Gas prices going up? Winter coming on? Joe Biden has a brilliant idea
Or some person or persons in the administration have a brilliant idea – let’s shut down a pipeline!:
The Biden administration is reportedly weighing the potential market consequences of shutting down an oil pipeline in Michigan, drawing criticism from opponents…
The administration has yet to decide on what to do with Line 5 and officials were gathering information only to present a clear picture of the situation, according to sources who spoke to Politico…
Jason Hayes, the director of environmental policy at the Mackinac Center for Public Policy, blasted the Biden administration for its energy policies, telling Fox News that their work on Line 5 is “just one more example of being divorced from reality.”
“They’re planning to power an industrial nation like the United States on solar panels and wind turbines,” Hayes said, while noting that even the solar panels and wind turbines require “oil, natural gas, nuclear and even coal” to be produced.
Hayes presented a dire picture of what shutting Line 5 could mean if people are unable to get natural gas or the electricity it provides as the nation heads into winter.
Biden may be somewhat gaga, but I don’t think any of them are necessarily “divorced from reality,” at least not in the sense in which I believe Hayes means it. In other words, I think they know the consequences for ordinary Americans will be bad. Their motivation is connected to The Great Reset, not to making Americans’ lives better. And what they are “pondering” is how bad the political backlash might be if they make this particular move at this time.
Dem Gov of Kansas opposes vaxx mandate.
https://youtu.be/SYoaiznlp5c
And what they are “pondering” is how bad the political backlash might be if they make this particular move at this time.
It makes you wonder if they’ve looked at the recent polls (which, lets face it, already tend to over represent Dems as it is… so as bad as they may appear, it’s highly likely that the reality is actually far worse for the administration). It makes you wonder if they were paying attention to last week’s elections at all. It makes you wonder if they even have the vaguest sense of public sentiment at this time. And not whatever the media is claiming, but what everyone is feeling. It makes you wonder if they’re capable of reasonably interpreting history, what has happened in midterm elections in the past under somewhat similar circumstances.
“Biden” is laughing at us all.
(Soros is trying but all that mug of his can manage is a loathsome rictus.)
Think of it as Obama doing shadow standup.
…And as in most things, one may well wonder who will have the last laugh…
(Me? I think they’ve all taken the last abomination of a “Joker” movie a bit too much to heart—kind of like that kinky Japanese dude, but from the political angle…. Talk about a movie that should never have been made…)
“And what they are “pondering” is how bad the political backlash might be if they make this particular move at this time.”
Not pondering at all.
They don’t care.
They might be in the position they need to be in BEFORE the midterms.
Then they really won’t care.
Agree completely with Gerard. They really don’t care.
They’ll have what they need and want. Their total lack of empathy makes all else of no concern to them.
Propane prices are up 70%. For you city people, most farms use propane to heat the house. This is a big problem in Nebraska.
Some persons would likely be Jenny Granholm at the center. She’s wanted to shut pipelines at the strait down forever. Damn Democrat Snowback.
The Green sect of the Leftist religion wants energy to be stopped.
$3.60 gal here in se Pa
The Democrat leftist (but I repeat myself) True Believers actually think oil and gas prices should be high, for the climate. They don’t care about actual people trying to heat their homes. Let them eat cake.
SHIREHOME; vanderleun:
I disagree. I think they “care” in the sense that they would prefer to be re-elected as opposed to being out of power, and they don’t mind calibrating the timing for some things in order to make that re-election easier. Cheating can only go so far, as Virginia proved the other day.
OK Nat Gas has a voluntary fixed price plan where they set a price per dekatherm based on futures contracts. You sign up in October and then wait to see if it was a good idea. I missed the deadline last year, but opted in this year. Boy, am I glad I did. The current fixed price is $4.54. The November cost was $7.793. I expect the differential to increase over the next year.
https://www.oklahomanaturalgas.com/rate-information/pga
I’m also signed up for the 12 mo rolling average payment plan. The cost is higher in the summer, but much better in the winter. The electric/water utility also has a average pay plan. It does help with the monthly budget planning.
I heat my home with propane. Fortunately, we’re expected to have a milder than average winter in NC. This is not the case for the northern tier of states.
Line 5 crosses the straits of Mackinac from Michigan’s upper to lower peninsula. To replace the aging line the energy company needs the approval of the state of Michigan where Gretchen Whitmore is the governor. Enbridge wants to provide a better protected line. I think they’re mostly worried about anchor strikes and the age of the line. The section of line under the water has never leaked in 68 years of service. They’ve had some spills on the land portion though.
As usual, the deliberate shortage of energy products won’t bother the wealthy much.
Kill enough people through willful denial of reality, destroy enough innocent lives and “political backlash” is going to be the least of their problems.
I’ve yet to see it described better; “So much of left-wing thought is a kind of playing with fire, by people who don’t even know that fire is hot…”
“Cheating can only go so far, as Virginia proved the other day.”
Yes, but I think that in the case of the VA election that statement is a “non sequitur”.
Simply because the Democrats shot themselves in the foot time and time again in the weeks leading up to the election. They lied time and time again. They attacked parents time and time again. Heck, they attacked a parent who was irate that his daughter was raped and lied about that. They lied about not knowing about it. They lied about the kid who raped her not raping again. All the while continuing to attack parents.
And of course they lied about CRT not being an issue (i.e., not being taught in the state)—and they’re still lying about it.
And then Garland, bless his ugly soul, got into the act—and decided, clever man that he is, to warn publicly that ANY PARENT anywhere in the US who doesn’t fall into line was in danger of being considered public enemy #1. All over the country.
The timing was simply catastrophic. If any of this had not happened—or had it happened but had he Democrats kept quiet, or relatively quiet, about it—or had it happened but become public only after the election, then McAuliffe would have won.
They dug themselves a hole so deep they had no way to climb out of it (plus, their confidence, similar to Hillary Clinton’s in 2016, didn’t help them out any.) Compare VA to the situation in NJ where the situation is up in the air because the Democratic candidate did just happen to find the votes. (And the guy who was supposedly unseated by Durr also found a handy number of votes, whaddayaknow!…so he claims, at least.)
I’d say what happened in VA is practically a “deus ex machina”. Almost a miracle.
As they say, “timing is everything”?
It’s a tremendously disingenuous argument from almost every consideration. Petroleum products have to be transported from the well to the refinery, and from the refinery onward to the market. Who would argue that rail tankers or a tank trucks in the thousands would be safer than a buried pipe, when there are decades of data to the extreme contrary? The basis of the anti-pipeline argument is an anti-petroleum bias – with no alternative solution to speak of.
In reality, pipelines in sensitive areas are eminently available for high levels of oversight and scrutiny. They are evaluated from the inside-out, by using intelligent ‘pigs’ that are passed through the line, that measure wall thickness, check for pitting, inspect welds, etc. It’s done all the time. And if it’s not buried, it’s inspected on the outside too, even if it’s underwater.
It’s a phony, anti-petroleum crusade – nothing more.
Okay, regarding the Great Reset….let’s say that somehow the powers that be get that ball rolling. What happens to the states in America that don’t want to play along? Most of the south and South Dakota, maybe Alaska…a few others. I mean, we all know DeSantis wouldn’t want to do it. But would these freedom-loving states be ALLOWED to opt out? Or would the missiles be pointed straight at them, forcing them to comply. I just can’t imagine every single state agreeing to this New World Order bullshit, but…would they have a choice?
Hillsdale College is having a 6 hour/ 6 session lecture series about the Great Reset.
Two on last Sunday, two already done today, and two tomorrow:
Tuesday, November 9
4:00 – 5:00 p.m. ET “The Great Reset from China’s Perspective” David P. Goldman Asia Times
8:00 – 9:00 p.m. ET “The Alternative to the Great Reset” Brian Wesbury
First Trust Advisors
I believe you can still register for the last two live streamings here: https://events.hillsdale.edu/event/cca_ii_the_great_reset#.YYn0CaLMJD8
“The Alternative to the Great Reset”
Travail, Famille, Patrie
🙂
Degenerate Western Elites and their mishandling of China will supply the necessary conditions in due course.
Goldman’s talk should be good.
Energy, it’s the lifeblood of a modern economy. When the price goes up, the price of everything goes up. We learned this lesson in the 1970s, when OPEC decide to cut us off – twice. OPEC isn’t exactly the problem now, we could be producing a lot more oil and gas if it wasn’t for Biden’s policies of shutting down pipelines and banning drilling on public lands. Biden has asked OPEC to produce more, but has been rebuffed by OPEC. Hmm, I wonder why? 🙂
Those of us on fixed incomes are going to be paying a lot more for necessities this year. It isn’t just heating our homes.
It’s groceries, it’s electricity, it’s gasoline, it’s clothing, it’s garbage removal, it’s anything that has to be shipped into your location or is made out of petroleum derivatives. . Our incomes aren’t going up, but our costs are. Those who get cost of living raises (and as the inflation holds on, it will be most workers) will not keep up but they will be better off than we retirees.
You would think the Progressives would recognize that this is a bead and butter issue, but you would be wrong. They are hooked on a faith in the Satanic gas, CO2. And even though we breathe CO2, they have accepted on very little evidence that it must be reduced or the planet will get a fatal fever. You cannot argue facts, you cannot reason with them. Their faith is unshakeable. They will fly to climate conferences in private planes spewing CO2, but it is us, the common masses, who are guilty of using too much energy that creates CO2. At least that’s what their acolytes believe. I believe the elites see this issue as a path to ultimate power over us all. Make us live on rationed energy, reduce our standard of living, and make us dependent on the government for any baubles they see fit to toss our way. It’s not exactly Hayek’s “Road To Serfdom,” but it’s certainly very similar.
How can politicians who believe in CAGW get elected? Surveys show that climate change is way down on the list of things people are worried about. If I knew the answer to that one, I’d be advising big time politicians. 🙂 I guess it’s a combination of MSM propaganda and the death of common sense. And election fraud. And human cussedness. And, and………
The EPA. Another gift from Nixon that keeps on giving. I can figure out ways to legally and politically dismantle most of the other federal government alphabet soup bureaucracies fairly simply, but the EPA is a tough nut to crack. Air and water cross state lines fairly regularly and even land use can correlate to water and air systems through leaching, etc.
“Climate change” is so ambiguous and nearly impossible to prove or disprove. Heck, even a butterfly flapping its wings “impacts” climate, so human activity definitely does. It’s a very clever tactic by the Left.
C’mon man!
An economist I once knew had a story about Joseph Stiglitz visiting his campus. (Stiglitz was scoping the place out with an eye to sending his son there). This was approximate to the time Stiglitz was chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors. He has a confab with the economics faculty and tells them that many intramural debates in the administration consist of economists arguing with lawyers. Note, it is doubtful there is an economic sector more suffused with rent-seeking than law practice (aside from the government). Have a gander at Biden’s cabinet. It’s almost entirely composed of people who have made a living in some combination of law practice, political staff work, and public sector management. There is one economist (Janet Yellen). Fudgepacker Pete worked for McKinsey & Company for about three years and the dame in charge of the Small Business Administration earned a business degree and spent about 16 years working in the business world; pretty much all the companies she worked for were finance and service providers. (Both Pete and the SBA broad are tick-box appointments).
The EPA. Another gift from Nixon that keeps on giving. I can figure out ways to legally and politically dismantle most of the other federal government alphabet soup bureaucracies fairly simply, but the EPA is a tough nut to crack.
It has roughly four components: (1) patronage distribution to state and local governments (discontinue entirely), (2) environmental public works projects (transfer to a bureau in the Interior Department), (3) health and safety regulation (restrict their remit to the regulation of phenomena occurring across state lines and transfer to a new department which assembles all the agencies engaged in health-and-safety regulation, and (4) conservation regulation (restrict the remit to the use of federal assets and transfer to and agency in the Interior Department). Note, at one time, about 90% of its budget went to functions 1 and 2.
The bottom line is that the Biden administration’s actions and policies are going to lead to great suffering and even unnecessary deaths.
The ideological fanatics running this administration think that an unavoidable price that must be paid to “Save the Planet”. Yet they know that the rich will not suffer and will ensure that the poor are financially subsized by the very middle class that they are targeting. Nor is this simply a cold blooded calculation, as the middle class are the foremost obstacle to their agenda.
At base their fanaticism is not based in science, as the underlying observational data ‘supporting’ the global warming hypothesis has been repeatedly refuted.
The real motivation for ignoring the established facts regarding the long discredited global warming hypothesis is because its a ’cause’ to which they can devote themselves. Support for which gives their lives meaning. It’s simply a substitute for religion, which is why it’s adherents exhibit a religious like dogmatic loyalty.
Regardless of how sincere they may be in their beliefs, in their willful denial of and dismissal of the human costs and most of all, willingness to forcibly impose this coming atrocity upon innocent lives, they have forfeited their own right to life.
How long before the “Biden” administration decides to make a private backend deal with the Iranian mullahs for oil since they like sending tax dollars to fund enemies of the US especially the actual terrorist variety.
I always wondered what Stalin was thinking when he destroyed the breadbasket of the USSR, Ukraine. So now I wonder what Brandon is thinking as he tries to destroy our energy. Do these fools not realize how this can only end in disaster?
@Faith2014:
So what you’re saying is that you wish Stalin hadn’t pursued the most ruthless means possible to electrify and industrialize the USSR faster than the Germans could re-arm? You Nazi, you! 🙂
And if the USSR hadn’t steamrollered Nazi Germany, all those brave guys at Normandy would have died in vain without bringing about the necessary preconditions for Drag Queen Story Hour and Trannies in the Bathroom for their great grandchildren.
Tough one.
As for President Poopy Pants and his Cabal — They’re fools as well as malicious… doubtless salted with a few evil geniuses. All above your and my pay grades. Ask not why. Just hunker down and prepare.
FWIW: A while back I read Molotov Remembers — They really did believe in what they were doing. Weren’t going to let facts get in the way of theory. Sounds familiar, no?
@GB:
We live in a sick techno-dystopia where nearly everyone is in search of a cause because life has lost most of its meaning. Exploding Marquetry Uncle Ted presently living rent-free in the Supermax got this bit right. And man, was he prescient. I’d like to read his thoughts on suitable fates for the developers of Tinder and Grindr.
The MAGA hats are no different in motivation. Just less toxic in side-effects — and make no mistake what happens in the real world as a result of these enthusiasms are side effects. The real pay off is inside heads and what remains of shriveled up souls.
Must see if anyone sells Hieronymus Bosch wallpaper. More for DNW than myself.
Zaphod,
Less literary allusions and more direct explication.
Forgive my obtuseness but I have no idea what “Exploding Marquetry Uncle Ted presently living rent-free in the Supermax” refers to, so I’m unsure how “The MAGA hats are no different in motivation.” connects other than apparently you claim them to be two sides of an asymmetric coin.
If you’re asserting that the ideological leftists bent on destroying America have similar motivations to supporters of Trump’s populism but dissimilar goals… I strongly disagree.
What exactly are you implying?
“Do these fools not realize how this can only end in disaster?” Faith2014
Fools by definition do not reflect much upon consequence.
Not that the ideological fanatics driving this train wreck are necessarily fools. Some surely recognize the massive cost of which they pursue. They simply rationalize the means as justified by the end sought. Though its one thing to believe that the cost is necessary, while entirely another to through massive deceit, impose it upon others, while working to escape personal consequence.
In their willingness to destroy the lives of millions of innocents, they are forfeiting their own right to life.
@GB:
Uncle Ted:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Kaczynski
We are not evolved to live in the world we have created. And we are going mad because of this.
Many of the MAGA Hats and all of the QAnons, as much as AntiFa are lost souls looking for meaning in a political movement. NB: I am not implying moral equivalence.