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Is Biden drill baby drill or the green energy president

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Democrats in here are bending themselves into odd pretzel like shapes attempting to say Biden is the green energy president and that he has done nothing to slow oil use and production in America. So which is it? Can't be both. If he hasn't slowed US oil use and production gas prices aren't his fault but he is a failed green energy president. If he has slowed US use and production then he's a successful green energy president but high gas prices are his fault.
Pick a story and stick with it.
 

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with the current emerging cold war, sanctions require short term tactics. renewable energy is a long term strategy, which advances unrelated to fossil fuel production.
 

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Democrats in here are bending themselves into odd pretzel like shapes attempting to say Biden is the green energy president and that he has done nothing to slow oil use and production in America. So which is it? Can't be both. If he hasn't slowed US oil use and production gas prices aren't his fault but he is a failed green energy president. If he has slowed US use and production then he's a successful green energy president but high gas prices are his fault.
Pick a story and stick with it.
Biden's puppet masters are good at finding things to blame it on. COVID, Russia, oil companies...it'll probably be COVID again soon.
 

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Democrats in here are bending themselves into odd pretzel like shapes attempting to say Biden is the green energy president and that he has done nothing to slow oil use and production in America. So which is it? Can't be both. If he hasn't slowed US oil use and production gas prices aren't his fault but he is a failed green energy president. If he has slowed US use and production then he's a successful green energy president but high gas prices are his fault.
Pick a story and stick with it.
It's both......Biden is promoting green energy as a policy yet has done nothing to slow down American production for the use by Americans. It's the oil companies themselves who have chosen to scale back production. Not complicated when you open yourself to factual information.
 

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with the current emerging cold war, sanctions require short term tactics. renewable energy is a long term strategy, which advances unrelated to fossil fuel production.
So Biden has changed his position on climate change?



Biden warns global warming is the greatest threat to national security in speech to troops​



 

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It's both......Biden is promoting green energy as a policy yet has done nothing to slow down American production for the use by Americans. It's the oil companies themselves who have chosen to scale back production. Not complicated when you open yourself to factual information.
So on green energy he's all talk and a failed green president.
 

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You think US Presidents run the show?
 

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with the current emerging cold war, sanctions require short term tactics. renewable energy is a long term strategy, which advances unrelated to fossil fuel production.

The problem appears to be that developing new oil leases or LNG export facilities is not a short term proposition, despite numerous claims to the contrary.

Complicating matters further is that some ‘energy’ corporations are involved in both fossil fuel and “green” energy production - which (of those competing?) investment options is likely to provide a better a better long term return?
 
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The problem appears to be that developing new oil leases or LNG export facilities is not a short term proposition, despite numerous claims to the contrary.

Complicating matters further is that some ‘energy’ corporations are involved in both fossil fuel and “green” energy production - which (of those competing?) investment option is likely to provide a better a better long term return?
True, but short term here is years while long term is decades. Two years is the window for drilling FWII. Renewable energy is a long way off.

I don't think the oil companies see energy as competing but complimentary interests. The competing interest is the other conglomerate that invested in green. Apparently, there's a future in it.
 

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The only real "green" in green energy is the color of the money they are raking in.
 

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The only real "green" in green energy is the color of the money they are raking in.
Yeah, how dare this guy make money off his investment.

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Democrats in here are bending themselves into odd pretzel like shapes attempting to say Biden is the green energy president and that he has done nothing to slow oil use and production in America. So which is it? Can't be both. If he hasn't slowed US oil use and production gas prices aren't his fault but he is a failed green energy president. If he has slowed US use and production then he's a successful green energy president but high gas prices are his fault.
Pick a story and stick with it.

Special circumstances require different strategies. LMAO, your post demonstrates a common far-rightie characteristic...rigidity, a need for everything to be in black and white.

According to you, he should stick with a situation that would do more short-term harm, instead of adapting to a situation. And then adapting, re-strategizing again.

This is why the Neanderthals are no longer with us...they adapted...poorly.
 

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Biden has done many things to promote new energy technology and green energy.
But situations arise, i.e. such as wars, etc., where you have to go with current energy technologies until the crisis ends.
Biden has done what has needed to be done but his long term decisions clearly show he sees the importance of changing the US energy goals.
 

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Is Biden drill baby drill or the green energy president​

He's neither. What he is is a guy with competing priorities trying his best balance them. Unfortunately with folks like you he's damned whichever way he goes.
 
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