At just fifteen words, this Babylon Bee headline says many things about the Left and its bizarre tendencies. Developing US reserves is bad for the environment but buying more from environmentally-indifferent Russia (plus the thousands of miles to move it) is not.
This is what passes for sensible energy policy on the left.
Like, Canada is just, like, up there, like, a little bit. We share a border. But Biden doesn’t want more oil from them either (even it’s been vaccinated). That would be too easy. So, until today, he’s been fine with carve-outs to sanctions that allow America to buy Russian Fossil Fuels.
I said until today. Either the stupid appears to have caught up to them or, more likely, they realized they accomplished two things at once. Rumor has it Biden will stop buying Russian oil – that was thingy and all – in the name of standing with Ukraine or something. It makes sense if you want to be consistent – not a Democrat trait, so I assume they have other motivations.
Dropping that supply will push gas prices past their new record cost per gallon to rates about which Obama only dreamed.
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Remember, they want to stifle commerce and transportation. Six or eight dollars a gallon for gasoline will undermine the entire lower class and a big chunk of the middle class. Shutting off the Russia spigot might do that even if Biden Inc lifts sanctions on Venezuela and Iran (Russian Allies) to get oil from them.
Neither is close. Neither is more environmentally thoughtful. Both are enemies of the US, no matter how Democrats spin it. And buying their goodies will enrich them and their agendas instead of the easiest answer of all.
Buy American.
We already have the infrastructure. All we need to do is flip a switch, and those workers will go back to work. We’ll have cleaner and better, and the money will stay here. It will take some pressure off gas prices and inflation.
But that’s not an option, so the Bee headline may be the best thing you read today.
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The only way it would ever be okay to continue or even expand the drilling off Alaska’s massive reserves would be to sell it to Russia. They could drill baby drill, and that would be fine.
But that was yesterday. Today, we may stop buying oil from Russia but fear not. We still have options.
Biden could sell Alaska to China.
