The US still buys 700,000 barrels of fossil fuel per day from PUTIN….WHY?

[toobfreak]

What a stupid c-hole. There is only ONE way: Get Keystone up and running to supply our needs, sell the surplus for a good price to our NATO friends, then pull the plug totally on Russian oil, then sit back and hope Putin doesn't retaliate with a nuke, an EMP, or the like.

 

[ColonelAngus]

Biden's "War on Energy" is nothing like the democrat's bogus "Russia Collusion" hoax, its real:

Biden's War on Affordable Energy

Democrats reject an all-of-the-above market-driven energy strategy and want to use subsidies and taxes to favor certain types of renewable energy.

www.newsweek.com

Biden's first actions as president included re-entering the Paris Climate Accord, canceling the Keystone XL Pipeline, halting a leasing program in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR), issuing a 60-day halt on new oil and gas leases and drilling permits on federal lands and waters (which account for nearly 25% of U.S. production), directing federal agencies to eliminate fossil fuel "subsidies," imposing tougher regulations on oil and gas methane emissions (which were first promulgated under President Barack Obama and had been eased under President Donald Trump), and hiring SEC regulators to prepare climate and ESG disclosure mandates.

Expert schools Biden admin on energy industry amid âcrazyâ and âdangerousâ moves

Senior energy analyst at The PRICE Futures Group Phil Flynn argued that the stakes in the global oil market “have never been higher” as the war between Russia and Ukraine escalates and with the potential of a U.S. nuclear deal with Tehran.

www.foxbusiness.com

According to many on this site, that should not affect production at all.

 

[Couchpotato]

Thanks, the newest data on there is from Dec. The OP said it is happening now.

Oh, and Trumpy bear increased it 38% in a single year

Was there some reason to sanction the oil purchases from Russia then? No? Then why would it be relevant.

no one is saying Joe is throwing down the Gov Credit Card and buying oil from Putin directly but he’s not calling for sanctions against it and isn’t doing anything to ramp up production in the US to provide an alternative to Russian oil. But let’s just act like it’s not a problem that we get a significant amount of our energy requirements from dictators and terror sponsors. What could possibly go wrong. There’s no reason we should be looking to get as much of our oil and the like from not those types while we work on alternatives. We should definitely just keep doing what we’ve been doing as it’s worked out peachy for us so far.

 

[MarathonMike]

We are FUNDING the war against Ukraine. The US should stop purchasing FF from Russia NOW.

Gee, we were energy independent and could have easily increased production to make up for what we buy from Russia.

The world is not serious about stopping Poot until they stop buying his FF…about 10% pf the world’s supply.

A better question is why we need to buy ANY OIL from Russia. Answer? We have Green Energy Zealots running our country who have no clue what they are doing.

 

[tyroneweaver]

We are FUNDING the war against Ukraine. The US should stop purchasing FF from Russia NOW.

Gee, we were energy independent and could have easily increased production to make up for what we buy from Russia.

The world is not serious about stopping Poot until they stop buying his FF…about 10% pf the world’s supply.

B/c our moron president doesn’t want to offend the ruskies so he can push his ridiculous Iran nuke deal

 

[Wild Bill Kelsoe]

Actually it is a chart, not a graph. But I am posting the part that is relevant to our discussion. The 4 years of Trump and one year of Biden.

You're cherry picking, because the big picture proves you're talking out of your ass.

 

[Mac-7]

Not a thing in there about the Govt approving all oil imports by our private compaines.

But I did find this little tid bit.....However, approval for drilling on other federal lands continues at a record pace.

All I know is what I read in the lying lib media

in this case CNN

Which has posted a more recent lie than the lying liberals at NPR

Biden administration freezes new oil and gas drilling leases after court rules against key climate tool | CNN

The pause comes after a judge ruled against Biden's social cost of carbon metric, which uses models to put a value on each ton of carbon dioxide emitted to quantify the economic harm caused by the climate crisis, like sea level rise and wildfires.

www.cnn.com

 

[there4eyeM]

Desires and poor choices are not "needs". If we stuck to just what would be necessary, we wouldn't have a problem with energy.

 

[surada]

Yeah, you don't have to have a presence there to purchase oil that someone else extracts. Anadarko (if I remember correctly) just does exploration and drilling...they sell whatever they extract to others who actually refine the oil. I'm trying to find out who is importing the oil we're supposedly buying.

The US oil companies extract oil generally on shares. I've never seen a Russian agreement.

 

[surada]

Where did you learn this nonsense?

In the 1950s. The Texas railroad commission was a cartel. The Railroad Commission of Texas

 

[Harpy Eagle]

You're cherry picking, because the big picture proves you're talking out of your ass.

There is no big picture here. The claim is that Biden doubled the amount of oil imported from Russia. The only two relevant years to prove if that is true or not would be 2020 and 2021. I was nice and provided even more data than that.

The numbers are there in black and white. Refute them with actual data or admit you were wrong

 

[candycorn]

The US oil companies extract oil generally on shares. I've never seen a Russian agreement.

Huh?

So a tanker full of Soviet Crude is owned by different US Oil companies?

 

[Wild Bill Kelsoe]

There is no big picture here. The claim is that Biden doubled the amount of oil imported from Russia. The only two relevant years to prove if that is true or not would be 2020 and 2021. I was nice and provided even more data than that.

The numbers are there in black and white. Refute them with actual data or admit you were wrong

Ive provided multiple sources that say you're wrong.

 

[Harpy Eagle]

Ive provided multiple sources that say you're wrong.

yet none of your sources actually provide any data.

I provided the data from the US Govt, the same data that Trump used, and I did the math for you.

This is your problem, you lack the basic math skills to check for yourself so you are limited to relying on other to think for you

 

[Wild Bill Kelsoe]

yet none of your sources actually provide any data.

I provided the data from the US Govt, the same data that Trump used, and I did the math for you.

This is your problem, you lack the basic math skills to check for yourself so you are limited to relying on other to think for you

Politifact provided data, so did Bloomberg and Al Jazeera. You failed to read the sources I gave you.

 

[Wild Bill Kelsoe]

yet none of your sources actually provide any data.

I provided the data from the US Govt, the same data that Trump used, and I did the math for you.

This is your problem, you lack the basic math skills to check for yourself so you are limited to relying on other to think for you

This chart proves you're wrong.

U.S. Imports from Russia of Crude Oil (Thousand Barrels per Day)

www.eia.gov

 

[j-mac]

We are FUNDING the war against Ukraine. The US should stop purchasing FF from Russia NOW.

Gee, we were energy independent and could have easily increased production to make up for what we buy from Russia.

The world is not serious about stopping Poot until they stop buying his FF…about 10% pf the world’s supply.

The only logical answer is that Democrats support autocratic governments like Russia...And have over the years done just enough to give deniability to them, but their actions speak louder than words...

 

[22lcidw]

The US oil companies extract oil generally on shares. I've never seen a Russian agreement.

It is not complicated and there can be some corruption. But government gets in the way. We have seen in the last year a perfect example.

 

[surada]

It is not complicated and there can be some corruption. But government gets in the way. We have seen in the last year a perfect example.

You haven't seen any oil concession agreements.

 

[Harpy Eagle]

This chart proves you're wrong.

U.S. Imports from Russia of Crude Oil (Thousand Barrels per Day)

www.eia.gov

U.S. Imports from Russia of Crude Oil and Petroleum Products (Thousand Barrels)