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Screw Russia...man, they write their R's backwards and put numbers in their words! Screw them! :cool:
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The revival of dictatorship right before our eyes.
 
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Gonna be funny when they do like the Siberians and turn those tanks into tractors to plow their fields with.

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NCSNOW said:
Here's what the senate just passed and are asking the WH to correct to reverse our failing energy policy.

1. Rescind your decision to cancel the Keystone XL Pipeline and fast-track other similar energy infrastructure projects across the country.

2. Work to rescind the recent decision by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) that makes it much more difficult to approve natural gas pipelines.

3. Commit to fast tracking and producing American energy on federal lands, including the 1002 Area of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR), the National Petroleum Reserve of Alaska (NPR-A), and the Gulf of Mexico, all of which have decades of abundant proven reserves of oil and gas.

4. Expedite the permitting of critical minerals mining and processing, particularly Alaska’s Ambler Road project, and reinstate the leases issued to Twin Metals Minnesota LLC for the northeastern Minnesota mining project.

5. Reinstate the January 2021 proposed rule from the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency that would prevent America’s large financial institutions from black-listing whole sectors of the economy and ensure the energy sector has fair access to capital and banking service to advance critically needed energy projects.

6. Direct the Department of Justice to appeal the U.S. District Court’s decision invalidating the Department of the Interior’s Lease Sale 257. Appealing the Court’s decision to block this sale will demonstrate the administration’s commitment to continuing critical offshore development.

7. Direct the Department of the Interior to finalize a new 5-year offshore lease plan by June 30, 2022.

8. Use your bully pulpit to encourage—not discourage—America’s financial institutions to support American energy independence by investing in American oil and gas.

9. Sanction Russian oil and gas exports to America and our allies. We have seen a spike in American imports of Russian energy during your Administration. We would replace such imports, which only empower Putin, with increased production of American energy for our citizens.

10. Issue all pending export licenses and announce an initiative to surge American liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports to our allies and partners in Europe who are being blackmailed and are trapped by the whims of tyrant Vladimir Putin.

11. Terminate the positions of White House Climate Czar Gina McCarthy and Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry, who have aggressively pushed an all-out assault on America’s energy sector—at home and abroad—and whose actions are dramatically weakening America’s geostrategic advantages. John Kerry’s statements just days ago clearly portray someone who does not care about the lives lost in the crisis in Ukraine but rather protecting the climate agenda no matter the cost. In his own words, he said, “Massive emissions consequences to the war, but equally importantly you're going to lose people's focus. You're going to lose, certainly, big country attention because they will be diverted, and I think it could have a damaging impact," and “I hope President Putin will help us to stay on track with respect to what we need to do for the climate."

12. Withdraw your nomination of Sarah Bloom Raskin based on her commitment to reduce American energy projects that would provide energy to our allies and reduce America’s dependence on Russian oil.
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1) Why not address the EIA oil and gas US production numbers that I posted? As stated, US NG production and NG LNG exports are near or at record highs and are projected to increase further. US oil production is 12% higher than it was one year ago and is at the highest monthly since April of 2020 as of the latest monthly (Nov of 2021). It is projected to increase 7% in 2022 vs 2021 and a further 5% in 2023 to a new record high. So, from a macro point of view, the US is doing well and going in the right direction.

2) Despite the fact that this has nothing to do with anything the Senate passed as @Broken024 stated, I’ll address some of the points:

From #9:
“We have seen a spike in American imports of Russian energy during your Administration. We would replace such imports, which only empower Putin, with increased production of American energy for our citizens.”

The spike actually started in 2019 with a 39% increase that year and see above about increased American production hopefully leading to a reduction in Russian imported oil soon.

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From #10:
"Issue all pending export licenses and announce an initiative to surge American liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports to our allies and partners in Europe who are being blackmailed and are trapped by the whims of tyrant Vladimir Putin."

Per EIA: "We expect high levels of U.S. LNG exports to continue into 2022, averaging 11.3 Bcf/d for the year, a 16% increase from 2021.“

So, increases are continuing. Could we do even more? Perhaps, but regardless, we're going in the right direction.

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From #11:
"Terminate the positions of White House Climate Czar Gina McCarthy and Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry, who have aggressively pushed an all-out assault on America’s energy sector—at home and abroad—and whose actions are dramatically weakening America’s geostrategic advantages. John Kerry’s statements just days ago clearly portray someone who does not care about the lives lost in the crisis in Ukraine but rather protecting the climate agenda no matter the cost."

I've never liked Kerry and I don't agree with him assaulting our energy sector. I am against being overly aggressive with regard to Climate Change as "protecting the climate agenda no matter the cost" is wrong imho.

So, the Biden administration clearly has a war on fossil fuels POSITION (to save the planet from a potential climate crisis). But their actions, as shown by the EIA data I showed suggest they know better than to cut off our economy's life blood, abundant and reliable fossil fuels.
 
Is it just me or does it look like Russias tanks look like there from the 70s or 80s?


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Jessy89 said:
Is it just me or does it look like Russias tanks look like there from the 70s or 80s?


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The one I posted is a TOR SA-15. Same system Iran used in 2020 to inadvertently take down a 737 departing Tehran. Short range air defense, not super cheap either.

Sometimes referred to as double digit SAM.

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Tor (SA-15 Gauntlet) | Missile Threat

The 9K330 Tor (NATO: SA-15 Gauntlet) is a Russian mobile surface-to-air missile system with an engagement range of 12 to 16 kilometers. Tor Development A successor the 9K33 Osa (SA-8 Gecko), Tor was designed to defend point targets and armored divisions against aircraft, helicopters, and...
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Russia plays as big a part in the supply of fertilizer as they do NG and Oil. Reading the Grocery Bill is gonna be as, if not more painfull than the Energy. Check out this farmers quote.

Now, much of that progress is put at risk. A Midwestern farmer explains the economics of the situation. Ben Riensche farms 16,000 acres in Iowa and normally “would be ecstatic to get $80 per acre selling his corn. But it’ll cost him $240 an acre to feed the plants with nitrogen, triple what he’s used to paying.” The farmer continues by warning Americans: “You think they squawk about having gas go from three to four dollars a gallon? Wait until the grocery bill is $1,000 a month.”
 
NCSNOW said:
Russia plays as big a part in the supply of fertilizer as they do NG and Oil. Reading the Grocery Bill is gonna be as, if not more painfull than the Energy. Check out this farmers quote.

Now, much of that progress is put at risk. A Midwestern farmer explains the economics of the situation. Ben Riensche farms 16,000 acres in Iowa and normally “would be ecstatic to get $80 per acre selling his corn. But it’ll cost him $240 an acre to feed the plants with nitrogen, triple what he’s used to paying.” The farmer continues by warning Americans: “You think they squawk about having gas go from three to four dollars a gallon? Wait until the grocery bill is $1,000 a month.”
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Well that's what its gonna take for some people to "get it".....
 
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