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By now it should be clear that the Biden administration isn’t going to do anything about skyrocketing gas prices outside of symbolic gestures like tapping the Strategic Petroleum Reserve because the pain at the pump serves as its best argument for ushering in the transition to electric vehicles, a key component of the president’s green agenda.
While Biden, Democrats and their advocates in the media are spinning the crushing blow to American household budgets by blaming it all on Vladimir Putin, the truth is that gas prices were already at the highest level in years well before Russian tanks rolled across the Ukrainian border, a result of administration policies that are hostile to the domestic fossil fuel industry including the cancelation of the Keystone XL pipeline on his first day in office.
The indifference from Biden and his top cabinet members toward the suffering of real Americans is exemplified by the words of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg who shrugged off the very real concerns of the little people, essentially saying to get used to being gouged until the U.S. adapts the utopian provisions of the Green New Deal and clean energy.
BUTTIGIEG: “Until we achieve a form of energy independence that is based on clean energy,” get used to price hikes. pic.twitter.com/UMWBrVPe9R
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) April 3, 2022
The former mayor of South Bend, Indiana who had little experience with infrastructure outside of fixing potholes before he was put in charge of the Department of Transportation by Biden made his remarks at a Friday news conference where he announced the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s new fuel efficiency standards to be implemented that will require new vehicles to average 49 miles per gallon by 2026.
According to the DOT’s press release, “This announcement of new standards comes as the automobile industry is retooling production for future models in response to rapidly growing market demand for cleaner, more fuel-efficient vehicles. Nearly all auto manufacturers have announced new electric vehicle models.
Last month, “Mayor Pete” pitched the benefits of gas savings for Americans who purchase costly electric vehicles despite the lack of charging stations.
Gas prices got you down?
Pete Buttigieg says too bad-buy an electric vehicle.
You couldn’t buy an electric car right now even if you could afford one.
Out-of-touch and tone deaf!
— George Santos (@Santos4Congress) March 8, 2022
Buttigieg’s boss is also plugging EV’s as a magic solution to the high fuel prices that his policies helped to create.
BIDEN: "A typical driver will save about $80 a month from not having to pay gas at the pump" if they just buy an electric car. pic.twitter.com/Rjjtj7poeJ
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) March 31, 2022
Twitter reacted to Secretary Pete’s elitist remarks.
‘Alfred E. Newman has chimed in’. ~ ~ @SecretaryPete, “Until we achieve a form of energy independence that is based on clean energy,” get used to price hikes. pic.twitter.com/hy3F1SIMJE
— SgtPepper1964 (@SPepper1964) April 3, 2022
We were energy independent with the last administration…🤬
— Chuck Melis (@MelisChuck) April 3, 2022
Clean energy is a myth. Just like Pete’s qualifications.
— LaughAtLefties (@LaughAtLefties) April 3, 2022
This is their plan. They’re actually happy about rising gas prices.
— Candy Lamb (@candylamb47) April 3, 2022
They won’t be happy until we’re on bicycles.
“125 miles of new bikeways since 2020. We never built bike infrastructure this quickly in #Chicago‘s history. In 2-3 yrs we’re gonna hit 500 miles of bikeways.”
Chicago to give 5,000 ‘free’ bikes and helmets. https://t.co/UGbmkyWoqF— Beverly A. Pekala (@PekalaLaw) April 3, 2022
It blows me mind they feel comfortable going into midterms with this message.
— Nick Sznajder (@Nikocharles2) April 3, 2022
Or we could just invalidate the current administration and return to common sense energy policies…
— RAmmer (@AnnesLimo) April 3, 2022
Screw you Pete
— Lisa (@kittywhisperer7) April 3, 2022
On Thursday, Biden proudly announced that he had authorized a release of one million barrels a day from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve for the next six months but for anyone who may believe that relief is on the way, one of his top economic advisers revealed that the measure would amount to a savings of a measly 10 cents a gallon, bringing a torrent of mockery on Twitter.
‘He’s proud of that?’ Biden advisor bragging about gas prices falling ‘ten cents per gallon’ baffles https://t.co/vUpzh7XyjW pic.twitter.com/M9bypjUJBB
— Conservative News (@BIZPACReview) April 2, 2022
In an interesting side note, subsidies on Mexican gasoline will no longer be available in areas that are close to the border because too many U.S. drivers are gassing up to avoid the excessive gas prices at home.
According to a report from Reuters, “The suspension of the subsidy from April 2-8 covers cities in the border states of Tamaulipas, Nuevo Leon, Coahuila, Chihuahua, Sonora and Baja California, including Tijuana, one of the world’s busiest border crossings.”
“Mexico’s finance ministry said in a statement there was a gasoline shortage in the area ‘from an imbalance between supply and demand’,” the outlet reported. “In the United States, gasoline prices are higher than in Mexico, and citizens of that country cross the border to stock up, the finance ministry said.”
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Basically he’s saying, “keep taking it up the rear”, like he does.
We go from HAIR plugs to BUTT plugs! Neither one has a CLUE what AMERICA is really about! They both have lived in a FANTASY WORLD of privilege and corruption! Peter the Puffer can go straight to and take his husband with him!! I guess these idiots think they are going to be in POWER forever!! I don’t THINK SO!! “Clean energy” is NOT ATTAINABLE – there’s no such thing! Do those insane people think all their crap grows on trees?? We need to get them to SIGN LEGAL DOCUMENTS to FOREGO ANY FOSSIL FUELS or THEIR DERIVATIVES!! They’ll be dead in a month!
So buttplug wants us to suffer with the high gas prices until we agree to their “green new deal”. Seriously? That seems like blackmail, doesn’t it? He actually thinks he’s going to be somebody. He needs to shut up and sit at the kiddie table and let the adults handle things.
What this eunuch is preaching is unaffordable and impractical for the majority of Americans. I admit we new to head down that path although a transition is our only hope. Currently the administration is only persecuting the American public to allow them to feel powerful.
I am disheartened by the many homophobic remarks made about Mayor Pete. I’m a gay man and I can tell you that his incompetence is not because he is gay. It is because he is an Elite Globalist who was handed everything in life. A large number of gay people do not agree with these Progressive Marxist but unfortunately they remain silent for fear of being canceled. I would love to see all those letters removed and just call it LGB. Drop the T. This small, extremely vocal group of agitators are going to wind up creating a backlash to gay civil rights we have worked hard to achieve. Direct your anger to Academia where this indoctrination by Straight, White Liberals began years ago. They don’t teach they preach hate and division. Our Media gives Mayor Pete too much press he is a McKinsey idiot.
The gay community has been making their own noise for years. You’re many rungs up from white conservatives (defined by others as white supremists).
This is the incompetent Democrats answer to everything-” just “get used to it”- suck it up and suffer- oh and buy an electric car and everything will be rosey.
nasty little rump ranger. your days in office are numbered
I think the Biden Administration personnel were vaccinated not against COVID-19, but given an anti-intelligence vaccine that destroyed any intelligence they had prior to taking office. And with some of them, there intelligence was so low that post vaccine they went into negative IQ numbers. How can these people be so dumb?
Vilify the oil industry, then shut down drilling and pipelines, creating shortages and drive the prices up. Then tap into the strategic oil reserves to try and bring the price down a little in time for the midterms. The reserves are supposed to be used for an unanticipated national emergency interrupting production – like a war or natural disaster. Yet here we are tapping into the strategic reserve for a completely avoidable and unnecessary Biden-made disaster. And Petey boy is so flippant about the whole thing. Brilliant strategy!
He is not exactly a problem solver when it comes to transportation…..thank you all of you who voted for Biden. In the meantime someone hook Pete up to a 12volt and let him feel the surge of clean electricity. (He probably would get off on it.)
I can’t get beyond this guy doesn’t know his gender and have liaison with another man, why would I trust anything he has to say.
buttgauge needs to be put on the street and take over a homeless camp. Maybe he would get something done then!
A. Peter Puffer his hubby will have him gaggin’ tonight.
Voting for Democrats makes you poorer, how can anyone not see how awful they are at keeping the economy stable.
Someone needs to take this little dummy out. Or send him off to and island with his male wife and poor kids who they will screw up.
Sadly, I know some people who still support Old Joe and the Democrats no matter the evidence piling up that they are wrecking the economy and our social institutions. Somehow in their minds, Trump is at fault for all this and non-existent Green Technology is going to swoop in and save us! You can’t reason with people who have this kind of delusional, blind allegiance. No great surprise though, even the worst of kings and dictators throughout history had people who blindly followed and at went down with them at the bitter end.
I would support putting a check mark on tax returns, signifying you are queer. Considering the cost and aggravation they have put the country thru, screwing up kids convincing them they are gay, forcing Armed Services to accept them, the families they have destroyed, the cost of changing bathroom signage, the cost of HIV on taxpayers….yes, I would support a Queer Tax…you know…for the good of the people.
Sorry Buttgag, It will never happen! Your entire green project will self destroy before America buys into this nonsense. EV’s are going to be plagued with electrical shortages and fires and the battery production process pollution, replacement costs, recycling costs, and discarding in landfills will bring us back to combustibles.
We know they haven’t thought this through. These batteries are made in china. Does anyone think that they won’t blow up at some point? china along with iran want Americans dead.
Get used to high gas prices as long as the Democrats are in power pushing their Green agenda.
I remember the bumper sticker referring to the environmentalists/tree huggers from the 70s, “They Won’t Be Happy Until We’re All Freezing In The Dark”
There are way more of us than the crooked cockroach demoncrat!!!! Let’s do something about the vermin!!!
LOCK AND LOAD ITS TIME TO ROLL
Pete, you are a fool. It will be about 100 years until safe, sustainable, clean energy is somewhat available. Also what do you think charges an electric car?
In other words, we will make gas expensive as hell until the cost equals the cost of electric cars and forces you all to buy electric cars so that our puppet masters who have large amounts of money “invested” in the electric car grid, ie components to build cars, plants to build cars, electric generating “utilities”, car charging stations etc. can get even richer than the billions they already have!!!!!
As I have been saying for quite some time, to paraphrase their savior barry obama when railing against, “millionaires and billionaires”; how much is enough?!!!!!
Pack it up…oh, that’s right…
So, their clean new energy is the energy that is causing massive environmental damage mining for lithium battery materials. It can take as long as 20 plus years to even start alternative energy initiatives. What we have right now, will not cut it for clean energy. Most power plants are powered by coal. Solar and wind will not cut it. Our power grids will not support a modest influx of electric vehicles. Start buying diesel generators to power your EV’s
The Democrats of today do not care who they hurt in their process to be “green” even though we know that electric vehicles get their power from coal or gas and electric vehicles are unaffordable for a huge segment of Americans Of course a lot of their processes are going to be the normal in the distant future but we are nowhere near that time without destroying the economy. These elites like this idiot make me sick.
Not to mention everyone with an electric car will have to have a charging station in their garage. No garage? No problem. Live in an apartment? No problem. Surely we will be able to figure out where those chargers can be installed. Whatever.
As awful as it is, so far I’ve found it easier to get used to high priced gasoline than getting used to Buttigieg.
The high gas prices aren’t going to stop people from driving. Never fear, they will give us a gas shortage to keep us at home. Do any of you remember the gas shortage of the 1970’s? Odd/even license plates could get gas every other day.
No, buttgig, looks like we have to wait til 2024 and then you , biden, and the Democratic party are toast. After that you can maybe get a job at a gas station.
Gas station? He would be more suited wearing scuba gear as a cesspool cleaner.
Hay buttboy, Just like Joe you need to die slowly, painfully and very very soon. FJB
Hey Butthead, drive your own car, pay for your own fuel and let us know who’s it goes on your way back to Indiana where you belong,
Will NEVER happen in my lifetime. NEVER!
Sorry butt not going to let some girly man boy tell us what to do 🖕
Buttigieg made a mess as mayor, and became a clown running for the pres. nomination. Again he has exhibited his complete lack of any grey matter between his ears by promoting the irresponsible and insane so-called ‘green new deal’!!
Or until he loses his job. After all , its not a permanent position like the dems want it to be.
So this means get used to it for the next 20-30 years.
NOPE……….Just till 2024 when Trump is back in the White House !
Maybe just until 23, if the Republicans can get a veto proof majority, they can run the country and Joey can go back to his Delaware basement and never be missed!
Buttigieg’s “Let them eat cake” moment.
Biden’s view on economics – “If you spend $50,000 on an EV, you can save $80/month, or $960 a year. You’ll break even in only 52 years!”
Hi, Lori Smith.
Sec. Butt forgot to tell us most of the lithium is extracted from China and Brazil. Energy independence ???
The enviro-phreaks are trying to keep the largest mine in the US from operating in Nevada.
Sush, that’s the quiet part you can’t say out loud!
Let’s go Brandon and take Pete with you!!
Also from mines in Africa. And guess who’s invested in those mines? Answer: The Biden Crime Syndicate.
Did you calculate the cost of a new battery. Not sure how many you would need during that 52 years, but it would certainly add to the break even date. FJB