Anonymous
01/30/2023 15:00
Subject: $7/gallon gas is coming
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:When competitors are not able to drill for oil, oil companies can charge more. If competitors are able to drill, this option is not as readily available, and there is not as much profits.
In other words, it was just opportunistic greed. Thanks for confirming.
Greed is a human sin. All businesses operate because people are trying to make money.
By opening up drilling, you can combat this greed by using other companies' greed against a greedy company, and the customer benefits with lower prices.
We aren't sufficiently protective of competition and concentrate far too much power in the hands of the few in many industry sectors.
+1
Anonymous
01/30/2023 14:56
Subject: $7/gallon gas is coming
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:
The SPR is intended to use during times of emergencies - weather emergencies, war, etc. It was not designed to be used to lower the price of gas because your administration has an inept energy policy.
Trump refilled the SPR at $40/barrel. And, he wanted to top it off, but Democrats blocked him. https://rollcall.com/2020/03/25/oil-purchase-to-fill-strategic-reserve-dropped-from-stimulus/
Biden has not indicated WHEN he plans to replace the oil he has tapped to cover for his horrible policies. And, you can bet that it won't be $40/barrel when and if he does.
Can you cite where it specifically says a supply emergency doesn't qualify as an emergency?
Also, with regard to "inept energy policy" the Biden administration has been issuing more permits than the Trump administration was, and is on track to increase production higher than it was when Trump left office. So you're quite off base with your hysterical talking points.
Issuing permits is simply one step in the production of energy.......
The president suggested the onus is on the industry to start drilling. But it’s not as simple as Biden made it seem, because there are some steps before companies begin production.
Companies have to contract rigs to drill the wells, and build a sufficient inventory of permits before rigs are contracted, said Jennifer Pett, a spokesperson for the Independent Petroleum Association of America, a trade group that represents oil and natural gas producers.
"Producers also have to put a drilling plan together, secure rights of way and work with state and private landowners," Pett said.
Thousands of unused permits are not uncommon in any presidential administration.
Douglas Holtz-Eakin, an economist and president of the American Action Forum, a center-right think tank, said firms are trying to assess the durability of the global rebound. "They have to be sure that the costly investment (and time) that it takes to turn a lease into a producing well is worth it."
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/mar/09/joe-biden/fact-checking-bidens-claim-there-are-9000-unused-o/
Biden has stated in unequivocal terms many times that he intends to get rid of fossil fuels. Why in the hell would companies invest billions when this is the administration's intent?
Anonymous
01/30/2023 14:11
Subject: $7/gallon gas is coming
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:When competitors are not able to drill for oil, oil companies can charge more. If competitors are able to drill, this option is not as readily available, and there is not as much profits.
In other words, it was just opportunistic greed. Thanks for confirming.
Greed is a human sin. All businesses operate because people are trying to make money.
By opening up drilling, you can combat this greed by using other companies' greed against a greedy company, and the customer benefits with lower prices.
We aren't sufficiently protective of competition and concentrate far too much power in the hands of the few in many industry sectors.
Anonymous
01/30/2023 14:05
Subject: $7/gallon gas is coming
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:When competitors are not able to drill for oil, oil companies can charge more. If competitors are able to drill, this option is not as readily available, and there is not as much profits.
In other words, it was just opportunistic greed. Thanks for confirming.
Greed is a human sin. All businesses operate because people are trying to make money.
By opening up drilling, you can combat this greed by using other companies' greed against a greedy company, and the customer benefits with lower prices.
Anonymous
01/30/2023 12:58
Subject: $7/gallon gas is coming
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:When competitors are not able to drill for oil, oil companies can charge more. If competitors are able to drill, this option is not as readily available, and there is not as much profits.
In other words, it was just opportunistic greed. Thanks for confirming.
^ Opportunistic greed, with zero care or consideration of the millions of American businesses and households that it harmed. Their greed actually put many small businesses out of business because of unsustainable transportation costs. Shameful.
Anonymous
01/30/2023 12:56
Subject: $7/gallon gas is coming
Anonymous wrote:When competitors are not able to drill for oil, oil companies can charge more. If competitors are able to drill, this option is not as readily available, and there is not as much profits.
In other words, it was just opportunistic greed. Thanks for confirming.
Anonymous
01/30/2023 12:55
Subject: $7/gallon gas is coming
Anonymous wrote:
The SPR is intended to use during times of emergencies - weather emergencies, war, etc. It was not designed to be used to lower the price of gas because your administration has an inept energy policy.
Trump refilled the SPR at $40/barrel. And, he wanted to top it off, but Democrats blocked him. https://rollcall.com/2020/03/25/oil-purchase-to-fill-strategic-reserve-dropped-from-stimulus/
Biden has not indicated WHEN he plans to replace the oil he has tapped to cover for his horrible policies. And, you can bet that it won't be $40/barrel when and if he does.
Can you cite where it specifically says a supply emergency doesn't qualify as an emergency?
Also, with regard to "inept energy policy" the Biden administration has been issuing more permits than the Trump administration was, and is on track to increase production higher than it was when Trump left office. So you're quite off base with your hysterical talking points.
Anonymous
01/30/2023 09:27
Subject: $7/gallon gas is coming
The SPR is intended to use during times of emergencies - weather emergencies, war, etc. It was not designed to be used to lower the price of gas because your administration has an inept energy policy.
Trump refilled the SPR at $40/barrel. And, he wanted to top it off, but Democrats blocked him. https://rollcall.com/2020/03/25/oil-purchase-to-fill-strategic-reserve-dropped-from-stimulus/
Biden has not indicated WHEN he plans to replace the oil he has tapped to cover for his horrible policies. And, you can bet that it won't be $40/barrel when and if he does.
Anonymous
01/30/2023 04:40
Subject: $7/gallon gas is coming
When competitors are not able to drill for oil, oil companies can charge more. If competitors are able to drill, this option is not as readily available, and there is not as much profits.
Anonymous
01/29/2023 12:42
Subject: Re:$7/gallon gas is coming
Anonymous wrote:
Average consumers: "Why are gas prices so high at the pump???"
Big Oil: "Uhh something something too much demand"
Conservative pundits: "Something something sleepyJoe no permits, war on fossil something something"
Smarter consumers and smarter pundits: "No, it's gouging and greed."
News: "Big oil announces record profits and stock buybacks"
Conservative pundits: *crickets*
It's gouging and greed.
Yes, here's the article: https://www.investors.com/news/chevron-returns-75-billion-to-shareholders-as-white-house-fumes/
"Throughout 2022, President Joe Biden criticized Exxon Mobil, Chevron and several other large producers for choosing to focus on returning money to shareholders instead of spending to increase production.
"For a company that claimed not too long ago that it was 'working hard' to increase oil production, handing out $75 billion to executives and wealthy shareholders sure is an odd way to show it," White House Assistant Press Secretary Abdullah Hasan tweeted Wednesday."
Tweeting at them feels impotent. It's so frustrating.
Anonymous
01/28/2023 17:18
Subject: Re:$7/gallon gas is coming
Average consumers: "Why are gas prices so high at the pump???"
Big Oil: "Uhh something something too much demand"
Conservative pundits: "Something something sleepyJoe no permits, war on fossil something something"
Smarter consumers and smarter pundits: "No, it's gouging and greed."
News: "Big oil announces record profits and stock buybacks"
Conservative pundits: *crickets*
It's gouging and greed.
Anonymous
Anonymous
Anonymous
01/26/2023 07:53
Subject: $7/gallon gas is coming
"Data from the Bureau of Land Management shows that President Biden approved more oil and gas drilling permits in his first two years in office than former President Donald Trump"
Just sayin'
Just sayin'