Outsourcing America's energy production doesn't help consumers, and it certainly doesn't help the environment.
Fox News (2/17/23) reports: "Environmentalists seeking to halt U.S. oil and gas production in the name of combating climate change are undermining their own agenda and risking greater damage to the planet, according to a new report. The Institute for Energy Research (IER) released a paper showing that the U.S. is the most environmentally friendly major energy producer and arguing that, like it or not, because petroleum products are here to stay, limiting U.S. production would have a devastating effect on the environment. The report comes as Alaska Republicans and Native leaders are urging the Biden administration, which has committed to a complete transition away from fossil fuels, not to kill a major oil project in the state...As a result, the report continues, efforts to reduce or eliminate oil and gas production in developed countries will simply shift production to other countries in order to meet global demand that's not going away. In other words, if the U.S., the world's largest producer of both oil and natural gas, reduced its production significantly, other energy producers — such as China, Russia, and Saudi Arabia, among others — would likely pick up the slack, thereby not leading to any drop in global fossil fuel use. Such a scenario wouldn't simply mean the same level of supply, just from different sources. The environmental situation would change significantly — but not for the better."
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"It’s time for a wake-up call, and it is time for Congressional Republicans to stop laughing and start acting. The American people handed them control of the House of Representatives for a reason. It is high time they stop the Biden anti-fossil fuel, anti-American energy before the damage is permanent."
– Daniel Turner, Power The Future
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