U.S. oil production has hit a record under Biden, but he seldom mentions it.
U.S. oil production has hit a record under Biden, but he seldom mentions it.
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Between his border policy, his climate policy, and his foreign policy he's really fulfilling his campaign promise!
"Nothing will fundamentally change."
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The Bidenomics of blowing up Nord Stream and selling CNG to Europe at extortionate prices.
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And ethnically cleansing Gaza for the natural gas reserves
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Interesting graphs to put it into perspective internationally
Source: https://priceofoil.org/content/uploads/2023/09/OCI-Planet-Wreckers-Report-Final.pdf
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Lol The last thing you should take seriously is something labeled "planet wreckers" with fake graphs regurgitating the classic "America bad" bullshit
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Unfortunately we proved just before the midterms that there's a very linear inverse correlation between gas prices and perceived job performance. Refilling the strategic petroleum reserve is electorally smart. Until activists can detach these electoral relaities nothing will change for anyone.
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That's still a bad reason to increase the speed at which we're killing ourselves.
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It's a great reason until there's an alternative. As long as voters look to gas prices for their votes, taking action that raises them is politically toxic.
Meanwhile leftists are literally criticizing the Biden administration for high gas prices' impact on the working class.
You want to change it? Let's change it. Starting with activists.
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not when the opposition would increase the speed even more.
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We're not killing ourselves
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Until activists can detach these electoral relaities
Which form of jargon is this and what does it mean in English? Is this polisci-speak of some sort? Who is an “activist” in this context, and what would they be detaching from what, and how?
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clearly they mean environmental activists. and the "detachment" is accepting that low gas prices is key to getting elected over a republican who would be even worse than Biden for the environment.
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Left vs right politics. A lot more useful worv could be done if they accepted the left says they are a friend but doesn't act it. When transit projects cost so much you can never get transit that is close enough to driving that non fanatics consider not driving (activists often drive too). the leading states for wind power are red not blue - were did the movement go wrong that they are behind?
There is also a lot they can do personally that most don't. I've seen many houses where insulation upgrades would save money but activists often don't invest. Electric cars are coming, but I wonder how many will buy. many activists complain about large SUVs but then buy them.
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Weird how the only viable electoral strategy is indistinguishable from the status quo of making the rich richer at the expense of the poor.
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Truly the most climate-friendly US President
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You think Mr “windmills cause cancer” Trump would be better?
Have you bothered to look at the Inflation Reduction Act, which is much more a climate bill than anything?
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This is the best summary I could come up with:
The average price of a gallon of regular gasoline nationwide has dropped to close to $3, and analysts project it could stay that way leading up to the presidential election, potentially assuaging the economic anxieties of swing state voters who will be crucial to Biden’s hopes of a second term.
While Biden’s White House has publicly celebrated the decline in gas prices and pledged to help consumers struggling with inflation, the president has largely stayed mum about the oil industry’s record output.
The White House has also largely stayed mum on the oil production boom, instead touting Biden’s legislative record as the most ambitious effort to combat climate change in history and contrasting his stance with that of Trump and other deniers.
The statement praised Biden for protecting more than 21 million acres of public lands and waters and boosting clean energy manufacturing by invoking the Defense Production Act and facilitating private sector investments.
Climate activists say base voters are frustrated by the softening of the president’s stance against fossil fuels, and mobilizing them will prove difficult despite the historic investment the administration is making in green power and accelerating the energy transition.
Climate-conscious voters were particularly dismayed by the administration’s approval of the Willow project, which will allow hundreds of miles of roads and pipelines, airstrips, a gravel mine, and a major new processing facility in the middle of pristine Arctic tundra and wetland.
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He probably doesn't mention it because someone might ask him about the SPR. I'm a Democrat, but they really have a shitty record on oil.
source: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/politics-strategic-petroleum-comprehensive-review-200000546.html
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And Trump is SURE to cut oul production! "Drill baby drill". Geez
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The entire US political spectrum is right wing by international standards.
Even by US standards if we go back a few decades. HW negotiated a ceasefire in Israel, and sectors both sides spent time and money trying to dismantle the nuclear arsenal. Biden is “modernizing” it. He’s genuinely to the right of the Republican Party just a couple decades ago in many ways.
Lemmy.ml is not without its share of
users, not to mention visitors from the rest of the lemmyverse.Wear your fake internet demerits as a badge of honor: they suggest you’re not being tailist.
Same. I was also banned from the climate sub for disagreeing that humanity is good for the planet lol.
He is. But Trump and the other Republicans are fascists and even further right wing.
Biden committing genocide isn't fascist for you?
The only fascists are Democrats like you that believe only your candidates should qualify for the election
Whatever Biden is is better than dictator trump
Whatever, Mussolini is better than dictator Hitler
Vote Mussolini to protect democracy! :^)
Wrong.
He might be right wing from a global perspective, but I'm still gonna vote for him instead of whoever has the R label. I wish we had cooler viable options, but "lesser of two evils" reigns supreme.
Stop supporting Capitalism.
For years I've been saying it but his pussy supporters are terrified of the truth and would rather sweep his voting record under the rug than face it.
Wouldn't change anything to admit Biden isn't the progressive we wish he was other than the party might have to act.
Seems like Trump isn't the only person with a selectively blind cult judging by the down votes and angry replies. Any opinion that we should be able to do better than Biden around Lemmy gets flamed way too hard to be reasonable.