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A great start! We're going to need to see way more of this to reverse the massive increase of natural gas production since Feb 2021 (2.6 trillion cubic ft / month then vs 3.5 trillion now, a 34% increase in less than 3 years and an all-time high for the US)
Yes, but a lot of it goes to the EU and they lost Russias supply. Similar story with oil. There are massive OPEC+ cuts and the US fills the void.
Get over yourself, we'll have global war followed by a thousand years of anarchy before this fucking travesty is over.
Anarchy would be an improvement over this shitscape.
No wonder they all fucking hate him.
But I guess "both sides" are the same and represent the "status quo", right?
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I think I gonna bomb a town, get down!
Hopefully the trend continues after re-election and this isn’t just a stunt to secure votes.
His administration has overseen the highest domestic oil production of all time, and they've bragged about that... So it is a bit sus
at least until after the election
Yes, yes, we know... All politicians are corrupt and bad, both sides are the same, don't vote, everything sucks, nothing matters, etc.
Or you could have just the tiniest bit of hope and diligence to improve the world...
"It's not perfect, therefore it's useless, and because it is, I'm going to vote for the worse alternative. Don't make me explain my reasoning further."
After the election it'll still be record level drilling, just like there is now.
The record will just be higher
You say that like most Americans wouldn't support doing literally anything that would lower gas prices. The problem is trying to make everyone happy.
I mean, most people I know bring up gas prices before they bring up climate change, if at all. I try to remind these people that while the president/Congress can take actions to increase drilling there are many of us in the US that would prefer they didn't.
I usually then make it clear how obviously easy it is for me to say that as someone that works from home and isn't as impacted by gas prices; context is always important.
related: https://lemmy.world/post/15990629
TL;DR: New fossil fuel permits are no longer needed, and they should no longer be warranted.
Edit: Apparently this article is about export permits, while my link is about production permits.
Why do I feel like every time politicians do the right thing, it's the home budgets of regular people who pay for it?
Regular people are paying for it when a hurricane destroys their city. Think of switching to clean energy as an investment, if having a planet to live on doesn't do it for you. edit: typo
This is about blocking export terminals. Building them raises domestic prices. So it has a financial benefit for Americans who use gas for heat and has a climate benefit.