$5 a gallon

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Originally Posted by HDGristle

Nah. If it happens, it happens. If it doesn't, it doesn't. He can only have 4 more years at most unless some people fail to do their jobs.

... Good point. ... And a fair-minded reply there, mate.

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Originally Posted by Devo

... Hee Hee! ... I'm surely going to Party- Towne! ... Yeah-Yeah!

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[berryberry]

Ok, back on topic everyone

Senile Biden is spreading disinformation by blaming Putin for the high gas prices.

We're a million barrels short of oil every single day out of our strategic petroleum reserves to try to prop up libtard poll numbers. This is a deliberate plan to annihilate US energy and security.

[HDGristle]

No, it's most certainly not. But we're not here to change minds

[HDGristle]

4/5/22 - Morning Average Gas Price in Pittsburgh, per AAA

$4.272 for regular

• Down 0.2 cents from yesterday
• Down 2.8 cents from the prior week

The 10 cheapest prices in the area per Gasbuddy

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Report: Biden Desperate for Oil from Canada, Just Not Thru Keystone XL Pipeline

President Joe Biden is desperate to increase oil imports from Canada as the nation continues to struggle with high fuel prices — but is determined not to resurrect the Keystone XL pipeline, whose permit Biden canceled on his first day in office in 2021.

According to the Wall Street Journal, the Biden administration is seeking to increase Canadian oil imports through rail, which is dirtier and riskier for the environment than pipelines, as Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg has admitted.

The Journal reported Monday:

Biden administration officials are seeking ways to boost oil imports from Canada, people familiar with the situation say, but with one big caveat—they don’t want to resurrect the Keystone XL pipeline that President Biden effectively killed on his first day in office.

The people said deliberations are in early stages and that no clear-cut solutions have emerged.

Canada has ample reserves under its soil to meet U.S. demand, said Kevin Birn, an analyst with S&P Global Commodity Insights. It just doesn’t have enough pipeline capacity to pump it here, he said.

The Keystone XL pipeline was first shelved by the Obama administration despite passing an environmental review. President Donald Trump revived it, allowing construction to begin and creating thousands of jobs. But President Biden canceled it, in a symbolic gesture of support for environmentalists who want to wean the U.S. economy off fossil fuels due to climate change.

The Biden administration has defended its decision on Keystone XL by claiming that it would not have been completed on time to address the present fuel crisis. It has not answered the criticism that canceling Keystone XL sent a signal to oil and gas producers about the intention of the administration to limit future exploration and development, which it then duly did.

As Breitbart News noted at the time, Biden’s decision cost thousands of existing jobs and tens of thousands of future jobs — many of which were the “good, paying, union jobs” that Biden repeatedly promises will emerge from the “green” economy.

https://www.breitbart.com/environmen...e-xl-pipeline/

[berryberry]

Record inflation and sky high gas prices and this is what this idiot is talking about.

NEW - U.S. Treasury Secretary Yellen: "We must redouble our efforts to decarbonize our economies."

https://twitter.com/i/status/1514255359959093256

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.... The sorry lot o' Biden climate losers WON'T be talkin'
that way when Republicans take back the government in November.

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[berryberry]

Agreed Salty, agreed

Another example - This nixed natural-gas project shows you just how absurd Biden’s energy policy is

https://nypost.com/2022/04/06/this-n...gy-policy-is/?

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For all those Green energy libs out there

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Senile Biden increases oil royalty rate, scales back lease sales

ILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The Interior Department on Friday said it’s moving forward with the first onshore sales of public oil and natural gas drilling leases under President Joe Biden, but will sharply increase royalty rates for companies as federal officials weigh efforts to fight climate change against pressure to bring down high gasoline prices.

The royalty rate for new leases will increase to 18.75% from 12.5%. That’s a 50% jump and marks the first increase to royalties for the federal government since they were imposed in the 1920s.

Biden suspended new leasing just a week after taking office in January 2021. A federal judge in Louisiana ordered the sales to resume, saying Interior officials had offered no “rational explanation” for canceling them.
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Leases for 225 square miles (580 square kilometers) of federal lands primarily in the West will be offered for sale in a notice to be posted on Monday, officials said. The parcels represent about 30 % less land than officials had proposed for sale in November and 80% less than what was originally nominated by the industry.

https://apnews.com/article/biden-bus...9ae859841b74d?

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Just when you though Senile Biden couldn't fuck things up even worse than they are

White House quits asking Saudis for more oil after verbal dust-up with top official

The Saudis have reportedly cancelled multiple meetings with Biden cabinet members

The United States has reportedly stopped asking Saudi Arabia to pump more oil to combat market disruption from Russia’s war with Ukraine as the relationship between the U.S. and the oil rich kingdom is said to have hit a new low.

President Biden’s national security adviser Jake Sullivan brought up the 2018 killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in a meeting with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman which angered the crown prince to the point where he told Sullivan never to mention it again and to forget about Saudi Arabia increasing its oil production, according to a Wall Street Journal report on Wednesday,

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/whi...p-top-official

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They're ALL so full of shit.

... The Saudis simply want MORE $$$$ Money for their oil.
Surely plain and simple. ... I wouldn't trust ANYTHING
the Biden administration comments on, anyway.

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[berryberry]

Senile Biden's oil and gas lease sale is a ploy... will not result in a single drop of new oil. Take his advisor's word for it!

Watch as Senile Biden's advisor says he “remains absolutely committed to not moving forward with additional drilling on public lands” despite expanding leases last week

https://twitter.com/i/status/1516894901895667715

[berryberry]

Hell of a job Senile Biden

The Average U.S. Gas Price Just Passed $4.50 Per Gallon In Demoralizing New Record

Gas prices for diesel and regular unleaded reached new records on Tuesday as they continue an upward trajectory before Memorial Day, hitting unseen highs near daily.

According to AAA’s gas price tracker, the average cost for a gallon of regular is running at $4.52 nationwide, and diesel at $5.57. Gas prices are highest in California, where residents are now paying an average of more than $6 per gallon statewide. Kansas residents are seeing the cheapest gas at $4 per gallon.

The record-breaking prices will soon cause ripple effects across the economy, with spikes in transportation and manufacturing costs being passed onto consumers who are already battling record inflation. According to the Department of Labor, April’s inflation numbers revealed the highest year-over-year increase in four decades, rising 8.3 percent last month compared to the same time last year.

https://thefederalist.com/2022/05/17...ng-new-record/