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Biden administration resumes oil and gas leases on federal lands as gasoline prices soar

EMNofSeattle said:
It’s even worse to be held hostage by big green.
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All this push to do away with oil and oil companies is just a move the mafia would make when they want to take over another mafia boss's territory. When the government takes over oil, they then tax the death out of solar and electric cars. For that matter, California is already planning on doing this. They are dependent on gas taxes and since more and more elitists in California are going electric cars, they have plans to tax cars based on the miles someone drives by making them put a gizmo on their cars that track them. If people think the cost of gas is high and like someone here said "Why should be hostage to the oil companies?" just wait until you are held hostage to the STATE!
 
Oil and Gas leases on federal lands does not immediately equate to anything, this would all be long term return on the investment of drilling new.

Biden may very well be dead by the time we see significant return from this (and no, that is not calling for violence against anyone.)
 
Oil and gas prices are set by the global markets.
Biden has done about all a President can.
Urged the oil industry to use the more than 3,000 drill permits already issued.
Opened up national reserves.
Increased the percentage of ethanol allowed to be used in order to help supply.
And now agreeing to issue new federal permits.
Has been almost zero to complain about the Presidents response.
 
KingLeo said:
Oil and gas prices are set by the global markets.
Biden has done about all a President can.
Urged the oil industry to use the more than 3,000 drill permits already issued.
Opened up national reserves.
Increased the percentage of ethanol allowed to be used in order to help supply.
And now agreeing to issue new federal permits.
Has been almost zero to complain about the Presidents response.
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This is a BS statement crafted by the liberals. We were energy independent under Trump and didn't need to rely on Iran, Russia, or anyone else.

Do you know how much people pay for gas in Saudi Arabia? Why is that?
 
Paradoxical said:
This is a BS statement crafted by the liberals. We were energy independent under Trump and didn't need to rely on Iran, Russia, or anyone else.

Do you know how much people pay for gas in Saudi Arabia? Why is that?
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'Energy independent' only means that the US was producing more oil and gas than it was importing from any single other source.
That rate is about 40% of US oil and gas consumption is produced by the US, about 20% is imported from Canada, another about 20% comes from Mexico, and the remaining 20% from several other countries such as Russian, Saudi Arabia, and Columbia.
Those figures have not change from Trump to now Biden.
'Energy independence' does not mean the US produces all the oil and gas it consumes.
 
Now is another question is the courts going to step in again and stop all this like they did was it last fall or over the winter when he opened up that 80 million acres of Gulf to be leased and granted all those drilling permits
Have a nice day
 
Taylor said:
Yes, you pay less than $4 in the Biden era and you feel like you're getting a deal.
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It surged for a few weeks and is headed back down. Get a grip.
 
KingLeo said:
'Energy independent' only means that the US was producing more oil and gas than it was importing from any single other source.
That rate is about 40% of US oil and gas consumption is produced by the US, about 20% is imported from Canada, another about 20% comes from Mexico, and the remaining 20% from several other countries such as Russian, Saudi Arabia, and Columbia.
Those figures have not change from Trump to now Biden.
'Energy independence' does not mean the US produces all the oil and gas it consumes.
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Wrong. We produced more than we consumed.


"In 2019, for the first time since 1957, energy production exceeded energy consumption in the United States on an annual basis, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) Monthly Energy Review. The United States produced 101.0 quadrillion British thermal units (quads) of energy and consumed 100.2 quads last year. After both energy production and consumption hit record highs in 2018, U.S. energy production in 2019 grew 5.7%, and energy consumption decreased by 0.9%."
 
Chainsawmassacre said:
Wrong. We produced more than we consumed.


"In 2019, for the first time since 1957, energy production exceeded energy consumption in the United States on an annual basis, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) Monthly Energy Review. The United States produced 101.0 quadrillion British thermal units (quads) of energy and consumed 100.2 quads last year. After both energy production and consumption hit record highs in 2018, U.S. energy production in 2019 grew 5.7%, and energy consumption decreased by 0.9%."
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again that is ENERGY not OIL.
We imported oil when we were at our peak of oil production we produced about 13 Million barrels a day and we consumed about 18 / 19 Million barrels a day
it is our Natural gas ind, and coal to an extent and oil products we manufacture from the oil we import and what we produce that we export that puts us in the net exporter class
we also import electricity from Canada for some of our northern states
Have a nice day
 
KingLeo said:
'Energy independent' only means that the US was producing more oil and gas than it was importing from any single other source.
That rate is about 40% of US oil and gas consumption is produced by the US, about 20% is imported from Canada, another about 20% comes from Mexico, and the remaining 20% from several other countries such as Russian, Saudi Arabia, and Columbia.
Those figures have not change from Trump to now Biden.
'Energy independence' does not mean the US produces all the oil and gas it consumes.
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Do you have a link for this?
 
Chainsawmassacre said:
Wrong. We produced more than we consumed.


"In 2019, for the first time since 1957, energy production exceeded energy consumption in the United States on an annual basis, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) Monthly Energy Review. The United States produced 101.0 quadrillion British thermal units (quads) of energy and consumed 100.2 quads last year. After both energy production and consumption hit record highs in 2018, U.S. energy production in 2019 grew 5.7%, and energy consumption decreased by 0.9%."
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False.

In 2020, the United States consumed 20.54 million barrels of oil daily
www.statista.com

U.S. oil consumption 2022 | Statista

In 2022, the United States consumed 19.1 million barrels of oil daily.
www.statista.com www.statista.com

In 2020, oil production in the United States reached 16.5 million barrels per day
www.statista.com

US: oil production 2020 | Statista

In 2020, oil production in the United States reached 16.5 million barrels per day, a slight decrease from the previous year.
www.statista.com www.statista.com
 
Paradoxical said:
Do you have a link for this?
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The United States is the world's largest producer of crude oil, producing about 12.108 million barrels per day. The main oil-producing states in the U.S. are Alaska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, and Texas. The U.S. surpassed both Russia and Saudi Arabia in 2018 to become the world’s largest crude oil producer. While the United States is the largest producer of oil, it is also the largest consumer of oil. The U.S. consumes about 19.69 million barrels of crude oil per day. Because this is more oil than the U.S. produces each day, the oil must be imported from other countries.

US Oil Imports by Country 2022

worldpopulationreview.com
 
Paradoxical said:
Do you have a link for this?
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Oil consumed
www.statista.com

U.S. oil consumption 2022 | Statista

In 2022, the United States consumed 19.1 million barrels of oil daily.
www.statista.com www.statista.com
2017 on it has been over 20 Million barrels a day
Oil produced in US per day
most produced per day was in Nov. 2019 and that was 12.966 Million barrels
so we consumed about 7 million barrels more a day then we produced
Have a nice day
 
Gateman_Wen said:
No.

Mine is correct.

Your help is not required.
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"The average U.S. retail gasoline price began the year at $2.25/gal. The average price first passed $3.00/gal on May 17, after disruptions to Colonial Pipeline operations, and it continued to increase after that, peaking at $3.41/gal on November 8 and finishing the year at $3.28/gal, which is $1.03/gal higher than at the start of the year"


www.eia.gov

Retail gasoline prices rose across the United States in 2021 as driving increased

www.eia.gov www.eia.gov
 
KingLeo said:
False.

In 2020, the United States consumed 20.54 million barrels of oil daily
www.statista.com

U.S. oil consumption 2022 | Statista

In 2022, the United States consumed 19.1 million barrels of oil daily.
www.statista.com www.statista.com

In 2020, oil production in the United States reached 16.5 million barrels per day
www.statista.com

US: oil production 2020 | Statista

In 2020, oil production in the United States reached 16.5 million barrels per day, a slight decrease from the previous year.
www.statista.com www.statista.com
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Your claim was we never reached energy independence under Trump. I proved we did so now you move the goal post to oil alone.LOL
 
Chainsawmassacre said:
Your claim was we never reached energy independence under Trump. I proved we did so now you move the goal post to oil alone.LOL
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and another point people don't seem to understand we also went back to being a net energy importer under Trump and NOT Biden.
Most of that was cause by the Saudi / Russian oil price war where the US oil industry could not compete and shut down a lot of their wells.
and it takes a lot of time to re-open them
the EPA requires the oil companies to cement them shut when they shut them down and when they re-open them they have to drill out that cement and flush it out and that takes a lot of time.
these regulations have been in effect for years and years and need to be up dated
I would think by now we should have a way to be able to shut them down securely so they don't leak and be able to re-open them with just turning a valve on and off , either manually or by a push of a button
it is time they look into this and get up to date.
Have a nice day
 
Tbird19482 said:
Oil consumed
www.statista.com

U.S. oil consumption 2022 | Statista

In 2022, the United States consumed 19.1 million barrels of oil daily.
www.statista.com www.statista.com
2017 on it has been over 20 Million barrels a day
Oil produced in US per day
most produced per day was in Nov. 2019 and that was 12.966 Million barrels
so we consumed about 7 million barrels more a day then we produced
Have a nice day
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Do the links and comments from you and King Leo mean that if Russia shuts off their supp[ly that means the gas will jump a dollar a gallon? Or is it because the Biden crime family wants us all in electric cars like Newsome and WANTS much lower oil production and is making it very expensive to drill now?
 
Paradoxical said:
Do the links and comments from you and King Leo mean that if Russia shuts off their supp[ly that means the gas will jump a dollar a gallon? Or is it because the Biden crime family wants us all in electric cars like Newsome and WANTS much lower oil production and is making it very expensive to drill now?
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Never said a word about Russia except it was their oil price war with the Saudi's that caused the US oil producers to shut down their production and this happened back when Trump was President.
they have stopped importing oil from Russia and it has gone up already haven't you noticed?
and what is this stuff about the Biden family?
maybe Biden and some other people just might be thinking about the earth and future generations having clean air and water
Have a nice day
 
Paradoxical said:
This is a BS statement crafted by the liberals. We were energy independent under Trump and didn't need to rely on Iran, Russia, or anyone else.

Do you know how much people pay for gas in Saudi Arabia? Why is that?
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Explain why we still imported oil/gas when Trump was President? How does that make us independent?
 
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