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Yes the 200 separate actions Biden has taken to make getting oil more difficult and expensive. We are where we are in Spite of Bidumb, not because.

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Right on, Roger!! Ed

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Jul 24·edited Jul 24

Are you talking about the "radical policies" that have propelled US oil production to all-time highs, making us the largest producer of crude oil and natural gas in human history? Or are you talking about the other radical policies? Which ones are those again? Because your article just talks about some campaign rhetoric he deployed to appease his green activist base.

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The U.S. oil and natural gas industry managed to reach record production in 2023 despite the hundreds of anti-oil and gas policies that have come out of the Biden administration (see my March 11, 2024, article "The U.S. produced more crude oil in 2023 than any nation at any time despite over 200 legislative roadblocks imposed since the last presidential election"). I published a follow up article on April 13. These policies were enacted by administrative edict, because they would not have passed Congress. The Biden Administration has been the most hostile administration to the oil and gas industry in the history of the U.S. The true potential of the oil and gas industry will hopefully be realized after the next presidential election. Thanks for your question, blox. Ed

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Mostly on private land

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Jul 25·edited Jul 25

Thanks for the time and resources to help me better understand the issue. I'm immediately skeptical of partisan attacks in either direction, and at the surface level the administration seems to have been pretty pragmatic on energy considering the green zealots in the Dem base (thinking Willow, record production, etc). I'll look into it more.

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No problem, blox. Please comment and ask questions any time. Thanks for reading and commenting. Ed

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