3-8-2022
Biden Brilliantly Debunks the Lies By Trump and Fox News About Energy Production in America.
In an address to the American people on Tuesday morning, Biden announced that the U.S. would cease to purchase Russian oil.
That's a move that has had bipartisan support in Congress.
But he still had to debunk the lies that the right has been telling about oil production in the U.S.
"It's simply not true that my administration or policies are holding back domestic energy production. That’s simply not true.
Even amid the pandemic, companies in the United States pumped more oil during my first year
in office than they did during my predecessor’s first year. We’re approaching record levels of oil and gas production in the United States, and we’re on track to set a record of oil production next year.
"In the United States, 90 percent of onshore oil production takes place on land that isn’t owned by the federal government__
And of the remaining 10 percent that occurs on federal land, the oil and gas industry has millions of acres leased__
They have 9,000 permits to drill now. They could be drilling right now, yesterday, last week, last year. They have 9,000 to drill onshore that are already approved. Let me be clear.
They are not using them for production now.
[u]That's their decision[u/], These are the facts."
These are facts that are already known to the GOP. They just don't care about the truth because honesty hampers their political goals.
"There are 9,000 unused approved drilling permits. So, I would suggest you ask the oil companies why they're not using those if there's a desire to drill more."
In Biden's remarks, he also noted that "the United States produces more oil domestically than all the European countries combined." And he admonished the oil companies to refrain from exploiting the current crisis to gouge consumers.
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