Does a "Clean Energy" disaster loom off our coasts?

LOL, did anyone say all crude oil is the same in quality? Nope.

Why is our domestic crude oil more expensive that imported oil? Is it really more difficult to pump, or refine or ship? Nope.

And note (see post #42) Mr Trump spent a lot to address the biological attack from China, but once the Covid pandemic abated, the Biden/Harris administration continued to spend needlessly. This helped bring on inflation, together with the foreign wars and their war on energy.

 

Well, my wife had health issues and finally died in April 2020. I had just gotten into horse race handicapping and betting before retiring, so that became my hobby after retirement. My house was already paid off and I was already receiving a pension from a company split in 2013(the oil part of the company and the retail side of the company split, and I continued on with the retail side at that point), and the company gave me 9 months of severance pay which took me up to my 62nd birthday in November 2017 when I started receiving Social Security, plus the company had a really nice IRA and then 401(k) program with a generous matching provision, so God has blessed me with being in wonderful financial shape during retirement. Also, I started using a local investment advisor around 2014 who understands what I am looking for in my conservative investment strategy so he handles all of my IRA/401(k) money, and I am very pleased with his services.

 

So gasoline prices shot up under the Biden/Harris administration because they blew up the domestic distribution system that was adequate under Mr. Trump? I doubt it.

But you are right, we need to rebuild our energy infrastructure, such as the Keystone pipeline, and sufficient domestic refineries to handle all of our crude oil production.

I believe national security requires energy independence.

 

Would you have supported the United States government declaring war on Russia to preclude Russia's invasion of Ukraine and declaring war on Iran to preclude Iran's proxy war on Israel?

Charging the Federal Reserve with being the primary reason(including monetizing Congress' deficit spending) for the general rise in the level of prices is what people who have a good understanding of macroeconomics do.

 

Different grades of crude oil - sweet and sour. Sour crude oil is cheaper than sweet crude oil.

 

Note the effort to change the subject to me. Typical blame shifter on display.

 

Prices shot up after the worldwide pandemic subsided and people started driving and flying again. Thus, the demand for crude oil went back up(which raises the price of gasoline and fuel oil), and, also, the demand for gasoline and jet fuel went back up. The price of gasoline dropped so much during 2020 because everyone was basically staying at home and not taking vacations and, in general, just not traveling much.

 

With the rise of electric vehicles and hybrid, there will be very little economic incentive to build any significant oil refineries in the United States.

 

LOL, the fiction just keeps coming.

Were more miles driven in 2018 or 2021?

VMT[ [Vehicle Miles Driven] in 2021, which reflects February 2020 through January 2021, was the lowest since 2002. VMT then rebounded to nearly pre-pandemic levels in 2022. The the excuse above is malarkey.

 

This reflects more war on fossil fuel theology.

 

Not at all. You are the way blaming President Biden for Putin's decision to invade Ukraine and for Hamas attacking Israel. Other than the United States government declaring war on Russia and Iran, how would you have advised President Biden to stop those sovereign countries from taking the actions that they did?

 

Nonsense, like saying it costs more because it costs more.

 

So our dependence on foreign oil partially caused (when curtailed) the price hike.

 

Yes, many GOP advocates believe if Mr Trump had been President, Mr, Putin would not have invaded Ukraine. Note Mr Putin invaded Crimea when Mr Obama was President, then waited to invade Ukraine until the Biden/Harris administration controlled the USA foreign policy.