President Biden seems to praise high gas prices as 'incredible transition' Americans must go through
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President Biden said that the country is going through an "incredible transition" away from fossil fuels via the high gas prices being experienced nationwide.
Biden made the statement on gas prices during a joint press conference with Japan Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Monday.
"Here's the situation. And when it comes to the gas prices, we're going through an incredible transition that is taking place that, God willing, when it's over, we'll be stronger and the world will be stronger and less reliant on fossil fuels when this is over," Biden said, seeming to justify or praise those sky-high prices Americans face at the pump.
Biden's comments come amid a stretch of record-high gas prices which the American Automobile Association says is "unprecedented."
The national average for a gallon of regular gas stands at $4.56 as of Monday, which is more than $.40 higher than it was just a month ago.
In parts of the country such as California, however, the average price for a gallon of regular gas reached $6.06 on Monday.
Biden added during the press conference on Monday that his administration has taken steps to prevent the price at the pump from going even higher, such as the release of 1 million barrels of oil from the U.S. Strategic Petroleum reserve.
President Joe Biden attends the Japan-U.S. summit meeting at Akasaka Palace state guest house in Tokyo, Japan, May 23, 2022. David Mareuil/Pool via Reuters
"And what I've been able to do to keep it from getting even worse — and it's bad. The price of gas at the pump is something that I told you — you heard me say before — it would be a matter of great discussion at my kitchen table when I was a kid growing up. It's affecting a lot of families," Biden said.
President Joe Biden speaks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on May 4, 2022. Ting Shen/Bloomberg via Getty Images
"But we have released over two hundred and, I think, fifty-seven thousand — million barrels of oil, I should say. Us and the rest of the world we convinced to get involved. It's helped, but it's not been enough," he added.
The White House has shifted some of the blame for higher gas prices as a result of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, calling it a "Putin spike at the gas pump."
Gasoline prices in Jersey City, New Jersey, March 9, 2022. Reuters/Mike Segar
"Let me first say that Americans are paying a higher price at the pump because of the actions of President Putin," then-White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki told reporters in March. "This is a Putin spike at the gas pump, not one prompted by our sanctions."
Biden's comments on Monday were ridiculed by several Republicans who said that the president is now "saying the quiet part out loud now."
"They're saying the quiet part out loud now. They're causing you pain at the pump because it's all part of their radical agenda," said Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La.
Biden instituted policies some that say are anti-energy during his first hours in office, including canceling the Keystone XL pipeline that would have moved more than 800,000 barrels of crude oil per day from Canada to Texas, and "pausing" oil and gas leases on federal lands. The Biden administration has also canceled multiple federal oil and gas lease sales, some as recently as this month amid the gas price surge.
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They actually want people to suffer in order to force them to buy an electric car or use public transportation.
What scum!
Tell us again exactly how Biden controls the price of gas?
That's easy. He went to war with fossil fuel production.
Uh huh. What constitutes war against big oil?
We've gone through that enough times. The clear very recent history is there for all to see.
You can just stop with the pipeline bullshit. The pipeline was never in operation to begin with in order to have any impact.
What part of his energy plan did you miss?
From the same Forbes source (different day) you used:
President Biden is expected to announce a moratorium on future oil and gas drilling permits today, Wednesday January 27, fulfilling in part his campaign pledge to end drilling on federal lands and the continental shelf. The move, which has long been anticipated by the O&G industry, comes on the heels of a January 20 th order signed by Acting Secretary of the Interior Scott de la Vega mandating a 60-day restriction for new onshore and offshore fossil fuel leases. Should the Senate confirm Deb Haaland as the Secretary of Interior, the order might be extended further or even made permanent, though Republicans will doubtless try to ally with pro-business Democrats in opposing such a move.
In other words you & the other answer. You chose to ignore it.
Somebody who calls a president names from morning until night isn't looking for the truth.
Sorry but I agree with the federal land thing, There is no need to defile federal lands except for greed.
You are similar to Trump, he likes to make up nicknames as well.
Maybe some day you'll recognize it when you find it, but I doubt it.
There is also no need for oil companies to trust Joe Biden. There won't be any expensive new digs in the next few years. Anybody who tries to deny that Biden is the direct cause of the energy crisis is simply in denial.
Anyone that blames him as the sole reason for prices is nothing but a partisan.
Gee, the last person who used the word "partisan" around here turned out to be among our most partisan members.
I read partisan crap here most days. Acting like you are not is laughable.
It's not partisan to simply hold the president accountable for what he has said and done.
Joe Biden is praising rising gas prices and chalking it up to the “incredible transition” away from fossil fuels. That's called "the rub."
Only your interpretation. Where is he 'praising' it?
It would be the interpretation of any objective human being who understands the English language.
Where is he 'praising' it?
Right in front of your eye balls, in the first sentence of the seed:
Biden said that the country is going through an "incredible transition" away from fossil fuels via the high gas prices being experienced nationwide.
You need to read it again. I see zero praise for high prices.
You are reading into what you want it to say.
2007: Carlson "President Obama has no control over the price of gas."
2022: Carlson "The rising price of gas is 100% Biden's fault!!"
Weird how that works.
Also kinda odd, every single republican voted AGAINST the anti-price gouging bill last week for fuel. I wonder why?
Obama was president in 2007?
I wonder why?
ask Former economic advisor to the Obama administration Jason Furman. He slapped down Democrats’ pushing of anti-price gouging bills in Congress, saying these types of bills will not do much to bring down inflation and may even increase shortages.
2017...typo.
Shortages where? Here? Or all over the world? You are aware that the price of gas is going up globally, right? At the end of the day, republicans support price gouging. FACT. So lets try placing blame where it belongs.
And Obama was president in 2017? S'plain please
Bullshit but if true, since price gouging is illegal in the US and with Dems in control of 2/3rds of government, they would prosecute those mean Reps. Without hesitation.
So stop with the bullshit.
Yet it fits so well.
Oh, I thought you were talking about the Democrats attacking George Bush in 2006 over high gas prices. Pelosi even claimed to have a secret plan to lower prices if the Democrats won Congress (which they did, in part by blaming Republicans for high gas prices). Of course, the plan was never released after the election.
he end of the day, republicans support price gouging. FACT.
Lol. Everyone understands these "anti-price gouging" bills are just gimmicks for the ignorant masses.
No I don't. I understand English and I know Biden is a sick man pushing an evil ideology.
Read it for yourself. It was all over the news...
Could someone let texan know I have had her on ignore for months now?
Thanks.
You would know the truth if it came up to you and showed you photoID.
I did .... and I quote:
And:
Comments from two of the Dems who voted against it.
More to the story than the disingenuous propaganda you’re pushing.
Thanks for nothing Joe...your lies are fooling no one;
Latest price at King Soopers this morning....$4.09.
Prices for diesel out of sight. That affects truckers and farmers especially hard.
Everything comes to you on a truck at some point
The fools who voted for him bought him for 4 long years!
Morning Greg..
Petrol prices here in my town $1.90 a litre...higher down Melbourne for some reason.. normally regional areas it is more.
In NZ $3.10 a litre...ouch...
And don't look like coming down anytime so...
Filled up my Subaru Impreza y'day cost $78...the highest I can recall ever after having him for 10 years....
I mean... that's how capitalism works. At some point the horse and buggy becomes more onerous to own and operate than the new fangled internal combustion engine and a market inversion occurs. The alternative is for the government to mandate the transition through regulation.
That is neither innovation nor free enterprise. It is a radical dogma.
Even though it's not official policy, the Green New Deal is sure making headway in the country. High gas prices are being used to make electric cars look more affordable, but ignore that the technology as well as the infrastructure for them doesn't really meet the needs.
California has had rolling blackouts for how many years now due to the inability to meet demand. Now Michigan is warning there may need to be blackouts this summer as the rush to shut down coal and gas fired generating plants has moved faster along, faster than the infrastructure for solar and wind generation can be built which leads to an inability to meet demand if it surges.
But hey.. let's make the move to renewables NOW... no better time... (sigh)
That's the part the little genius's don't get. There is currently no on ramp from dependable fossil fuels to future technologies.
California has had rolling blackouts for how many years now due to the inability to meet demand.
Perfect example of the state that self destructed in the name of green/woke ideology.
But hey.. let's make the move to renewables NOW... no better time...
Some would say naivete. I think it's like a religious belief, in which results don't matter.
So the old infrastructure sucks.
That is your argument against trying to get away from oil?
My argument is don't jump until you have the next landing pad built. I agree that we do need to move away from fossil fuels, but renewables are not yet built up to replace all the demand that fossil fuel currently supplies.
Change is a process. It doesn't happen overnight. For example, even with major car companies switching to electric, it will take decades for it to come into full steam.
change is a process that requires planning. IMO what this administration is doing is taking advantage of the high gas prices and actually cheering them on in order to make the faster jump to renewables. If the little people suffer during the change, what does it matter. They are just peons and surfs, correct?
The warnings and concern in Michigan is that there has been an accelerated push to close coal and natural gas generating plants faster and faster. These plants are being shut down despite the fact that the infrastructure for renewable energy is not built up to take over. They are shutting down existing plants too fast. In some cases it is happening overnight, but it is happening at a fast pace, faster than renewable energy infrastructure can be built.
As for the ever rising cost of fossil fuel (gas prices hit new records for every day in the past two weeks), seeing how everything we eat has to include the cost of fossil fuel in it. It's the poor who are most injured by these quickly rising prices.
The little people suffer the most from most everything. Do you honestly think the government has zero plans about anything? That they don't consider different scenarios?
The only thing I can see in Michigan that was shut down was a nuclear plant.
Well one other, It is the energy company doing it itself.
Didn't say the government has zero plans, said they are taking advantage of high gas prices and accelerating their push for green energy. Pretty sad that you argue when all I said was they should make sure the infrastructure plan for green energy is built before they shut down fossil fuel plants.
I am just saying, as much as some on the left want to push it and as much as some on the right want to slow it down, it will take its own time.
By the way, I would be a little upset with no natural gas. I like my gas stove.
Sorry too. I can come off as kinda crass. It doesn't sound that way in my head when I am typing it out. Haha
Eh, I like him. He is one person I can talk to and we usually don't get upset. Haha
I wasn't upset, I just felt it was kind of sad that you were arguing that point. It seemed that you are more for moving to renewable energy faster instead of allowing the infrastructure to be built up to reduce the impact to the people, especially the people at most risk of being hurt by the action. It was kind of like some people on this board who are basically "fuck it, they should just buy an electric car" ignoring the simple problem that a lot of the little people cannot afford to buy any car except for an older car or cannot afford to get rid of their current older car. There are some people on this board who are unable to see beyond their own keyboard.
I agree with your argument. I get irritated when I'm told at work that we won't be using that application in the future so IT refuses to install it. Meanwhile they have nothing to replace it. So how am I supposed to do my work? I make them install it.
Mr Giggles wants to get rid of something in the house. Do we have a replacement for it? No? Then it doesn't get tossed.
I'm all on board with moving to renewable energy. I do believe it can be done. But I don't want an electric car. I don't see very many charging stations in my rural state. So until I see one at every gas station or I can install one at my house I will keep my gas "guzzling" car.
I can only say, people invented cars before roads.
My problem is, I kinda have to agree with the people concerned about pollution. All those batteries around.
Yes, those batteries are concerning
There were roads...but they were made for horse and carriage
True enough.
Giggles is spot on. And the charging stations, while a herculean task, is nothing to building the power generation required to power them.
Renewable energy? Great! Let’s just not get the cart before the horse. Which is exactly what a lot of greenies are trying to do.
I would have to add that it was private enterprise that added gas stations.
So Imo unless the government added charging stations themselves, we would be at the mercy of private business to add the stations.
And they're not likely to do so
I would think the profit margin would suck. I could see something like the power companies setting up stations themselves. Then just get charged on your bill.
I was actually for finding an alternative fuel instead of jumping straight to electric.
Due to the nature of how an EV recharges and the time involved to recharge, I doubt that we will see a replacement for a gas station anytime soon. Gas stations were built only because it was financially feasible to build a sustainable business, not sure how you can do that with the time involved in recharging batteries. IMO until they can change the recharge process for the batteries the best we can hope for will be charging stations in individual homes, at work and in store / mall parking lots.
I can see the stations doing it, like stop on a trip, plug in and have lunch and be done in an hour or less. A lot of stations around here have booths or tables and cook food.
I just don't think the profit margin would be there.
Agreed, don't think the profit margin would be there. For it to work, the car would need to allow for a faster charge as not all EV cars to. Secondly the charging station would need to be a high-power charging station.
And the ass wuppin Dems have coming in November just got worse.
How is the left so fucking stupid to believe THIS steaming pile of bullshit and think Biden is doing the right thing?
Uh, no. Let’s not give the president that much credit or buy into the latest absurd comment about gas prices. I mean, does anyone really believe that gas prices are high on purpose?? Because of some plan that Biden had? That’s ridiculous. I mean, good try and all, on the spin attempt. But, nah.
The truth is that gas prices are out of control, like so many things, and the administration has no idea why, nor the slightest clue what to do about it.