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[UCFBS]

Yep.

 

[goodknightfl]

Putin didn't help. Covid and the policies to fight it didn't help, And the crazy spending in Washington didn't help.

 

[UCFBS]

Russia has very little to do with the US economy. We had massive inflation before the "special military operation". It did impact oil supply but we were rising fast prior. It's almost like there was no energy plan coming out of useless lockdowns.

^^^ This x1,000

And now our new 'Do Something!' strategy is E15. That only uses more energy! If we had more sugar like Brazil, it would be another story. And it's going to destroy even food prices.

Even the registered Democratic in the office, and we're talking Electrical and Environmental engineers, are pissed off at the Biden administration.

Let's not approve the pipeline and new drilling permits and hope everyone gets annoyed and buys an electric car. Brilliant strategy 👏

But it makes the masses 'feel good,' even as all of us engineers go face palm.

Especially since the Natural Gas 'by-product' of Shale actually reduces CO2, and it's not going away anytime soon ... not even after 2050. It will always be needed for cycle-backfill.

At least until a hydrogen energy economy becomes sustainable, and probably not even then.

 

[Cubs79]

Russia has very little to do with the US economy. We had massive inflation before the "special military operation". It did impact oil supply but we were rising fast prior. It's almost like there was no energy plan coming out of useless lockdowns. Let's not approve the pipeline and new drilling permits and hope everyone gets annoyed and buys an electric car. Brilliant strategy 👏

Oil companies are currently making major profits, unless you want to nationalize oil in this country, then what you are talking about is capitalism.

 

[Cubs79]

I'm talking specifically Russia. We have enough natural resources to glut the market here and push a country that is dependent on oil profits down. We stopped new oil permits, pipelines, etc on day one of the new administration. Started this esg program that is making it more challenging to finance oil exploration.

The pipeline you are talking about was for shitty Canadian oil, it wasnt US oil. And wasnt remotely close to being completed. There are also up to 9000 unused oil well permits that arent currently being used. And why would they be used when oil companies are making money hands over fists? Do you want the US to national our oil? If not, then how is it the fault of the government when private companies make money on the back of consumers?

 

[Cubs79]

Pipelines mean less dependence on trucks transporting the oil (that takes oil/gas). Makes environmental sense to do them. We also have a trucker shortage which is why Walmart is paying $110k for new truckers. As far as the existing 9,000 permits that is a dumb narrative the democrats started. There is a long list of reasons why they might not be using them one being the obvious there is no oil there. They aren't just leaving profits which is asinine to think. The new oil permits are being tied down by this administration which is a fact. We should have been proactive last year knowing a demand was coming to get the leases approved. Even have government backed financing if needed for exploration.

If there is no oil there then how is that Bidens fault? Is he supposed to create the oil out of thin air?

They arent leaving profits on the table, they are making record profits right now. Oil companies are for profit businesses, so why do you think they care about how much you and I are spending on gas, if they are making crazy profits?

 

[UCFBS]

Oil companies are currently making major profits, unless you want to nationalize oil in this country, then what you are talking about is capitalism.

You really need to look at the regulatory interference. Seriously. It's not capitalism, it's anti-industry! In fact, the industry has been barking at Biden, who Biden is still blaming for 'holding back.' No, it's literally an anti-industry strategy ...

Which is actually illegal, by the US gov't. Which brings me to ...

I'm talking specifically Russia. We have enough natural resources to glut the market here and push a country that is dependent on oil profits down. We stopped new oil permits, pipelines, etc on day one of the new administration. Started this esg program that is making it more challenging to finance oil exploration.

Even the courts have been repeatedly ruling against the Biden administration.

Beyond the lack of off-shore driling, in violation of not only US federal law, all while the Chinese companies are still doing in the Mexico Gulf ... as one judge even pointed out, the Biden administration is applying the rates of penalties for Chinese and Indian usage of fossil fuels, to American producers. It's utterly nuts.

Why are domestic American energy companies responsible for negating the impact of China and India?! Do people not realize that fossil fuels will be required, regardless of whether or not we produce them?! I really don't understand this.

I mean, if people actually read the transcripts of these lawsuits against the US gov't, you'd be amazed how much 'bad faith' the US gov't is operating with. It's just like any non-sense, where the judge gets seriously pissed off at the US gov't not even following it's own laws and statues, and just doing things to 'win points.'

And that's cool because ... illegal activities are fine, and destroying any viability in our domestic energy is fine .,.. because, well, it's justified, Machevillian-style. That's my problem. We don't care about rights and viabilty, we just **** everyone because ... we can, in violation of the law, it's justified.

It's why many of us are tired of Antifa too ... same concept. It's people using the government to destroy other people and our domestic industries.

The pipeline you are talking about was for shitty Canadian oil, it wasnt US oil.

Canadian natural gas and petroleum, yes. Because North America is how the EU and NATO has been planning to gain energy independence from Russia for the past couple of decades, based on the W. and Harper-Martin administration strategies promised to our allies.

In Canada, their own citizens are pro-pipeline for this reason and think we Americans are idiots. Especially since our US railing, instead of pipelines has killed dozens and harmed hundreds of Canadians. It's overwhelmingly supported, for the national security of NATO, in addition to North America itself.

But here in the US, we don't care about common sense, what is feasible now, what is for our future, and ... most importantly ... we think energy independence can be completely achieved with green energy ... tomorrow. At the same time, Biden hypocritcally asks OPEC to boost output, then OPEC+ when they don't, and Russia 'comes to the rescue.' Now we're looking to totalitarian regimes like Venezuela and even Darfur!

The reality is that even in 2050, we're still going to rely on natural gas. Shale is why natural gas experienced a glut. But we're doing stupid things like biofuels, which actually require more energy, and shift the cost to food.

It's this 'Do Something!' mentality, but not freedom, anti-industry, that is really, really pissing a lot of us off. And then people like you display gross and total ignorance of the problem. As always, just like the environment, healthcare and so many other things ... the problem isn't capitalism, but government and its lobbyists.

Big oil's lobby has largely shifted to Green, because it's far more profitable, far more wasteful, for the Taxpayer, while very profitable. Pro-solar is actually anti-solar, anti-environment. Pro-wind is actually anti-hydro/wave, anti-environment. And we're creating an ecological disaster with Li-Ion, when Lead would be 99% recyclable and fine.

And wasnt remotely close to being completed.

Do you understand why? Do you?!

This 'instagratification' and ignoring 'strategic realities' for our allies and our future, is really tiring ... to Canadians and most of us that have a modicum of understand of energy economies and resource geography, let alone international security.

You're ****ing with things you don't comprehend, because a shitload of people who have no concept of energy, and failed their science classes, are pushing ****ing bullshit in the media, along with lobbyists. It's just like how much Pharam controls the Media and Big Tech, which is why our own FDA experts can say one thing, and the 'alleged science' on TV and in Social Media, is 100% at odds with one another.

We're not pushing a comprehensive solution. We're pushing a popular, lobbyist made one.

There are also up to 9000 unused oil well permits that arent currently being used. And why would they be used when oil companies are making money hands over fists?

Domestic energy companies have become small and lean. They are massively over-regulated, and that's not me saying it, but the courts.

It's unreal how bad it is getting, and that is the US gov't. It's a lot of lobbyists and self-defeating environmental groups. We don't have any new hydro in this country because of lobbyists like The Sierra Club, and we are pushing wind which is far worse of an impact than hydro or wave.

Even the Europeans are making fun of our self-defeating policies.

Do you want the US to national our oil?

It already has. Just like so many other things. That's because you wanted it to. You wanted it prevented. And guess what? You got it!

You keep blaming everyone but the real problem ... US gov't and their lobbyists.

If not, then how is it the fault of the government when private companies make money on the back of consumers?

And there it is. This is why we are not only ****ed...

But all our allies hate our guts right now. And I don't blame them. We are too stupid to lead our allies. I've never met so many European socialists who hate Biden and most of the Democratic party.

And are tired of them censoring the truth, along with Big Tech.

It's just like how we don't have free market healthcare like the Swiss, because our US federal gov't makes all sorts of rules that prevent it. At least their system is self-funding. Ours is all about subsidy, be it employer or state/local.

But ... it's private healthcare that is the problem, just like big oil, right? Sigh ...

Self-fullfilling idiocy ... every economicist, every energy expert, is honestly tired of it. We are the ultimate ****tard country right now. We don't deserve any leadership position whatsoever. We are too ****ing dumb and lobbyist controlled.

It's the same ****ing reason why we're the only major, developed nation that doesn't treat recovery as good or better than vaccination ... literally lobbyists. Every other country recognizes the truth and science, but we will not ... out of Trillions of dollars of profit that can be guaranteed with lobbying and control of the narrative.

Our own FDA Expert panel even pointed that out, just like the BMJ did last year about the US, and got censored by the same corporations who lobby for it in the US.

 

[UCFBS]

Easy concept...they have competition and if profits are available they will explore, extract, refine, and deliver oil and gas. If you're limiting access to the supply they can't magically deliver oil and gas. This isn't even getting into the ESG push that is going to destroy our country.

The left have an answer for everything, and it can be the most hypocritical, anti-environment, country-destroying argument ... and they will still use it.

I literally tried to explain how Brazil can use biofuels because they have so much sugar, but all the added process it takes to turn corn into sugar, the literal waste, and how much foodstuffs it requires to do it, and they will just call me a 'Big Oil engineer.'

Education and knowledge is a liability these days, and traditionally degreed engineers are such a tiny fraction of the US ... especially against a populace where 80% would fail even middle school earth science as adults, let alone 95% high school physics (with just algebra, not even calculus-based 18th century classical physics), it's impossible to change.

Any the lobbyists love it. Big oil lobbyists have gone green. It's where the money is. And they will sack domestic energy with everything they can, even if it's against the US gov'ts own federal laws and statues.

I still personally love the updated Biden rules that are far worse than Obama ever was ... which is making coal popular again outside the US, because we won't extract Shale. It's kinda a joke at this point among our allies.

 

[UCFBS]

It's literally like IT security ... too many people ignore the 'availability' and even 'integrity,' to get 'confidentiality' in classic CIA. If the system cannot be accessed, its secure.

This is what we're doing with energy ... we really don't care about 'availability,' or even 'integrity' in an argument, as long as we have 'green.' The system is literally failing.

And our entire EU-NATO energy security has been destroyed, something W. and Harper-Martin promised to our allies. Even the Obama administration got nearly all of their 8% of CO2 reduction from the shift from coal to the natural gas glut from fracking.

No domestic energy company is going to expand, and really cannot, under the current penalties. And they haven't had access for a long time to all sorts of resources.

We've ****ed ourselves pretty badly. Hence ... lack of 'availability.' But hey, green energy companies are happy. And Food, Inc. is definitely on-board for E15 ... just like the Russians loved it too, once OPEC refused to increase output for Biden with the shortfall.

Americans aren't dumb. There has been an utter destruction of national security with total lack of foresight of what happened if we allowed ourself to start recovering. It's going to be really bad people.

We're already passing $1T/year in liabilities we cannot shed. It's going to be really bad.