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Only if one views Trump as you do. Thankfully most don't and are as odd as I am.
Everyone knows that one of the big problems coming out of the pandemic has been the supply chain issues and rising oil prices. It seemed like those were problems that could’ve been addressed by the end of the year- IF there was not this small problem of Russia‘s invasion of Ukraine.
So now, many Republicans are pressuring Joe Biden to be tougher on Russia and cut off all oil and gas imports. They’re calling him incompetent and demented for not doing so. But the Biden administration has been hesitant to do so because it’s going to mean even higher oil prices. And this risks inflaming an already angry and resentful GOP base. They’re going to call him incompetent and demented for raising oil prices.
So what are some thoughts about how Biden can navigate this catch 22?
The "catch 22" is of his and their own doing.....all they have to do is open it up here in the states....drill baby drill. Release regulations and rules imposed since taking office and put America to work. Plus, who cares what others think on this issue......simple common sense and honor SHOUTS out loud to stop buying oil from Russia, while they are attacking Ukraine....for goodness sakes.
do what great presidents have done... do what is right, regardless.Everyone knows that one of the big problems coming out of the pandemic has been the supply chain issues and rising oil prices. It seemed like those were problems that could’ve been addressed by the end of the year- IF there was not this small problem of Russia‘s invasion of Ukraine.
So now, many Republicans are pressuring Joe Biden to be tougher on Russia and cut off all oil and gas imports. They’re calling him incompetent and demented for not doing so. But the Biden administration has been hesitant to do so because it’s going to mean even higher oil prices. And this risks inflaming an already angry and resentful GOP base. They’re going to call him incompetent and demented for raising oil prices.
So what are some thoughts about how Biden can navigate this catch 22?
Already done. So clearly that’s not the problem. The problem only seems to be right wing propaganda against a war-time president.
New Data: Biden’s First Year Drilling Permitting Stomps Trump’s By 34%
Center for Biological Diversity: Thousands of Permits OK’d Despite President’s Authority to End Drilling by 2035biologicaldiversity.org
Oil companies are not drilling because production expansion is not their focus in 2022. They have stated publicly that increased rate of return for their investors is their prime focus. You can try as hard as you want to pin it on Biden but you are factually incorrect. Unless of course you think he should use use the DPA to force them to expand drilling. Perhaps they will change their focus if their shareholders tell them they want increased production but until they change their business model production is going to stay where it is.That's deceitful to state and show this, while at the same time saying nothing about the burdensome regulations the Biden administration is imposing on the drilling of gas and oil in the USA. The green energy fight against many good paying jobs in the states is shameful, all in the name of their new god. Drilling permits under burdensome regulation means nothing compared to deregulated drilling permits, which provides companies to actually test and drill for a profit.
They are going to bash him no matter what. Like you said they are already blaming him for the issues that the pandemic caused; and are already blaming him for the higher gas / oil prices and it will get worse as we near the mid-term primaries. Wish I had the answer to your question; but it certainly is a catch 22Everyone knows that one of the big problems coming out of the pandemic has been the supply chain issues and rising oil prices. It seemed like those were problems that could’ve been addressed by the end of the year- IF there was not this small problem of Russia‘s invasion of Ukraine.
So now, many Republicans are pressuring Joe Biden to be tougher on Russia and cut off all oil and gas imports. They’re calling him incompetent and demented for not doing so. But the Biden administration has been hesitant to do so because it’s going to mean even higher oil prices. And this risks inflaming an already angry and resentful GOP base. They’re going to call him incompetent and demented for raising oil prices.
So what are some thoughts about how Biden can navigate this catch 22?
Oil companies are not drilling because production expansion is not their focus in 2022. They have stated publicly that increased rate of return for their investors is their prime focus. You can try as hard as you want to pin it on Biden but you are factually incorrect. Unless of course you think he should use use the DPA to force them to expand drilling. Perhaps they will change their focus if their shareholders tell them they want increased production but until they change their business model production is going to stay where it is.
Regulation, regulation, regulation destroys their profits.....they are in it to make money, not lose or do it for free. Can't wait to see all these EV's sitting in peoples driveways collecting dust because there's not enough electricity to charge them....in the meantime China is laughing all the way to the bank.....gee, tks Joe.
Everyone knows that one of the big problems coming out of the pandemic has been the supply chain issues and rising oil prices. It seemed like those were problems that could’ve been addressed by the end of the year- IF there was not this small problem of Russia‘s invasion of Ukraine.
So now, many Republicans are pressuring Joe Biden to be tougher on Russia and cut off all oil and gas imports. They’re calling him incompetent and demented for not doing so. But the Biden administration has been hesitant to do so because it’s going to mean even higher oil prices. And this risks inflaming an already angry and resentful GOP base. They’re going to call him incompetent and demented for raising oil prices.
So what are some thoughts about how Biden can navigate this catch 22?
Oil companies are not drilling because production expansion is not their focus in 2022. They have stated publicly that increased rate of return for their investors is their prime focus. You can try as hard as you want to pin it on Biden but you are factually incorrect. Unless of course you think he should use use the DPA to force them to expand drilling. Perhaps they will change their focus if their shareholders tell them they want increased production but until they change their business model production is going to stay where it is.
Regulation, regulation, regulation destroys their profits.....they are in it to make money, not lose or do it for free. Can't wait to see all these EV's sitting in peoples driveways collecting dust because there's not enough electricity to charge them....in the meantime China is laughing all the way to the bank.....gee, tks Joe.
No, repeat it as often as you want. They are using their cash to buy back stock. You can repeat your mantra as many times as you feel the need to but I'm listening to what they are actually saying.
"When asked about production targets for 2022 during a January earnings call, ExxonMobil CEO Darren Woods responded, "The primary objectives we've had in looking at the portfolio is less about volume and volume targets and more about the quality and profitability of the barrels that we're producing."
Why Colorado drillers are unlikely to pump more oil amid Russia-Ukraine crisis - Colorado Newsline
As Republicans make "drill, baby, drill" demands, large oil companies in Colorado and beyond are holding back on new production.coloradonewsline.com
Oil companies' profits have been destroyed by regulation, have they?
Oil major TotalEnergies swings to profit thanks to surging commodity prices
The oil and gas giant said full-year 2021 net profit came in at $18.1 billion. That compared with a profit of $4.1 billion the previous year.www.cnbc.com
Oh, redbeer lied again. Record profits. And the only exception was during lockdown-heavy periods when people weren't traveling.
I swear, redbeer says the dumbest shit imaginable, and does it with a special kind of fervency; as if he thinks a claim gets stronger as it veers more idiotic.
K.....but that is not why they aren't increasing productionOf course, that's the goal to any business.....regulation hurts profits, bottom line. Oil and gas companies buy up leases all the time, test drill to see if it's going to be profitable. Many of them are too hard to drill or to get the oil to market, making it not profitable to drill and will let the lease run out. Under this administration investors are very reluctant to put too much money into an already volatile investment....there are always thousands of leases not being drilled.
K.....but that is not why they aren't increasing production
Everyone knows that one of the big problems coming out of the pandemic has been the supply chain issues and rising oil prices. It seemed like those were problems that could’ve been addressed by the end of the year- IF there was not this small problem of Russia‘s invasion of Ukraine.
So now, many Republicans are pressuring Joe Biden to be tougher on Russia and cut off all oil and gas imports. They’re calling him incompetent and demented for not doing so. But the Biden administration has been hesitant to do so because it’s going to mean even higher oil prices. And this risks inflaming an already angry and resentful GOP base. They’re going to call him incompetent and demented for raising oil prices.
So what are some thoughts about how Biden can navigate this catch 22?
That is not accurate. Trump was impeached because the lying thieves opposed him and lied about him.
In the real world, when Trump was in the White House, Putin was constrained.
Your delusions are what they are, but they are not connected to the real world.
Again endorsing the efforts by his personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, to seek out corruption in Ukraine involving the 2016 elections, President Donald Trump on Wednesday again pressed a conspiracy theory that a DNC computer server hacked by Russia somehow is now in the hands of a company in Ukraine.
"The server - they say - is held by a company whose primary ownership individual is from Ukraine," the President told reporters in the Oval Office.
Everyone knows that one of the big problems coming out of the pandemic has been the supply chain issues and rising oil prices. It seemed like those were problems that could’ve been addressed by the end of the year- IF there was not this small problem of Russia‘s invasion of Ukraine.
So now, many Republicans are pressuring Joe Biden to be tougher on Russia and cut off all oil and gas imports. They’re calling him incompetent and demented for not doing so. But the Biden administration has been hesitant to do so because it’s going to mean even higher oil prices. And this risks inflaming an already angry and resentful GOP base. They’re going to call him incompetent and demented for raising oil prices.
So what are some thoughts about how Biden can navigate this catch 22?
The "catch 22" is of his and their own doing.....all they have to do is open it up here in the states....drill baby drill. Release regulations and rules imposed since taking office and put America to work. Plus, who cares what others think on this issue......simple common sense and honor SHOUTS out loud to stop buying oil from Russia, while they are attacking Ukraine....for goodness sakes.
Let's talk about the real world:
1. Was Trump's campaign manager, Paul Manafort the same guy who worked to elect Kremlin-backed Viktor Yanukovych in Ukraine?
2. Did Trump ask that Russia be allowed back to the G8?
3. Did Trump claim that the DNC servers were hacked not by Russia but by Ukraine which was a Russian talking point?
Trump again presses debunked theory that hacked DNC server is in Ukraine
Again endorsing the efforts by his personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, to seek out corruption in Ukraine involving the 2016 elections, President Donald Trump on Wednesday again pressed a conspiracy theory that a DNC computer server hacked by Russia somehow is now in the hands of a company in Ukraine.www.daytondailynews.com
That's reality.