Noted Energy Expert AOC Makes Another Hilarious Claims About the Keystone XL Pipeline – Opinion

The 19th-century humorist Josh Billings observed: “It ain’t ignorance [that] causes so much trouble; it’s folks knowing so much that ain’t so.” Nearly 100 years later, President Ronald Reagan recycled the observation: “The trouble with our liberal friends is not that they’re ignorant; it’s just that they know so much that isn’t so.”

In the case of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), I’m not sure about the “ignorant” part (wink-wink), but examples abound that lead one to wonder about it — and boy, does she have the “know so much that isn’t so” part down pat.

Case in point: the noted fossil fuel expert’s latest silly comments about the evil Keystone XL pipeline — gleefully killed by Biden a nanosecond after his occupation of the Oval Office.

In an Instagram video posted Sunday, the bartender incorrectly claimed that Keystone XL Pipeline (and Line 3) were intended to boost U.S. natural-gas exports. Yeah, no. These two pipelines are intended to carry crude oil from Canada to the United States as an import.

As an extension of an existing pipeline that runs from North Dakota through Texas, the Keystone XL spur was suggested. Canada’s Line 3 pipeline has transported crude oil into the U.S. through Minnesota since the 1960s. A $2.9 billion Line 3 replacement currently under construction continues to face stiff opposition from environmental wackos — one of whom is the intrepid AOC.

“Line 3 should not exist,” declared the energy expert.

The misleading — Wrong — video garnered more than 180,000 views, a scary thought in and of itself.

“When you look at Keystone XL, and when you look at a lot of these other pipelines, people say, ‘Oh, this is for energy, you know, independence in the United States. We actually already produce enough to power our own country, whether you agree with it or not.”

Ah, energy “independence.”

Donald Trump also made similar claims. It is true. In a word, no — in terms of production and domestic consumption, which is how most people view energy independence. But, according to Forbes, U.S. oil and natural gas production currently represents roughly 68 percent of U.S. energy consumption.

When people see our net exports are positive, it is viewed as “energy independence.” When they turn negative, we are once again partially dependent. We are actually always partly dependent on oil imports from countries other than the ones we export.

“A correct accounting,” according to Forbes, “would be to add up all of our energy production (oil, natural gas, coal, renewables) and then subtract our net energy consumption” to determine net energy production.

If we import a million barrels per day of oil, and export that as roughly a million barrels per day of finished products, it doesn’t actually impact our energy independence — even though it increases our gross overall consumption.

But, hey — at least Trump knows the Keystone XL Pipeline was designed to carry crude oil, so there’s that.

Interestingly, RedState has reported that Steven Rattner, a former adviser economic to President Barack Obama wrote an essay for The New York Times. He said that he, along with other economists, warned Biden, and the Democrats, about inflation.

“How could an administration … have gotten this critical issue so wrong?” asked Rattner.

What should we say to him?

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