Chevron CEO says there may never be another oil refinery built in the US – ‘The stated policy of U.S. govt is to reduce demand’
https://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/chevron-ceo-oil-refinery-built-u-s By Breck Dumas Chevron CEO Mike Wirth says he does not expect another oil refinery to be built in the U.S. ever again, pointing to decades of federal government policies as the reason why. “There hasn’t been a refinery built in this country since the 1970s,” Wirth said at Bernstein’s Strategic Decisions Conference this week, when asked […]
Gas prices too high? It’s all part of Biden’s plan to eliminate fossil fuels
https://nypost.com/2022/06/13/gas-prices-too-high-its-all-part-of-bidens-plan-to-eliminate-fossil-fuels/ By Betsy McCaughey Excerpt: On Day One as president, Biden shut down the Keystone pipeline, sending a message of no new pipelines anywhere, period. In the months that followed, he stopped all sales of leases to drill on federal lands or offshore, meaning zero new leases allowing oil to be brought out of the […]
Wash. Post laments U.S. ‘struggling to squeeze opportunity out of an energy crisis’ – $5 gas is NOT ‘spurring a green revolution’
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2022/06/14/gas-prices-energy-climate/ Why an energy crisis and $5 gas aren’t spurring a green revolution As high prices move consumers to rethink their attachment to oil and gas, America is struggling to meet the moment By Evan Halper June 14, 2022 at 6:00 a.m. EDT Big solar projects are facing major delays. Plans to adapt the grid to […]
‘Big Oil’ Responds To Biden’s Threats: Here’s 10 Things You Can Do To Ease Gas Prices
https://www.zerohedge.com/energy/big-oil-responds-bidens-threats-heres-10-things-you-can-do-ease-gas-prices BY TYLER DURDEN Following President Biden’s letter to many ‘Big Oil’ executives, threatening them with forced production quotas, windfall taxes, and/or price-caps (because all those things have proved so successful in past crises… not), the American Petroleum Institute – which represents ‘Big Oil’ – sent a letter to the president offering some advice. The letter begins […]
Watch: Biden Climate Czar John Kerry: ‘We absolutely don’t’ need to drill for more oil & gas – ‘No we don’t’
Biden Climate Czar John Kerry: “We absolutely don’t” need to drill for more oil and gas. pic.twitter.com/F6EA6JHIuG — RNC Research (@RNCResearch) June 14, 2022
Joe Biden now pushes: Drill, baby, drill! Accuses oil companies of not drilling because ‘they make more money not producing more oil’
https://alexberenson.substack.com/p/joe-biden-drill-baby-drill/comments?s=r Yes, that there is the world’s most powerful Democrat (okay, at least top 20, he is nominally the President) telling ExxonMobil and the gang to go get ‘Merica more oil. Now! Fossil fuels: only a problem until you don’t have them.
Analysis: ‘The pretense that ending fossil fuel use would come at no cost’ is OVER – ‘A long-duped public will never support so-called ‘green’ policies again
https://consciousnessofsheep.co.uk/2022/06/09/greens-unlikely-to-survive-the-coming-winter/ Key excerpts: For as long as climate change was off in the distant future, governments have been able to trade warm words for concrete action. In a similar vein, a certain kind of green politician has been able to trade on the pretense that ending fossil fuel use would come at no cost…At the […]
The U.S. is still importing Russian oil despite the ban, report says
https://www.fastcompany.com/90760216/the-u-s-is-still-importing-russian-oil-despite-the-ban-report-says BY ADELE PETERS Less than two weeks after Russia invaded Ukraine, the U.S. banned the import of Russian fossil fuels like oil and natural gas—a major source of funding for the war. But as the war drags on, some Russian oil is still making it to the United States, according to a new report that tracks […]
Marc Morano on Climate Policy: ‘It’s scientific malpractice’ – Sebastian Gorka & Morano discuss Biden’s Green New Deal as ‘a sort of chemotherapy’ for a non-existent crisis
https://thedaybreakdaily.com/marc-morano-on-climate-change-policy-its-scientific-malpractice/ Date of Source Audio: June 6, 2022 Clip of President Biden: 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. Dr. […]
Doubling down on failure: Biden Treasury Sec. Janet Yellen testifies to Congress: ‘The critical thing is we become more dependent on the wind and the sun’
In a Senate hearing Biden Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says "the critical thing is we become more dependent on the wind and the sun" A good reminder that they CHOSE this transition, and the pain is the point. pic.twitter.com/klCfeRztMI — Matt Whitlock (@mattdizwhitlock) June 7, 2022 Full testimony here: