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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Republicans just make endless excuses for everything. If they had been working hard on energy efficiency rather than fighting against it then we would be well positioned to tackle the oil shortage caused by Putin. They have made sure to make us 100% dependent on fossil fuel and then they complain about that sake dependency.[/quote]

You know.  This is crap.

Republicans are NOT against clean energy or renewables.  What we are against is throwing out the baby with the bathwater.  The technology to go full on green is just not there.  We cannot yet all drive EV. Not only are they not affordable for most people, but charging stations are few and far between. And, we still need oil and gas to warm our homes.  That is just a fact.  Even if the technology were there.... the infrastructure in homes is not.  It cannot be done overnight or even over a few years.  It will take years to transition.

What the left has done is pushed going green to the point that gas and oil companies are holding back on production because they don't want to make the investments to pump when they see the government is trying to make them obsolete.  Biden's words today were so full of lies.  First off, the oil and gas prices were increasing long before the war in Ukraine.  The govt may have "approved" permits, but the BLM has not approved the infrastructure to get the oil out of the ground.  The pipes... the roads, etc.  So, what is the use of pumping if the oil cannot be moved anywhere?

And, buying oil from Iran or Venezuela is crazy.  US has the cleanest production anywhere.  If environmentalists really cared, they should be livid about this.

So, what exactly has Biden done that shows he supports oil and gas production in the US?  Nothing.

What he SHOULD do, but won't, is to bring in oil and gas executives and have a meeting.  He should ask them what they need to ramp up production so that Americans can get some relief.  You know.... talk to the experts.

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I'm as lefty as they come on certain topics, but I agree that Republicans are coming round on climate change, and that we can't function just yet on renewables alone. We need to INVEST in renewables and the discussion centers on WHICH ONES?

But the new world order, as of two weeks ago, dictates that we shore up the NATO alliance with domestic production of fossil fuels. It's far from ideal, but hopefully it will be short-lived  (actually, I know it will be short-lived, because the world is moving on from fossil fuels gradually but inexorably).

Regarding sources of oil, I agree that dense oil like the one in Venezuela is costly to reach. However we need certain grades of oil and the easiest way to get some of those grades is abroad. Plus domestic drilling can' produce right away if we're talking about new sites. But I applaud Biden for reaching out to everyone. That's his job. It doesn't mean we'll sign a contract anytime soon.
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"Republicans are coming around on climate change?"
We just came out of 4 years of a Republican administration where federal scientists were being told they weren't even allowed to say the words "climate change."
They still have a very very long way to go and the fossil fuel industry still has an extremely strong hold over them.[/quote]

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