Essay by Eric Worrall
“No more drilling. There is no more drilling! I haven’t formed any new drilling.” Is there any doubt remaining, about why Americans are experiencing gasoline pump price pain?
Biden Shouts “No More Drilling. There is no more drilling!” at New York Rally
For months, President Joe Biden and members of his cabinet have claimed that they are no obstacle to expanded oil and gas production in the United States. On June 21 Biden said, “This idea that they don’t have oil to drill and to bring up is simply not true. This piece of the Republicans talking about Biden shutting down fields is wrong.” On June 22, Biden said, I know my Republican friends claim, we’re not producing enough oil and I’m limiting oil production. Quite frankly, that’s nonsense.”
And on November 2, Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm tweeted, “Disinfo about @POTUS’ energy agenda is being used to scare/mislead Americans while industry cashes in. The facts are clear: This Admin outpaced the previous Admin on crude oil production + oil/gas well approvals while also making historic investments in a clean energy transition.”
But a little over two hours ago, at a rally for New York Governor Kathy Hochul, President Biden shouted, “No more drilling. There is no more drilling! I haven’t formed any new drilling.” (Timestamp: 1:32:03)
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Read more: https://michaelshellenberger.substack.com/p/biden-shouts-no-more-drilling-there
This “no more drilling” announcement comes fresh on the heels of Biden’s end of coal announcement. Michael Shellenberger’s article links to a more complete video of Biden’s speech.
Surely nobody in their right mind can believe the USA could abruptly shut down all coal, and all oil and gas exploration and drilling, and hope to maintain prosperity and survive as a nation.
The White House staff appear to have been covering for President Biden’s apparent mental deterioration, by issuing press releases which accuse critics of maliciously misinterpreting or twisting Biden’s words.
All I can say is, try talking your way out of this one, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre.
OMG!
He said it out loud!
The White House Diversity Hire spokesperson is gonna have a hard time tomorrow with FoxNews Peter Doocey grilling her on this following Biden’s deranged rants about demanding oil companies producing more oil and gas.
Then how come the oil industry is on track in 2023 to exceed the 2019 peak (accordiang to Energy Information Administration)
The word Biden used was ‘ no more NEW drilling’, which is tapping new fields.
I think hes wrong about drilling in NEW fields, but thats what he was elected on. ( sad)
At least Trump promised more coal and didnt deliver ( its up to the Coal companies but you get the point )
He said “no more drilling”, twice. Clean out the ears.
He did try to save it by saying “no more new drilling”, but honestly, what type of moron can believe that oil and gas production can go up, and prices can ever go down if there’s no more new drilling?
Remember Obama, Gore and the DIms and their “experts” saying “we cant drill are way out of this and even if we tried it would take 20 years”?
Well we did drill are way out of it and it only took 1 1/2 years, but here we go again.
Biden is saying what his lib Dem base of voters wants to hear, because he and the Dems have come to the conclusion that they already lost the persuadable independents long ago, and their only hope in this election is to turn out their base. It’s a forlorn hope, of course.
Why the bleep would their voter base want less reliable energy?
The Democrats want YOU and ME to have less energy .
That does not apply to the elites flying to COP27.
This is what the attack on fossil fuels is all about .
They believe that cheap energy is like cheep candy,that every one will use to much.
I would say Biden is losing votes every time he opens his mouth.
Yes, Graham. As some sensible poster commented recently, they think they can have their cake and eat it. If Apple wasn’t able to sell affordable iPhones to the mass market then there wouldn’t be any iPhones.
The same is true of jet-fueled mass transport and other industries. Without support from the base of the pyramid, the apex cannot exist.
Irrespective of politics, it’s not just the very rich who think they will still be OK when the reckoning comes. The whole green lobby thinks so too.
Despite most of us leading a far more comfortable life than any Medieval King, there are still people who think it would be not-too-bad to return humanity to a pre-industrial age as long as they kept their own treasure hoard.
It would not be any such thing, of course. even if they did keep their treasure. No central heating. No efficient transport. No safe foods or fresh water. No advanced healthcare, etcetera.
It ought to take peoples breath way at what Biden is advoctaing for.
OK, now I’m rambling.
I think he/they are delusional about building deploying and maintaining all of the renewables they advocate without the oil and coal he is trying to stop.
Dems’ voter base is guilt-stricken and self- destructive on energy. They want to abase themselves, and vote their way into mass poverty in order to cleanse themselves of sin, appease the Sky Dragon, or turn the clock back several centuries — whichever comes first.
I thought you said a president couldn’t impact anything relating to oil prices?
Mid terms always go badly for the party in power.
It was a huge wave against republicans when they lost 41 house seats in 2018
Why was that ?
You really are desperate to defend your socialists.
Yup – and in 2010 the number was 56. Check also, the Carter and Clinton loss numbers.
What type of moron? Not sure which type Duker is, but that type.
First of all, how many types are there? We can narrow it down from there!
EIA’s projections I believe assume that historical levels of Federal leasing and permitting will continue, and that oil companies will reinvest capital in continuing exploration, drilling and production. The Democrats and the Biden WH are working to make those assumptions false.
Thats because Biden is talking about no drilling for ‘new oil fields’
hes wrong and its much harder to stop. than he thinks
The increase to exceed 2019 is underway now , new leasing and exploration takes years
When you set out to make things up, you go all out.
Do you have any evidence to support your desire to make us ignore what Biden actually said, versus your psychic take on what he was actually thinking?
Why wouldn’t we want new drilling?
You’re as big a liar as Biden!!!!. He did NOT, repeat, NOT use the word NEW. You might like to visit an audiologist to get your ears checked.
Duker is rapidly turning into griff 2.0.
Except in this case, we did not get an ‘upgrade’, we got a ‘downgrade’.
Read the story
The facts are clear: This Admin outpaced the previous Admin on crude oil production + oil/gas well approvals while also making historic investments in a clean energy transition.”
Well Approvals , are for drilling on existing fields
Duker is once again totally confused by basic economics. He can’t understand that when demand is down, production drops.
Existing wells have limited capacity. Their output basically starts falling off the minute you start extracting. while you may see a temporary increase in well production based on demand, it cannot last without new wells being brought on line.
It’s exactly like wind/solar. You simply cannot grow reliable power generation by killing coal, nuclear, and nat gas generation and replacing it with unreliable generation. If you want to grow reliable generation there is only one option. New reliable generation.
Drilling is performed all the time in existing oil fields. Drilling is not fields. Individual wells get exhausted within a relatively short timeframe, requiring new wells in the same field.
The story says those are being approved. Yes I get your point But I was talking about new fields not those existing locations which required more drilling for production reasons
No more Biden – impeach him – deport him to China.
China bought him years ago. We are just delivering their purchase.
Impeachment trials will begin in January. Trials; plural. Biden’s won’t be the only one.
Joe Biden has lied and gotten away with it … again. Just this past July, he and his administration provided their support for developing (drilling) a large, new oil field in Alaska. https://www.adn.com/business-economy/energy/2021/05/27/biden-administration-backs-conocophillips-drilling-project-in-national-petroleum-reserve-alaska/
He said what? Republicans are his friends?
It is mental deterioration of the political class in the western world as a whole.
Must be the massive drug use.
What we are witnessing is how fast anti-dementia drugs wear off.
His wife and whoever is pulling his strings should be arrested for elder abuse. Just because he started out as a lying sack of *hit doesn’t excuse the abuse.
Probably the inbreeding. It’s almost as bad in the modern political class as with historical nobility.
The intelligence of the electorate generally seems to be on the slide, based on what policies we are prepared to vote for. Reality has taken a back seat – it’s still there, always will be, but for now it has been forgotten. We are hurtling along in a cloud of luxury beliefs and fake virtue towards a terrible destination.
Where will it all end, I wonder? I have always been optimistic that we will see sense, somehow create a soft landing out of this madness. But every time it looks like there is a chance to slow down, we instead go faster. There is only one control on this bus of Western democracies: an accelerator. You can push it down, but lift your foot off and it stays stuck where it is.
“The intelligence of the electorate generally seems to be on the slide”
Deliberately dumbed down by an activist education system – they’re all activists of one sort or another, now.
Media is a key player in obfuscating—-scat guano frass
Hubris and decadence
Isn’t that the legal firm hired by the DNC?
Yes and no. It seems to be largely confined to US, UK, Australia and NZ. Agreed that its mental deterioration of the political class, though. And its not just about climate.
Hey, let’s not forget Canada. Come on!
And what happened to including W. Europe?
You seem to have forgotten Europe (aka the “EU”), after whose energy stupidity the UK’s is fashioned.
“It is mental deterioration of the political class in the western world as a whole.”
nope they know what they are doing, they are selling everyone out to get rich.
They are:
“Labour MP Ed Miliband has called on Britain to acknowledge its “historical responsibility” and send cash to countries affected by climate change.”
https://www.gbnews.uk/news/labour-demands-your-cash-is-sent-abroad-to-pay-for-climate-change-reparations/384346
He includes the Maldives. What a joker.
I reckon Ed was always in the shade intellectually compared to his father and his brother and he’s taking it out on the rest of us.
Goes hand in hand with the deterioration of our education system.
Look, I know voters are said to have short memories, but two days before the mid-term election? I mean, really?! Wishing my American friends well this Tuesday, from Canada.
We’re gonna have some cold down in mid-November here, no thanks to you guys sending it down here …
US Natural gas supplies are gonna get strained by this one and NorthEast and Mid-West US power grids are gonna get that black-out test we’ve been warned of.
The cold is already “down” early. I was on video conference with my brother yesterday afternoon, he lives in Eugene, Oregon, and very large snowflakes were falling, the neighbor’s children were throwing snowballs, and the forecasters were scrambling for an explanation. Snow in Eugene on November 6, what’s wrong with this picture? La Niña is a Bad Girl.
Many folks have already voted.
And some of those are still alive..
That was only the first time they voted. If they are Democrats, they still have time to vote again.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/florida-officials-charge-woman-with-felony-fraud-for-voting-in-two-states-during-multiple-elections/ar-AA13L5IF
This guy really is an embarrassment, what is wrong with this country that he managed to gain office? It is disgraceful.
Best, brightest, most electable. Can’t fault the Democrats for presenting their best of the best.
Came complete with strings. No assembly required!
Anyone besides me remember Edgar Bergen? Joe isn’t even Charlie McCarthy. He’s Mortimer Snerd.
https://youtu.be/cKoMHJ0IzK0?t=5
Walter, as biden.
Beyond that, look at his Vice President. The Democrats have definitely reached the bottom of their barrel.
Installed, like a toilet.
A properly installed toilet doesn’t leak poop all over the floor.
Back in the 60’s, when votes were counted by hand, we could get the results by midnight most of the time.
Now that counting is done electronically, it’s going to take days according the those in Biden’s administration.
Counting the vote doesn’t take long. Adjusting the vote so that the corruption is less obvious does.
Already setting up the narrative: ABC News “A “red mirage,” or an artificial GOP vote lead, will likely reoccur Tuesday.”
I love that county near Scranton that has run out of printed ballots! How do you do that? Don’t you know how many registered voters you have in the county? Don’t you know the historical percentage of registered voters that actually vote?
Who’s in charge? Charles?
Yet just 1 week earlier the Dementia-ridden Joe Biden said this:
There is some consistency there. If oil companies can’t drill and pump, they won’t have any profits at all. That is what he wants.
FJB really is senile.
Now, now, Chas. pResident Brandon is doing pretty good for being 5 beers short of a sixpack.
More like 5 beers and 10 ounces short, just like those who vote for him.
and those two ounces were left out over night and have gone flat.
Problem is he was never bright. Always venal and corrupt, now venal, corrupt and senile.
Who is really running the White House?
Susan Rice.
They must really believe they are on a vote winner with the anti folsil fuels rhetoric, high priced power & fuel, throwinb thousands out of work by closing their industries & letting in millions of illegal immigrants.
If they can stop the rorting of the voting procedure it will be interesting to see if they are correct in assessing the stupidity of the US voter.
“Surely nobody in their right mind…”
And there in lies the problem, both the administration and those who elected them in the first place.
Biden said this in the second debate. It is nothing new. Unlike most candidates, Biden told you what he was going to do & actually did it.
That is why the Dem are so surprised and frustrated with the reaction of the voters. They gave them what they asked for, why are they rejecting them?
No, they know why. People are upset because those policies, which were supposed to bring about a green nirvana have instead wrought punishingly high energy prices, massive inflation, fragile electric grids, and the threat of massive suffering if we have a cold winter. What the administration didn’t anticipate was that many voters would make that connection, and it appears they were wrong. Although I could be wrong. We’ll see in a couple of days.
Given that so many people have already voted, these new gaffes may not factor into the outcome of the election.
“elected”
That second debate with Trump? I’m trying to remember.
A return to Nantucket sleigh rides
That’s progressive
Progressives have all the religious fervor and intolerance of the Puritans, but have largely abandoned belief in God for belief in the State. It’s no coincidence that it first manifested itself in New England.
Yep. The “progressives” have replaced the puritans as those who are afraid that someone, somewhere, is enjoying themselves.
Biden is the ultimate quote for the day man.
Today he is clearly saying no new drilling . Yesterday he was saying or more correctly his press secretary was saying Biden is the guy responsible for record oil and gas production.
The day before that he was saying no more filthy coal we can do everything with wind turbines and solar arrays.
The take away from all this is the Democrats tell their own supporters thy are destroying the fossil fuel industry, while trying to also tell their Republican opposition voters they are responsible for record oil and gas because they know without energy supply the economy is dead.
Maybe the Democrat speech writers haven’t got memories longer than 24 hours? The voters have though, and its the voters paying double the price to full up their fuel tanks with gasoline, that will decide the fate of this shambolic administration in the USA.
You’d be surprised how bad it has to get for a died in the wool D to see the light.
That’s what worries me….it seems the hard-core D’s simply buy the lies told to them by their overlords. They grumble about gas prices and then blame it on the Russia/Ukraine war, oil companies making too much profit, or whatever other bogus stories the MSM tell them.
Or worse, they blame it on conservatives and Republicans and Trump supporters. Not just the congress people and ex-POTUS, but all of their supporters. The dangerous thing is the last time something like this happened (the party in power and its leader demonizing a certain class of people and blaming them for all of the country’s ills) a whole lot of blood was shed.
Whenever the left gains power, concentration/re-education camps quickly follow.
Would that be “dyed” in the wool or “died” in the wool?
Or, both?
“In 1984 [2022], the [Democrat] Party used doublethink as part of its large-scale campaign of propaganda and psychological manipulation of its leadership and the public. Doublethink is the ability to hold two completely contradictory beliefs at the same time and to believe they are both true.” (Study.com)
While it might take some time, I believe reality rules peoples’ beliefs. You know, that whole A. Lincoln “… all of the people some of the …”
No, the Democrat speechwriters think that the whole population hasn’t got memories longer than 24 hours. The Dunning-Kreuger effect?
A large proportion of the population don’t have memories longer than the last thing they saw on their mobile phones 🙂
Alright, so what should happen when the POTUS deliberately destroys the US economy?
Is there a safety valve anywhere?
Just asking…
He just gave the Elections to Trump. He is also delusional. I wonder who is whispering in his ear? One almost feels sorry for him, but not quite! America is not Great and never will be again with the all electric delusion.
President Xi is whispering in Biden’s ear. Biden is Xi’s employee.
So what’s really important to the Biden admin and the Democrats, besides ruining the economy? Poking a nose into the affairs of other sovereign states.
Brexit and the Northern Ireland protocol are just one aspect of Biden’s consistent meddling
“Joe Biden’s climate envoy warns UK against North Sea oil and gas expansion”
And sticking with matters EUSSR
The Open Society Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation, and Biden administration are funding an “opposition media” organisation setting up an office in Hungary, reports have claimed.
https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2022/11/06/soros-rockefeller-org-biden-admin-fund-opposition-media-org-launch-in-hungary-reports/
What was that about the Russians?
Two puppets, trying to impress their masters.
The white house thrives on confusion – the problem has always been the destruction of the gas (fracking) industry that gave the US energy independence.. Going into a 30year cooling phase (-3deg) it really is suicide for all the scammers currently in charge.
Biden talks, Putin smiles.
And yet, Hillary (and Duker) are still trying to convince everyone that the Russians wanted Trump to win.
They did . Muller said so. So forget the Clinton line ( whos she again?)
He just said the evidence of collusion was there but not at the level to charge with a federal crime
But it did exist.
Quote Muller
The president was not exculpated for the acts that he allegedly committed,
Also the rule was to not indict a sitting President for some reason.
Maybe you should ask Trumps ’20 day’ National Security advisor why he was fired for his deals with the Russian ambassador
Also ask about Trumps meeting with Putin where he refused to take an interpreter so he was alone
You really do seem to believe the lies you repeat.
As to your attempts to forget the heros of your party, I can understand why you would wish go do so.
They couldn’t find any evidence, yet that lack of evidence is not evidence that he didn’t do it.
That is how the left wing mind works.
Why on earth would Trump need an interpreter? Putin speaks very good English and to do away with an interpreter forces Putin to do the same. Just gamesmanship.
When the going gets tough the Dems cheat ever harder. Hey, it worked two years ago with the “election” of “President” Joe Biden.
Speaking of Hillary, does anyone remember the “sack of potatoes” video?
You and Simon are birds of a feather…wow
Xi too!
Today’s WSJ reports …
https://www.wsj.com/articles/biden-embarrasses-joe-manchin-electricity-power-clean-energy-jobs-work-wind-solar-fossil-fuels-coal-plants-ira-11667749149
Next week he’ll be announcing a program to subsidize down comforters and winter jackets.
Comforters and winter jackets made from Saudi oil derivatives using electricity generated by Saudi oil.
Winding up a broken spring toy can be entertaining when it spins out of control and fails but only for a brief moment. Then you realize it’s broken and useless. Next.
Wait for NPR to tell them what it means.
Please raise fuel prices by $5 per gallon for a few days to put this guy and his Party to bed.
You said it. They are not in their right mind.
CO2 change does not cause climate change. Here’s why. https://energyredirect3.blogspot.com
So, what is the true objective?
Slo-Jo makes it official, “I’ve joined the Luddites!
“If anything disturbs me, or makes a convenient scapegoat for a doomsday fad, lez ban it!”
Attached is a cartoon image of their 19th century legendary leader, Ned Ludd, with acolytes gleefully destroying factories in the background.
So I woke up to this headline this morning and can’t wait to get out to see what the gas prices are today. Just in time for election day, too.
One of H. L. Mencken’s best:
“As democracy is perfected, the Office of President represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day, the plain folks of the land will reach their heart’s desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.”
And his observation and wisdom was realised in 2021..
He is not just demented. He is insanely evil.
+, you don’t have to think you are evil to be evil.
He told the truth. He said it out loud, in public and on the record. Biden must be really going senile if he can’t remember to hide the true agenda.
He can’t have it both ways. He can’t strangle the oil and coal industry and claim it’s someone else,s fault. And claim there is no problem.
Mr. Olen: Here in USA, we’re in the process of finding out. PRes. Brandon and his advisers evidently believe that he can have it both ways, and they know the press will not notice the contradiction. The White House clearly does not care if it is pointed out, so long as the press stays in.
In Biden’s mind he can have it both ways,
Democrats are experts in doublethink.
No fair judging Jumpin’ Joe Biden by the actual words he says. They must be filtered through a Joe Biden magic decoder ring to find out what he meant to say. If you do not have such a ring, you must wait for his affirmative action spokeswoman to be asked about what Jumpin; Joe actually meant by Peter Doocy — no one else will ask. Then the spokeswoman will sidestep the question or tap dance instead of answering,
She will also call Peter Doocy names–that is part of the script, along with the hemming, hawing and dancing.
Bidet has to be the nastiest, grouchiest POTUS we have ever had! People complained about Trump’s mean tweets but I can’t recall Trump ever attacking half of this country’s electorate and calling them enemies. He attacked other politicians and public figures, but never called people who vote and support Dems enemies. Obama had his “bitter clingers” speech, and vowed to skyrocket electricity prices and kill coal. But, those were campaign speeches and at least he had the sense to not do that sort of thing while he was POTUS. I am no fan of Obama, but at least he acted a bit more presidential that what is in the White House right now! Trump wasn’t always presidential either, but hey, his policies worked.
This senile old goat (and yes, dementia can cause a person to pop off with all sorts of nasty insults and digs that said person would have never said before they had dementia) is up there at the top of the list of worst POTUS’s ever!
What kind of leader tells his people that he is determined to return their standard of living back to the 18th century? That he wants the US to be a third world country? That he wants US citizens (and everyone else living here who aren’t citizens….if there’s no electricity they will also be sitting in the dark with everyone else!) to suffer and possibly die?
All I have to say is I hope that when tomorrow begins, in the pre-dawn light, the blood red moon of the lunar eclipse will truly be a symbolic bad omen to the Democratic party. Blood red for the (hopefully) red tsunami that has been building for the last couple of years….
You forgot about Hillary and her “deplorables” comment during an interview.
Joe Biden is the best campaigner for the GOP!!!!
I hope he keeps talking likethis for the next 2 years, or until he’s removed anyway.
I still think the Democrats are waiting till after January so that they can invoke the 25th amendment so that Harris will still have a shot at two full terms.
I thought that from thr very beginning, and predicted it, too.
If all they need to do is get Biden out of the way, they can always hire some of Hillary’s people.
I think the 25th amendment requires action by the Congress. If it is republican, the republicans have control over that, they may decide it is in the country’s best interest to keep Biden in office with the legislative stalemate, until after 2024.
Reckless declaration: Probably tomorrow the democrats will lose their Congress majority and the Republicans will oblige Biden to eat and swallow his hat.
Turn off the natural gas supply line to the Capitol Mall and don’t restock motor fuel supplies in that area for the 40 plus vehicle motorcade, helicopters, and fleet of Congressional jets.
Is he announcing his acquisition of a full set of false teeth?
“Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm tweeted, “Disinfo about @POTUS’ energy agenda is being used to scare/mislead Americans while industry cashes in.”
Industry will sell at a price to make a profit.
If the government deliberately enforces a reduction in the supply of an essential product with a very inelastic demand curve then prices will rise. Sharply. Oil companies are happy to sell less product for the same, or increased, profits. Their behavior is predicted by simple economics text books.
That the same politicians are publicly committing to making an essential industry extinct, is the paradise of financial speculators and/or those with good inside industry knowledge.
Of course many of them will be wholly innocent, but I’m sure it doesn’t take much of a cynic to expect Nancy Pelosi’s husband will still maintain an outstanding investment performance.
Wow, just hilarious. He is not hiding in the basement, he is saying moronic caca all the time, still fondling and sniffing children, and will win again in 2024, with 90 million votes!
You left off a trailing zero … … …
No doubt Biden and all the other dream world-occupying enviro-activists have a number of viable alternatives to fossil fuels. Evidently, he’s forgotten that as the US started closing old coal plants, it didn’t replace them with undependable wind and solar, but with high-efficiency low-emissions gas plants. Likewise with Japan when it started abandoning its nuclear plants after the Fukushima disaster. Once again, it bypassed wind and solar and went back to coal-fired generation stations, 22 of which are currently under construction. Meanwhile China isn’t giving a second thought to the unrealistic demands of COP-27 and is building 43 new coal plants. India plans to double its coal consumption by 2040, while Vietnam plans to increase its coal imports for at least the next 13 years, and on and on. So if Biden and the rest of the climate activists were half-awake they’d note all this and stop being foolish about energy-generation sources.