OPEC+ has announced the biggest drop in oil production since the start of the pandemic. A production cut will raise prices and become an increased economic burden for Americans. Gas prices this year reached historic highs causing the administration
to end the gas tax and release oil from our strategic reserve supply. Prices have fallen but gas prices are higher than during Trump’s presidency. The Biden Administration has taken credit for the falling gas prices but if you take credit for the fall you will also take credit for the price hike.
Energy independence is a national security issue for reasons we are seeing in real life and not just theoretically. Relying on oil from foreign nations can have disastrous consequences such as what is happening in Europe. OPEC+ deciding to cut production by 2 million barrels will affect the global supply. This comes just as the West has accused Russia of weaponizing energy. Europe is trying to find alternative energy sources as a result of Russian actions but they could still face energy shortages and become forced to ration power this winter. This is not an outcome that any Western nation wants. Europe must start making decisions regarding energy that will positively impact them decades from now. America should take notice of what is happening in Europe.
Climate activists should take a step back and take a look at what their green energy ideas will do to the nation and the planet. For one, green energy sources are not reliable and not cost-effective. Green energy sources are also terrible for the environment. The electric cars that climate activists rave about use lithium batteries. Lithium batteries only last for 15 to 20 years, unlike gas vehicles that are still operational for decades. The problem with lithium batteries comes from the damage that happens to the environment from mining lithium. Not to mention, there are concerns there could be a lithium shortage in a few years. Windmills are terrible for birds and solar plants take up so much land space. Nuclear energy is clean energy. The power nuclear power plants produce are far more powerful and reliable than green energy sources.
When Biden came into office it seemed then and still seems now that he was against the American production of oil and yet we still rely on oil from other nations. It does not matter to the planet if we buy oil from a foreign government or drill ourselves if we still have to use oil in our country. It is more beneficial to have our own supply versus relying on foreign nations. We do not need to continue to buy oil from bad actors such as Venezuela and Iran when we have the capabilities to produce it ourselves. We can change course and become more independent from bad actors or we can continue on this course and give those who hate us leverage over us. If we want to be in a different energy situation than the Europeans we must start changing course now and fast. The administration should look into other power options instead of wanting to rely solely on green energy and find energy sources such as drilling oil on our lands and nuclear energy. We cannot allow what is happening to Europe to happen to us.