Posts Made By: Mel Maki

Originally Posted by Mel Maki

Biden's policy is worse. While Ukraines cry, "Do not buy Russian blood oil" we can remember Biden short-circuited the US shale energy revolution in favor of a green revolution. Putin could never thank him enough for the riches this put in Putin's pockets and the funding that made a war of this scale possible.

Originally Posted by Jim Moscheck

And F our grandchildren. You are very short sighted mel.

Originally Posted by James Lacey

Mel,

We import about 7% of our oil from Russia. We did not make Russia rich with oil money. The vast majority of our imports come from Canada, Mexico, and South America. If you think about it, it makes sense, right? Why would you ship oil worldwide when you can get it from your next-door neighbor?

Despite the misinformation that Biden shut it down, the keystone pipeline is still operational. What he did was cancel the XL pipeline extension. I have read that all of Keystone's oil is refined and then exported. So, it doesn't do much for our energy independence. The XL pipeline would not have made the situation any better and had the potential for causing environmental problems. Besides, once its construction was complete, then what? All those jobs are gone. Why not focus more on the clean energy industry? I have read that the clean energy industry already employs more workers than the fossil fuel industry. Those jobs are long-lasting and available in every state regardless of geology or geography. It seems a bit short-sighted to me to keep putting all our eggs in the fossil-fuel basket.