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John Kerry as Gas Prices Skyrocket: “We Absolutely Don’t” Need to Drill For More Oil

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Joe Biden’s Climate Envoy John Kerry (who served in Viet Nam) hosted a discussion with the USC Center for Public Diplomacy over the weekend.

John Kerry is the perfect person to be in charge of reducing carbon emissions since he owns several mansions, a mega yacht and flies in private jets.

John Kerry said “we absolutely don’t” need to drill for more oil and gas during last weekend’s discussion.

Kerry made the remarks as gas prices soared to new record highs this week.

The cost of gas at the pump rose 55 cents in May to reach new highs almost every day of the month

US Producer Price Index rose 0.8% in May from a month earlier. In April the PPI climbed 0.4%. The number indicates the price crunch consumers are facing under the Joe Biden economy.

Americans are being forced to make changes to their lifestyle because gas is $5+ a gallon nationwide.

Instead of drilling for more oil here at home, Joe Biden plans on begging the Saudis for more oil.

But the US can’t drill.

[i]We are so lucky to have economic geniuses like Kerry to drive the country further
into oblivion.[/i]

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Ozymandiaz

Fossil fuels wont last forever. This pain had to come sooner or later.

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Budwick · 70-79, M

@Ozymandiaz [quote]This pain had to come sooner or later.[/quote]

And who better to force it upon us than Joe Biden!

SumKindaMunster · 51-55, M

@Ozymandiaz It would have been nice to have a rational, debatable, reviewable plan about the end of fossil fuels, instead we get Presidential edicts and told bullshit like this is Putin's fault.

And meanwhile, Biden just went to Saudi Arabia to bend the knee and ask them to pump more oil, after shunning them his entire administration.

Was this always part of the plan?

Cuz it reads like desperate pandering to avoid getting blown out in the 2022 midterms.

Ozymandiaz

@Budwick Would someone else have made it easier?

Ozymandiaz

@SumKindaMunster People have been pussyfooting around the issue for decades. Nothing sensible had been done by either party.

Time this shit was sorted and the west didn’t have to rely on oil from totalitarian dictatorships in the ME.

Budwick · 70-79, M

@Ozymandiaz Since green energy is so damned good, a natural organic move to green energy would wean us from fossil fuels naturally.
Chinese batteries are hard to come by.
My wind powered 18 wheeler has no scheduled delivery date.
I ordered a wood burning stove for backup - when they cut off gas.
It's stuck on a barge off LA.
Biden says it's all Putin's fault.
But, that doesn't help anything.

SumKindaMunster · 51-55, M

@Ozymandiaz Totally agree with everything you just said with one exception.

I don't believe for a second, [i]not one moment[/i], that Biden and the Dems care about reducing fossil fuels.

I already gave my reason why...if this was truly what they wanted to do, why ask Saudi Arabia to pump more oil. Isn't that the antithesis of what you say they are trying to achieve? Reduce fossil fuels?

Budwick · 70-79, M

@Ozymandiaz [quote]Nothing sensible had been done by either party.[/quote]

Sensibility is not Biden's strong suit.

Ozymandiaz

@Budwick On this issue sensible has been no one’s strong suit.

Budwick · 70-79, M

@Ozymandiaz Come on Ozzy - you know that Biden's commitment to destroy the fossil fuel industry has got to be like #1 on the stupid list.

Ozymandiaz

@SumKindaMunster I didn’t say thats what they want to do. It is the ethical thing to do. But you are right it is.

It was too late decades ago to dump SA. I think we both know that would cause more problems than it would fix at this point. That is why bi-partisan action is needed now instead turning this into a mud slinging shit show.

Ozymandiaz

@Budwick The terminology is stupid but the idea is a solid one.

For the record i think nuclear is the way forward.

SumKindaMunster · 51-55, M

@Ozymandiaz Ok, well you seemingly implied this was a rational decision made by the Biden administration to methodically, and carefully remove fossil fuels from our system.

It was political pandering, not a rational and planned decision to reduce fossil fuel usage.

As I have noted, the moment it starts to impact their re-election chances, it all gets tossed aside for cheap oil.

Ozymandiaz

@SumKindaMunster I wouldn't doubt it for a second. That's how all politicians work. Regardless it is still the right thing to do.

Budwick · 70-79, M

@Ozymandiaz [quote]i think nuclear is the way forward.[/quote]

I think you are on to a good idea.
Of course, that ain't gonna fly. AOC will have none of that.

SumKindaMunster · 51-55, M

@Ozymandiaz The right thing to do with be to stop fucking around with high level, ultimately empty meetings and agreements that aren't enforced and build a renewable infrastructure for starters.

The Western US is filled with empty sunny and windy locations that could easily be converted into renewable infrastructure energy and we could secure it while we are building it. We start by getting our grid on renewables, show the world how its done and start exporting those ideas and technology to the world.

We could then focus on transportation and other fossil fuel users and figure out how to reduce those and convert them to cleaner energy.

The US has done great things when it looked upon itself and figured out how to do things on its own...getting the rest of the world to agree with us without bombing them to oblivion...not so much.

Ozymandiaz

@SumKindaMunster Then why hasn't it?

SumKindaMunster · 51-55, M

@Ozymandiaz My opinion? The political divide has prevented compromise for almost 2 decades. Other than starting wars, I haven't seen the 2 sides of our government come together and compromise for the greater good since maybe 9/11.

Budwick · 70-79, M

@Ozymandiaz The current administration has put America last.

Ozymandiaz

@SumKindaMunster Agreed, there is zero accountability in politics these days and the electorate is happy to lead down the garden path by meme wars.

Ozymandiaz

@Budwick The previous one didn't seem to be doing very much to address these issues either in fairness.

This is a bi-partisan issue Bud. Everyone needs to be singing off the same hymn sheet.

Budwick · 70-79, M

@Ozymandiaz Ozzy, i disagree.
America was an energy exporter under Trump.
We were energy independent.

Say what you want about his hair color and tone of his tweets,
but America was running like a well oiled machine - even as he fought off two impeachment attempts.

Ozymandiaz

@Budwick On fossil fuels so we are back where we started.

Budwick · 70-79, M

@Ozymandiaz So it seems. But, we found some common ground in the process.

HeY, WE should run for Congress!

Ozymandiaz

@Budwick We sharing a platform Bud?

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