Posts Made By: Mel Maki

Originally Posted by James Lacey

Mel,

Come on. It would have already been done, if it were as simple as making a few policy changes.

What policies or regulations would you specifically suggest that Biden pursue to ease gas prices?

Do you think he should, for example, reverse the moratorium on offshore drilling in the waters off both Florida coasts and off the shores of Georgia and South Carolina for 10 years that Trump signed on September 9th 2020? It was widely viewed as a political stunt in an election year anyway. Would that make you happy?

https://apnews.com/article/water-quality-north-carolina-florida-elections-environment-c984829ef78b964cc7d09bf2e0e1ab34

Trump expands ban on new offshore drilling sites in Atlantic

Maybe you think he should pressure OPEC to increase production? Well, Biden has pressured OPEC and other oil-producing companies to increase production. But why have they cut production so drastically? Before Trump left office in April 2022, he brokered a deal with OPEC to cut output by 9.7 million barrels per day for two years - the single most significant output cut in history. Since then, OPEC has been reluctant to increase output except slowly.

https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-joe-biden-business-economy-prices-7d567fede0ad9619a32def9a4b02eb37

OPEC+ keeps cautious oil production despite Biden's pressure

Clearly this problem is far more complex that many seem to be able to comprehend.

Originally Posted by Rod Kaufman

"Clearly this problem is far more complex that many seem to be able to comprehend."
With Mel, and his "drill baby drill" mentality,  that's clearly an understatement. Even with immediate additional and massive drilling, it would take years to have an effect on the prices at the pumps. The ONLY  immediate effect of any significant consequence at the price at the pump can only come if the Saudi's open up the spigot. And, for reasons outlined above, they're not doing it. I think the only effective way to get them to do it now is to threaten to pull our weapons systems out of their defensive lines with Iran. As Lindsey Graham noted, the Saudis couldn't even last a week against the likes of Yemen without US support so they damn well know they need us there. It would take the Saudis years to come up to speed on a Russian defense system, assuming they could even get one and that's highly unlikely at this time. 

Originally Posted by Jim Moscheck

This is what has killed America