What’s President Biden been doing - a lot

[bgreene]

Originally Posted by Pipe_Dream

After going to Russia, hat in hand, asking them to increase oil output (having policies that hamstrung domestic oil producers and reversed the US's status as a net energy exporter to once again an energy importer), Resident Biden "warns" Russia not to invade Ukraine. Sadly, unlike under the previous president, the US no longer projects strength on the international stage. The Biden regime projects weakness and incompetence, and Putin's response is befitting that perception.

Even the liberal WaPo has to admit that under Biden, Ukraine is in a precarious position.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opini...tting-through/

The tense Ukraine standoff is a case study in diplomatic signaling that, thus far, hasn***8217;t worked. For weeks, senior U.S. and European officials have warned Russian President Vladimir Putin to pull back what looks ominously like an invasion force ***8212; or face harsh consequences from a U.S.-led coalition.

The warning message hasn***8217;t connected. Instead, Putin seems to be relishing the West***8217;s anxiety. He claimed [last] Thursday that the United States and its allies were ignoring Russia***8217;s ***8220;red lines***8221; and ***8220;escalating the situation***8221; with shows of force. . . .Putin***8217;s goal seems to be restoration of Moscow***8217;s Soviet-era hegemony over Kyiv.

Nearly 100,000 Russian troops have massed along the border, according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. This faceoff continued Thursday. U.S. officials didn***8217;t detect any change in the Russian military presence, up or down.

Biden's gwo biggest acts as president was the cancellation of the Keystone Pipeline and the approval of the Russian pipeline. Both reversals of Trump policies, both absolute disasters for America.

Keystone not even close to a disaster for America .
Was intended for oil sale overseas - not for American consumption and was never really popular for several reasons. Trump calls everything he doesnt like a disaster and many people agree just because he says so doesn NOT mean its correct

[Destroyer]

Originally Posted by bgreene

Keystone not even close to a disaster for America .
Was intended for oil sale overseas - not for American consumption and was never really popular for several reasons. Trump calls everything he doesnt like a disaster and many people agree just because he says so doesn NOT mean its correct

I won't go into the semantics of the pipeline and why you are wrong, but I will say this. President Trump is, first and foremost, a businessman. When he says something is a disaster he usually correct, based on his previous experiences. He's not a politician, he doesn't mince words or sugar coat things like Biden tried to do with the Afghanistan embarrassment/disaster.

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[Pipe_Dream]

Originally Posted by bgreene

Keystone not even close to a disaster for America .
Was intended for oil sale overseas - not for American consumption and was never really popular for several reasons.

An increased supply of oil from Canada, an ally, would mean a decreased dependency on Middle Eastern and Russian supplies (you know, the folks Biden asked to increase production). Increased availability of oil means lower prices for consumers - everywhere. It also means greater US leverage over the Middle East and Russia. How difficult is that to grasp?

[bgreene]

Originally Posted by Pipe_Dream

An increased supply of oil from Canada, an ally, would mean a decreased dependency on Middle Eastern and Russian supplies (you know, the folks Biden asked to increase production). Increased availability of oil means lower prices for consumers - everywhere. It also means greater US leverage over the Middle East and Russia. How difficult is that to grasp?

In case you thought this was oil headed to the USA - it was headed overseas - not here.
Keystone was never popular - read why

[Destroyer]

Originally Posted by bgreene

In case you thought this was oil headed to the USA - it was headed overseas - not here.
Keystone was never popular - read why

We don't need Keystone's oil... The world does. We (the US) gets almost all it's oil from 3 sources.... Domestic, Canada and Venezuela. We get almost nothing from the Arabs.

But in case you still don't understand, here's an example:
Let's say there are X gallons of oil available to the world every day and the price is Y, then by increasing X you decrease Y. It's simple supply and demand. That pipeline would have increased the worlds supply and so the price of oil and oil products would have decreased at all levels. (To say nothing of the jobs it would have produced here in the US, as well as the leverage it would have given us in world affairs).

By stopping the pipeline and the leasing of Federal lands for oil exploration he (Biden) made a lot of people in the stock market very nervous. They've pulled back their money and are now taking a wait and see attitude. Waiting to see what further "Green Energy" initiatives Biden and the Dem's are going to try to get through Congress and how that will effect stock prices. That scarcity of money has slowed exploration of non Federal Lands and all that uncertainty is helping fuel the inflation that Biden's presidency has caused.

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[Pipe_Dream]

Originally Posted by bgreene

In case you thought this was oil headed to the USA - it was headed overseas - not here.

Even if that's true it's irrelevant. Oil is a global commodity. Worldwide supply directly influences worldwide prices. Is that really so difficult a concept to grasp?

[bgreene]

Originally Posted by Pipe_Dream

Even if that's true it's irrelevant. Oil is a global commodity. Worldwide supply directly influences worldwide prices. Is that really so difficult a concept to grasp?

We have 600 million gallons in our strategic reserve .
Smart that we use some now

[Pipe_Dream]

Smart to use it when your polling numbers are crashing, you mean?

[bgreene]

Originally Posted by Pipe_Dream

Smart to use it when your polling numbers are crashing, you mean?

Nice pick of Joe

[Destroyer]

Originally Posted by bgreene

We have 600 million gallons in our strategic reserve .
Smart that we use some now

Smart?

Of the 50 million barrels (not gallons) 18 million were already allocated in the BBB "Infrastructure bill to be sold to help pay for it.

From what I heard today, he also sold the remaining 32 million barrels. NONE of it went to the American public. I cannot confirm that last part, but it seems reasonable to believe that the smoke and mirror Democrats would do exactly something like that.

That oil was in storage to be used in an emergency like a war. That's why it's called the "Strategic Reserve". There's nothing strategic about how 50 million barrels were just squandered.

Oh, and 50 million barrels is only a 2 and a half day supply for the United States at our present level of consumption. So exactly HOW would it have helped anyone?

Fact #676: U.S. Refiners Produce about 19 Gallons of Gasoline from a Barrel of Oil. A standard U.S. barrel contains 42 gallons of crude oil which yields about 44 gallons of petroleum products. The additional 2 gallons of petroleum products come from refiner gains which result in an additional 6% of product.
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