According to Fox Business, as oil prices go up, OPEC cuts off the US, and Biden relaxes restrictions on Venezuela so we can directly support the communist regime at the pump, the Biden admin is also considering putting a stop to domestic offshore drilling.
The Biden administration is nearing a decision on the future of federal offshore fossil fuel drilling and hasn't ruled out a complete block on new leases.
On Thursday, the 90-day comment period for the Department of the Interior's (DOI) proposed five-year offshore leasing plan ended, paving the way for the agency to issue a final decision. In July, the DOI unveiled the plan which gutted a Trump administration proposal, ruling out any leasing in the Atlantic or Pacific and opening the door to an unprecedented scenario where no lease sales would be held through 2028.
We can't get oil. We can't afford gas.
And Biden is out here saying "how can we make this even worse in the long run?"
Can you imagine if the president wanted to buy gas from hard-working Americans instead of Middle Eastern and Venezuelan dictators???
I would say we are being ruled by idiots, but they know exactly what they're doing. Biden doesn't, but his administration does.
The API submitted comments earlier in the day, urging the administration to open federal waters up for "safe and environmentally responsible" drilling. In the comments, the group expressed concern with the DOI's zero-lease scenario, saying it would jeopardize domestic energy production and weaken energy security.
"Every previous administration, whether Republican or Democrat, has recognized the strategic advantages of U.S. offshore domestic energy and fulfilled their statutory obligation to maintain an offshore leasing program and continuously hold lease sales," Frank Macchiarola — API's senior vice president of policy, economics and regulatory affairs — told reporters on a call Thursday. "Yet, the Biden administration has failed to address current and future U.S. energy needs."
"Announcing a program with zero new lease sales would be the exact wrong policy at the wrong time," he said.
Uh, yeah.
I can't imagine a worse decision, to be honest.
But the pain is the point.
Under the DOI's proposal, the federal government could choose to hold anywhere between 0-11 offshore lease sales, compared to the Trump administration's version which called for 47 such sales. Federal law mandates the interior secretary to issue offshore leasing plans every five years laying out prospective oil and gas lease sales.
However, the administration dragged its feet on a replacement plan as it considered objections from environmental groups, which oppose all new fossil fuel leasing, and pressure from industry as gas prices surged. In her statement announcing the proposal on July 1, Interior Secretary Deb Haaland reaffirmed her and President Biden's "commitment to transition to a clean energy economy."
They want gas prices to go up so that we will embrace "clean" energy. They want you to pay more for gas.
It's despicable and will hurt most Americans.
But, you know, they're sAviNg tHe pLaNeT!
People have been banging the drum for years:
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