Four big Republican lies about Biden and energy production:
Lie #1: Per despicable, disgusting Steve Scalise: "
rising prices at the pump during Biden’s presidency is what happens when you destroy America’s energy industry”. Utter bullshit. America's energy industry has not been destroyed, the oil companies are doing fantastically well, the Biden administration has done nothing to reduce existing oil and gas production in the USA, and the Biden administration has approved more drilling permits during his first year in office than trump did in any of his first three. Prices have risen globally for a number of reasons, but cutting back production in the USA is not one of them.
Lie #2:
"Biden ended oil and gas drilling on federal lands." More utter bullshit. Biden paused
new oil and gas leases on federal lands and waters pending the outcome of a review of the federal leasing program - an executive order that a trump-appointed federal judge later struck down.
Lie #3:
American oil production was negatively affected by shutting down the Keystone XL pipeline. Still more utter bullshit. The Keystone XL has never been operational, would not have been operational for at least 10 years, and is not a "production" mechanism or an oilfield in the first place. It would have been merely a shortcut within a fully functional existing Keystone system.
Lie #4:
Biden destroyed American energy independence. Even MORE utter bullshit. If by "energy independent" we're talking about producing more energy than we consume, the US remains energy independent today. If we're talking about being independent of imports of foreign oil, the USA has NEVER been that.
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