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20×102mm Vulcan
It’s a “victory for climate activists,” reports the Washington Post. It’s a loss for American consumers, both now and especially in the future. With gas prices soaring to record highs, Joe Biden and his team canceled oil lease sales on millions of acres of federal land, mostly offshore.
The Interior Department confirmed Wednesday that it will not hold three oil and gas lease sales in the Gulf of Mexico and off the coast of Alaska that had been scheduled to take place, taking millions of acres off the auction block.
The decision, which comes as U.S. gas prices have reached record highs, effectively ends the possibility of the federal government holding a lease sale in coastal waters this year. The Biden administration is poised to let the nationwide offshore drilling program expire next month without a new plan in place.
Let’s not forget, too, that high gas prices are a feature for Biden in the long run. Progressives want gas prices to remain high so as to discourage the use of fossil fuels. They believe that imposing such pain on consumers will convince them to press for a conversion to renewable energy sources. Unfortunately, we have already seen the results of that conversion in places like California, which can’t keep up with electrical demand today even before forcing all vehicles onto the grid. The ultimate conversion that will take place is a conversion of the electorate to get rid of fossilized politicians peddling climate change, and the election of officials who focus on the immediate needs of American households.
The Interior Department confirmed Wednesday that it will not hold three oil and gas lease sales in the Gulf of Mexico and off the coast of Alaska that had been scheduled to take place, taking millions of acres off the auction block.
The decision, which comes as U.S. gas prices have reached record highs, effectively ends the possibility of the federal government holding a lease sale in coastal waters this year. The Biden administration is poised to let the nationwide offshore drilling program expire next month without a new plan in place.
Let’s not forget, too, that high gas prices are a feature for Biden in the long run. Progressives want gas prices to remain high so as to discourage the use of fossil fuels. They believe that imposing such pain on consumers will convince them to press for a conversion to renewable energy sources. Unfortunately, we have already seen the results of that conversion in places like California, which can’t keep up with electrical demand today even before forcing all vehicles onto the grid. The ultimate conversion that will take place is a conversion of the electorate to get rid of fossilized politicians peddling climate change, and the election of officials who focus on the immediate needs of American households.
