Godspeed to anyone traveling this weekend.
American Family News (6/27/22) reports: "America runs on diesel. Trucks, trains, boats, and barges need it, and so do buses and farm and construction equipment. But as refineries continued to shut down in response to the Biden administration's war on fossil fuels, the supply is drying up. Shameek Konar of Pilot Flying J travel centers, the nation's leading retailer of diesel, warned about that recently when he testified before the Surface Transportation Board. 'Union Pacific's restrictions will prevent Pilot from keeping minimarkets adequately supplied with [diesel exhaust fluid], likely causing shortages that will sideline trucks and reduce trucking capacity,' he told the federal agency...And considering the fact that home heating and electricity are also produced using diesel, Dan Kish of the Institute for Energy Research says things are not looking good at all. 'Predictions are that wholesale electricity prices will be doubling to tripling this summer,' he relays. Kish believes the Biden administration is taking the exact wrong approach to preventing the looming crisis. 'We've closed nuclear power plants; we've closed refineries; we've closed just about everything, which may please The New York Times' front page but doesn't please the customers who have to pay more for the things that they get,' he says, adding that that will continue until something changes in Washington. But as President Biden continues to blame the situation on Putin invading Ukraine, Kish says the current political leaders seem more interested in passing the buck than solving the problem."
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"We urge the Biden Administration to acknowledge the essential role of oil and natural gas for decades to come and focus on serious policy solutions that increase supply and help bring down energy prices. American families deserve more than the illusion of action when it comes to energy."
– Anne Bradbury,
CEO of AXPC
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