public transportation, like sheep. Like you.
You can’t even keep up with your own BS. Re-read your comments under the Letter from the 10th.
China is reducing it’s use of fossil fuels as it is the global leader in renewable energy growth and it is also reducing its use of coal (hence the increase in demand for natural gas driving up prices).
You have so many lies and backward talking points, your shepherd must be proud of your role as sheep.
And what about my comments on the Letter from the tenth? C’mon Chris, tell us all.
“Do you just make things up to fit your agenda?”…
EVERYONE – please look up the letter of Feb 10th, read the comments, and see if you can figure out what this bitter little moron is talking about.
Amen Austin ..totally agree.
And it’s worth mentioning that domestic oil production always puts downward pressure on the US retail price of gas. Without it we are forced to buy most of our oil from our enemies, at their price, and paying to have it transported halfway across the World in tankers.
Domestic oil is extracted more cheaply and has no transportation cost. That’s in addition to the effect it has on pricing through simply adding to supply. Trump understood this and encouraged the US oil industry because he knew it would lead to more affordable gasoline for the American people (and less strategic vulnerability globally). And it worked.
Again, what BS. Oil prices are set at a global market. The only savings in US produced oil is not having to cover cost of shipping. Cost of extraction has nothing to do with price other than pricing out the oil fields where cost of extraction doesn’t make economic sense. Again. Supply and demand determine price at a GLOBAL level. Not local.
Also note that for gasoline, the type of oil extracted makes a big difference as well. Not all oil is the same.
AND AGAIN, we buy the most of our oil from Canada. Are they our enemy now?
Go spread your sheep speak in your conservative echo chamber.
“China is reducing its use of fossil fuels” – oh buddy you are so detached from reality it’s hilarious. I really only provoke you for the comedic value, you know. And you never fail me. You should be a comedian.
Is that why China just signed a huge deal with Russia to import MILLIONS of tons of coal?
Loo it up.
Chris, Blah blah blah Trump blah blah blah Covid blah blah blah science blah blah blah main stream media parrot. Sorry but you’re very predictable. I don’t care what Europe is paying for fuel, groceries, etc because it doesn’t affect my quality of life. Our government is supposed to be protecting our freedoms and pursuit of happiness not trying to solve every other countries problems. When will they listen?? But you continue to try and be a SJW while the rest of us try and repair what this failing administration has done in a years time. If you’d spend less time arguing and trying to help it would nice. But in your words, you be you.
Spoken like a true fool blinded by his/her shepherd. Global issues have a significant impact on your daily life. Price of goods being the most important. But it also heavily impacts immigration (which we all know you shepherd loves to scare you with), the value of the dollar, and even public health we have recently learned.
Pro-science eh? So pollution certainly has nothing to do with the mining of all of those toxic chemicals used to run your “green” vehicles. The gigantic batteries are not environmentally friendly. The chemicals in them are certainly not friendly, nor is the method used to mine them. The metals and plastics used for frame and body, not to mention the paint, are all either mined or made from petroleum products. And how do you recharge that vehicle? By plugging It in to a coal fired power plant? Odds are yes if youre around here, although we do have some nuclear.
So green? I think not. It’s all a sham, just like the quiet shift from “global warming” to “climate change” when the world didn’t suddenly get hot like they predicted in the 70s and 80s. Hot tip, the climate is always changing. One erupting volcano belches out a massive amount of air pollution. Does that mean we should not do our part? No, but let’s not pretend a low emission vehicle is protecting the environment. Its another sham to make money.
The world is getting hotter. At an accelerating rate. The use of climate change was used because nutters kept confusing weather patterns with climate. Global temperature is actually now beginning to exceed the climate models predictions.
All solutions introduce new challenges. No question. But if we ignore the science and keep moving forward as if nothing is wrong, things will get far worse.
“Climate change” is a conspiracy theory.
Lean to the left and you’ll be just fine. Remember, we’re the 3rd largest buyer of Russian crude oil.
Please keep a sharp eye on the CURE Violence program in Greensboro, I really want to know if it’s working effectively. Nearly 3:4 million has gone into it the last four years.
Well put.
Thanks, Miller.
So true ms. Johnson will retire soon on the taxpayers dime