AMAC Exclusive – By Andrew Abbott
On Monday, the national average price of gas jumped up, yet again, to $3.49 a gallon. This startling increase of $1.30 since last year has left many Americans spending an ever-increasing portion of their income on just their commute to and from work. To make matters worse, Biden’s Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm also told Americans this week that their energy bill will “be more expensive” this year, raising concerns that some low-income families may not be able to afford to heat their homes this winter. But when Granholm was asked directly if there is anything the administration can do to bring down these prices, she not only deflected any responsibility for the increase, but laughed loudly said “that’s hilarious…would that I had the magic wand on this.”
While it’s true the administration doesn’t have a magic wand, the increasing cost of energy is a direct result of the Biden administration’s policies, and they have all the power to lower costs — if they only had the will to do so.
Despite Granholm’s attempt to laugh off concerns about energy prices, her interviewers were unimpressed. One was visibly irritated at her multiple “laughing fits,” outright saying to her, “This isn’t funny.” She continued to deflect criticism by insisting that American gas prices are wholly at the mercy of the global oil market. She then blamed the crisis on “OPEC” and its allies for refusing to increase oil production – something that the Biden administration pleaded with foreign producers to do after cutting domestic production. Her interviewers were, again, unimpressed with this answer. When asked about limits on domestic drilling, she maintained that oil companies are “sitting on…oil leases” and intentionally not producing, to which her interviewers countered: “They won’t invest because this administration is speaking so highly of this energy transition that you’re actively supporting.”
Democrats have long been in denial about the relationship between public policy and energy prices. In 2008, for example, while Congress was considering opening up drilling in Alaska, former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich argued that increasing the domestic supply of gas would bring down the overall cost. He also argued that an overreliance on foreign-produced gas was a tremendous national security liability and that the positive effects of increased domestic drilling would be felt almost immediately. Congressional Democrats disagreed.
In 2012, as he was waging his primary bid for the Republican presidential nomination, Gingrich went even further, stating that gas prices, then nearly $4 a gallon, could be reduced to $2.50 by investing in domestic oil production. In response, mainstream outlets pilloried him. The Atlantic wrote a condescendingly dismissive piece stating “Newt’s Right! We Really Could Have $2.50 Gas (for $190 Billion a Year).” The Obama administration outright accused him of “lying” and suggested that only a “depression” could bring gas prices down that low. On the campaign trail, Obama insisted “We can’t drill our way to lower gas prices.”
However, despite the opposition of the Obama-Biden administration, private domestic producers did begin increasing production. By 2014, gas prices had dropped below $2.50 a gallon as a direct result of increased oil production in the U.S., not a “depression.”
President Trump, recognizing the importance of domestic production to lower prices, made it a top priority of his administration to make the United States energy independent. As a result, gas prices consistently decreased throughout his tenure and reached an all-time low of $2.25 in 2020. The precipitous decline was a direct result of America’s increased oil production. Domestic production forced OPEC to drop prices to better compete with American oil.
Today, with Joe Biden in office, domestic oil production is not increasing in tandem with the increase in demand as a result of the end of the pandemic. Biden has made it explicitly clear from day one that, contrary to President Trump, he intends to eliminate all fossil fuel production in America. To that end, within two weeks of taking office, Biden signed an executive order that ended “oil and natural gas leases on public lands or in offshore waters.” In addition, it directed the Department of Energy to identify and “eliminate fossil fuel subsidies.” This was after he rescinded the Keystone XL pipeline’s permit just hours after his inauguration, effectively killing the project after years of investment. To the utter shock of seemingly no one outside the Biden administration and liberal media, gas prices skyrocketed.
While Biden continues to oppose domestic oil production, he has openly pleaded with OPEC to increase theirs. It appears Biden is hoping that while America and Europe invest in renewable energy, they can rely on imports from the Middle East and Russia to serve as a stopgap. In effect, Biden wants to have his cake and eat it too: he would kill the American oil industry and shift to renewables while relying heavily on foreign oil production. His administration seems unaware of their hypocrisy and that they are giving foreign powers tremendous leverage over the United States.
As gas prices continue to climb, the Biden administration says that it is “hopeful” that gas will not exceed $4 a gallon and heating bills will stay within reason. But when it comes to lowering costs, hope isn’t what is needed – action is. Biden has the ability to reverse course and once again set the country on the path of energy independence and affordable energy. But if Secretary Granholm’s comments are any guide, it is going to take another election before that happens.
Andrew Abbott is the pen name of a writer and public affairs consultant with over a decade of experience in DC at the intersection of politics and culture.
“gas prices consistently decreased throughout his tenure and reached an forbes.com/sites/rrapier/2021/03/27/which-president-oversaw-the-highest-gasoline-prices/?sh=5ad31a721d28 all-time low of $2.25 in 2020,”? Don’t think so. I can remember when I was upset because the price of gasoline went up to 17 cents a gallon.
I don’t want to hear a word of discontent from any Progressive Sheeple; this is what the Deep State wants, told Administrator of US Corp Joe Biden and et alia that’s they wanted, and Old Airhead Joe clearly campaigned on a platform of raising gasoline prices and taxes. The Sheeple followed their leader and now that’s what we have, high prices on gasoline and everything else. So Sheeple, sit down and shut up, you have only yourselves to blame.
It won’t be over until the United States Inc., an employee of The United States, unincorporated, and the other foreign controlling Trusts are dissolved and The United States, unincorporated retakes proper and lawful Constitutional control of this country. Ever wonder why Administrator Joe Biden flies a gold fringed Maritime Flag instead of Old Glory? Check it out in the United States Flag Rules and Etiquette orders; we’re supposed to be flying the Peacetime Flag since we’re not at war, and most people don’t even know what it looks like.
If the Biden Administration really wants to lower energy prices, bring back the Trump policies that actually worked and bring us back to the days of energy independence. This way we increase supplies of reliable energy (unlike the so-called renewable energy such as wind and solar energy which only work when the sun is shining and the wind is blowing) and we won’t have to rely on exports from countries that hate us in order to get energy.
Joey do America a favor and go back to your basement along with your puppeteers in the backroom where you can do no further harm to America or its people.
Look no further than the biden administration to see the living definition of “fools”.
These idiot’s could care less at what WE pay for energy, it doesn’t affect them. These Democrats are evil and will destroy our country if left in place. As for Joe, he is living on the third planet from the sun in his mind. He doesn’t have a clue what a gallon of gas costs.
It’s shameful, disgusting and despicable to laugh at the failings of others that you have caused!!! It shows that you have no concern for your fellow humans and that you just don’t care. Since you caused this problem, you can fix it if you wanted to, Joe!!! But you don’t seem to want to!! That is a really good reason for getting kicked out of the offices that you hold!!
Cloward & Piven. You have to demolish the old house before building another over it; you can’t “fundamentally transform” the country without first tearing it down first.THIS IS ALL PLANNED. Mind you, Biden is a complete idiot but the marxists pulling the strings are not.
Yeah, laugh off what you and your Marxist puppeteers do to people and to an economy who cannot afford your pathetic la-la land idealistic garbage. You’re so stupid you as a candidate that your evil party had put together the biggest voter fraud in American history. Forget YouTube but still can be with minimum digging be found on the Internet. If both your party and Fake News wasn’t so corrupt, you would never been elected. Let’s go Brandon, traitor.
The usurper in chief takes great pleasure in stealing from law abiding tax paying citizens in order to benefit muslims and CCP!!! Everything wicked and shameful is what the Obama/Biden/Harris team stands for!!!
Living under lots of Presidents, I think most of us can say that Biden has already surpassed Jimmy Carter as the worst (and undeserving too) President ever. It’s going to be a long 4 years but let’s hope that at least we can stop Biden in his tracks come next November when Republicans take over both the House and Senate.
They are such liars and domestic terrorists. How do you not equate stopping domestic production with higher gas prices? Because the goal is to ruin the US. It is absurd to ask OPEC for more when we are quite capable of handling our own business as Trump supported. Will the moron democrat voters ever wake up? Probably not.
The wealthy corrupt elite globalist class rules over us. This wealthy ruling class has their money invested in this green environmental hoax movement. This is why they are pushing everyone by government force (fascism)?, to go green. They stand to make MULTIPLE $BILLIONS AND $BILLIONS OF DOLLARS off of our backs! It’s all about the money. BTW, isn’t this a MONOPOLY and breaking anti-trust laws? This is currently being done with vaccine mandates. Look it up, big pharma companies are raking in $Billions. There is a billionaire made everyday from the ranks of big pharma management. As a FREE AMERICAN we should have the Constitutional FREE CHOICE of (multiple), many different energy sources to choose from! Not just ONE! Think about it. Wake up Americans. LETS GO BRANDON!
$3.49 a gallon? . . . Not in California! . . . The cheapest I found is $4.09/gal. And the average price is around $4.29/gal. Though I do expect it to be close to $8/gal. sooner than later with this Climate Change Jackass!
Why IS this evil group not ARRESTED I DO NOT GET IT.
Granholm is following VP “Giggles” Harris’ example. When you don’t know the answer to a question simply giggle, make a stupid comment and change the subject or take a new question. Of course, Biden simply refuses to take questions.
These idiots under the leadership- LOL- of the idiot in chief created the energy crisis. It would be a 3 stooges moment if it wasn’t so serious. Next I guess they’ll blame the taxpayer for actually wanting heating gas, gasoline for their cars and heating oil as if we’re greedy.
I have rocks in my yard that are smarter than most of the Biden Administration. They really believe that they are fooling us Americans but we see right thru them. God help us…. And why are we the taxpayers paying people who don’t do their job — one of Biden’s appointees have decided not to come to work and its causing lots of problems…. Bootleg could have stayed home – he has no clues about transportation or what he is suppose to do.
Let’s Go Brandon
The demoncrates must be ferries because this is the second one to talk about magic wands
Truly spoken! Boney ass Biden has a particularly vile and nasty temperament. He’s also the laziest president on record. Illegal president Biden is by far the very worst president in modern times. The “fix” may be in but it’s not over. We’ll put the brakes on his vindictive ass in 2022. Then in 2024 we’ll throw him and his destructive administration along with him. We’ll salvage what’s left then rebuild this amazing country into an energy efficient, economically efficient proud America.
Why hasn’t congress impeached this jackass yet?
He can laugh all he wants but people I spoke with yesterday while gassing my car truly blame him because of his stupidity and his vile, vindictive nature. In conversation he was referred to as an “insane Communist with an insane administration”, “Anti-American traitor” etc. etc. People want him out ASAP before he totally destroys the country, but elections are too far off and the fix is in. How do get rid of a corrupt Crime Syndicate who have taken over illegally every aspect of the govt., on all levels? No one had the answer.
It it amazing how everything has gone to ….., well,,, has gotten worse since the anti-Trumpers (those that are alive and not faked on those mysterious late night/early morning trickle in ballots) voted against how everything was going well and now see the travesty of Biden? Has Biden done anything but mess up since he took office? And Harris is even worse.
This administration is INSANE!!
No sooner did Biden take office than he cut domestic production and prices jumped. OF COURSE, Biden is responsible. By all evidence, Biden owes OPEC money or is keeping a promise to them. In any event the high gas and fuel prices are a direct result of decreased domestic production!
Their intent is to make it look like they’re powerless to do anything about the issue (any one of them). In reality, they purposely caused the issue, they know how to fix it, and they want you to suffer so that they can implement their socialist/green energy plans.
EVERYTHING this regime does is aimed at bringing this nation down.
It’s a conspiracy more than a hundred years in the making that started during the Wilson administration, based on a combination of the Fabian Societies reshaping of the world agenda and later blended with the Communist manifesto. Ronald Reagan’s 8 years in office caused a delay in the target date for the end of this Constitutional Republic and during the following four administrations, the American public was waking up to what was occurring and managed to elect Donald Trump instead of the coup d’ etat Clinton ticket. 12 years behind schedule has been more than the NWO could tolerate and they knew the 2020 election would be all or nothing so no matter how openly fraudulent, they HAD to win. If the “Biden” regime* is not removed before 2024, the game will be over and America and world freedom lost to the biggest global oligarchy in history.
You can see what the liberal democrats are really by their inaction even with their own.
Maybe joebamas wife, friends or even old time 50 year politicians might tell him what a jackals he is or being made to be???
But they just let him bumble along looking pathetic!
Who voted for these morons???
Let’s hope WE get the last laugh!
We will NEVER FORGET those that are pushing this treasonous hate America agenda! This will be answered upon your heads. TAKE THAT TO THE BANK, you filthy lying terrorists, your 15 min will run out- but you will always retain the ‘credit’ for the murder, and financial and emotional pain you are putting 1/2 the country through. Unless you live in a BLUE BUBBLE you best watch over your shoulders.
An illegitimate president and illegitimate administration! These evil people think they are above the law! Honestly they remind me of the Nazis when they were taking over Germany. These people are out to destroy our great nation! From flooding our border with illegals, to inflation, to huge spending/debt, to vaccine mandates, to gender bending, to rigging the elections, to dividing us using racism and any other ‘ism’, to control FREE speech, and to brainwashing our children. We are at war and these are the many fronts. We ‘the people’ are the only thing standing in their way. I for one will not give up without a fight. We MUST ALL DO OUR PART or we will lose our freedom. PRAY. STAND. SPEAK OUT. GET INVOLVED.
Our country’s catastrophe did NOT happen under President Trumps watch.He had AMERICA in pretty good shape considering the roadblocks thrown up by the vindictive AMERICA hating liberals(theDs)and the rinos.This totally screwed up mess is a biden,his handlers,his billionaire A’hole”buddies”thing,including the really nasty democrats that really don’t like any conservative.We are,if we AMERICANS don’t step up and do something,are on our way to becoming a third world working class.
Before Jackass Joe assumed his dictatorship, it cost me $20 to fill my Gaetano here in California. Now it costs me $30 to fill my tank and I won’t be surprised when it costs $40. When will it end? . . . I don’t believe it ever will as long as Democratic Communists “RULE” our country!!!
obama’s butt wiper is following orders by the head Jihadi. Break America….every way you can.
I live in Michigan. We were at $1.90 before this Commie bas Turd was planted.
Everything bad is soros and barack planned attacks.
Biden (his handlers actually) is doing this out of pure f#$%#$% spite! Obama, Susan Rice, Valerie Jarrett, et al hate America and wish to destroy our country at all costs. They are at the top, they will not be affected.
They just never learn, do they? “Magic wand”? Would that be the same magic wand that Obama notoriously asked if Donald Trump had, as to how he would fix Obama’s broken economy? Yes, Barry, he did have a magic wand. It’s called common sense and Economics 101, instead of Alinsky’s Rules and Marx’ Communist Manifesto. The Dem combination of ignorance and arrogance is outrageous!
The article has it right in this respect….the administration does have the means to change this situation, but not the will. If they reverted back to the previous administrations tactics that were effective and worked across the board, that means admitting Trump and his principles were correct, and no matter what, they will not do that…..the anti-trump mindset will not go away. And as well, if they correct these matters, they will not be in a position to gain greater control over the lives of every one of us, control the economy, control the workings internationally, and control where the political power will be distributed. It’s not a “magic wand”, it’s common sense economics and wise use of resources…and this administration is void of both wisdom and common sense, aside from what they use to press the socialist agenda. The mess will only get worse, and they can’t fix anything…they don’t want it fixed…not properly.
Why would thet have ever cut domestic production??? It is a move to please foreign interests!! Biden needs to be impeached for damage to the people of of this country.
The Obidenbama administration has led us straight into a Kakistocracy. (Look it up!)
They have also developed the cackle/chorle to a fine edge, led by the Kamal. So they use it whenever someone calls them out on another one of their failures.
I truly hope we can survive until the 2023 change in Congress.
IMPEACH
Send the twit back to Canada. They already have a Communist government!
Well the World us laughing at this abject failure and his corrupt useless Democrat cronies too!
This clown show is easily the worst America has EVER seen!
They are an absolute joke!
joebama and the clowns – pathetic!
This nation was oil independent just two years ago & who is in the White House turning their head. The United States is not ready or prepared to stop use of fossil fuel. Watch out or the cost of living in USA will create only the poor & the rich classes. I sound my drum “THE MIDDLE CLASS MADE AMERICA GREAT” and why would we want to destroy that history.
Biden Administration needs to back up & admit that it was a mistake to wage war on fossil fuels the first day in office. The price of gas at the pump & the huge increased projected in heating costs this winter are hurting the lower wage earners the most, as significant percent of income. Meanwhile, A millionaire pays for this as easily as a $100 bottle of wine.
Drove into a gas station to fill up. The pump I stopped at had beautiful picture of Biden, pointing his index fingers of both hands in one direction where the picture aligned with the different grade prices with the following caption: “I DID THIS !!!”.
All the ( D ) communists need to pop a CIA approved “capsule” to help us cleanse this earth.
Of course they are laughing. He and his cohorts are bunch of clowns. They’re just funny in their own eyes. I don’t call Harris “Giggles Harris” for no reason!
I don’t think it will be much longer for OPEC to double oil prices and cut production in half, and then do it again and again. No oil equals no production, no reliable or affordable transportation, no food, no water. At least not enough. Famine might be a possibility to many Americans. Also many alternatives such as wood fires for warmth and cooking and such are illegal in some areas already, and so will be LPG and natural gas. FJB!
Please everyone, call and email the Whitehouse and speak your clear view. Our respectful opinions matter and the White House is our peoples house.
I sure could go for some mean tweets right about now! Anything is better than this nightmare. Biden knows there is nothing we can do to stop him so why should he care? He is an evil man who cares about no one except himself and his family (corrupt Hunter) while he sits in his gated mansion in Delaware. And supposedly he proposed to Jill 7 times before she said yes? Jill, what were you thinking?????????????????
The scary thought is even if we take back the House and the Senate next year he can still sign executive orders to get what he wants and he will!!!!!.
Plain and simple: It’s Time to Hunt Down the Perpetrators to the Current Administration as The Current Administration is Mostly Known – How Can This Be Accomplished ?