Joe Biden Moves to Completely Screw You at the Pump – Opinion

Just days ago, Joe Biden was insisting that his climate change provisions weren’t causing higher gas prices (see Joe Biden Goes Full Ron Burgundy in Reality-Bending Speech on Gas Prices). You see, according to the White House, canceling Keystone XL and limiting oil and gas leases in the name of fighting global warming doesn’t actually have an effect on gas prices.

Of course, most of us realize that’s a complete lie because we understand basic economics. and while Biden may be senile, he’s cognizant enough to understand what he’s doing. You get higher pump prices when you reduce the oil supply and make it more costly. Although the actual rise in gas prices is almost in line with oil’s price increase, it seems that the trend has been quite consistent.

However, prices were looking to fall due to the drop in oil prices caused by COVID-19 hypersteria (oil fell over $10 per barrel today), and Biden has made a decision to push those prices up.

Biden administration pushes to raise rates for oil and gas drilling on public lands and waters, citing climate change https://t.co/WWTOTppbvo

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) November 26, 2021

Enter some breathless media member insisting that the president doesn’t control the price of gas. In some sense, that’s true, but Biden absolutely can make the problem better or worse. The president directly influences the price of gasoline by raising drilling costs for public leases. The White House raising drilling costs for climate change will result in higher gasoline prices.

This is a paradox. The global demand is the global demand. This week, you will fill up your car. The only question is how much it’s going to cost you. Do you think that pumping oil from Saudi Arabia to be used in Texas will result in less greenhouse gas emissions than it would if the same amount was produced in North Dakota. No. Last I checked, we all share one planet. Therefore, even though you believe in climate change and are committed to reducing American consumer costs, it is not something you can do.

If you are concerned about the environmentalism of oil drilling, it is better to have it done domestically. US regulations and laws allow for cleaner, more efficient extraction. Yet, we live in this silly moment where Democrats insist we can’t be energy independent while at the same time begging OPEC to pump more oil. This strategy is absurd, regardless of its goal.

Meanwhile, your elected betters simply don’t care about the pain they are causing because to them, this isn’t about actually lowering emissions. Rather, it’s about mindlessly virtue signaling and punishing normal Americans for their supposed sins against the climate. Inflation is out of control, yet in the midst of that financial hardship hitting families, Biden won’t even let them have slightly lower gas prices.

This man’s entire presidency has been one big middle finger to the middle-class. The president has destroyed the chances of prosperity and success that his predecessor had given him. He just won’t get out of the way, and that’s not a coincidence at this point.