Is Joe Biden to blame for these high gas prices?

[HeartBreaker007]

Yes ma’am

No ma’am

[MrOracle]

He is certainly PARTIALLY to blame, no question.

Trump had pushed hard for US energy independence, and building up the US's oil infrastructure. He expanded the US oil reserves and maxed out storage. Literally Biden's first day in office, he started dismantling these changes, canceling drilling and pumping rights, etc., which led to the loss of US jobs and for the US to start buying lots of foreign oil again (which funnels money to our political enemies as well, which enables the financing of war and terrorism). This is, without question, a big part of why gas prices are high, and they're likely to go a lot higher.

It could also be argued that both Biden's policies and overall weakness as a leader emboldened Putin's aggression. Putin certainly didn't try this crap with Trump in office, even though it's been very clear that he's wanted to do this for a long time. He's made no secret of his desire to rebuild the old USSR, nor of his objection to Ukraine joining NATO. Trump specifically did NOT push for Ukraine's membership in NATO, because it was understood that this would incite Putin. The Biden admin has been talking up the Ukraine joining NATO, but that's because the establishment (which includes the majority of both Democrats and Republicans - don't be fooled) WANTS war, because war causes billions of dollars to be spent with relatively little oversight and tons of waste, and this allows them to enrich themselves by awarding contracts to companies that they or their families have stakes in. It also gives them tremendous influence over those companies, and power is the ultimate aphrodisiac.

Now, it's ALSO true that, in the end, Putin is responsible for the invasion and ongoing war, and that war always disrupts oil production, which always raises prices, and Biden isn't completely responsible for that - though I've pointed out how he's partially responsible. But had their been a Russian invasion of Ukraine under Trump, oil prices would still have risen, because that's a normal part of war for the last 100+ years.

So, I would split blame about like this:

- 60% Biden Administration
- 40% Putin

You can also count on Biden ('s administration) to make the situation worse. I'm not even sure we can blame Biden directly, because I'm not sure he's even capable of really making decisions on his own at this point. in my opinion, he's a meatpuppet that is being controlled by his senior advisors as best they can.

[OpenClose]

Ohh I see. Yeah this makes sense.

Honestly I'm down for reducing drilling when things are going well. Not for reducing reserves though. But BOY did the timing work out poorly.

[MrOracle]

The other problem is that after Fukushima, and Gretta, Germany shut down its nuclear reactors which had been supplying cheap and carbon-free power for decades and built coal and gas power plants instead, making them dependent on Russian energy and pouring hard currency into Russia. Germany is now compromised and cannot oppose Russia, and Russia has a steady stream of money to finance their conquests.

This is what happens when you have leaders in major countries who are more worried about political correctness than their own national security. The short-sightedness is just off the charts - not that the US has done much better. Having all of the world's most important computer chips made in Taiwan is insanity, and that's just one example. We've set up our own failures, and no one paid any attention to those warning of the likely outcome - and now it's happening.

[OpenClose]

At least in the case of chip shortages, manufacturing companies outsourcing their labor is coming to bite them in the ass. I live in the Midwest, so seeing Intel and GM finally bring their jobs HERE is nice to see. I'm not much for tensions with China, but at least it means outsourcers played themselves.

Germany's shutdown of nuclear reactors in favor of oil and coal is disappointing to say the least. Was probably a last straw after the scare if Chernobyl's material reached their country. But yeah, maybe this will re-incentivize building reactors with an emphasis on small-format reactors or things like LFTR.

Like, the irony of wanting to reduce climate change NOW, but when it comes to reactors suddenly saying "ehhh... let's wait on that." is funny in kind of a disturbing way. Like, nuclear waste isn't THAT much of a problem now, so if climate change is that urgent (which I think it is), then carbon reduction should be the priority.

[ohshee]

Well he's not the blame BUT he could do some thing about it

But what you have to understand is that we are running out of all natural resources fuel gasoline oil there is so much used every single day and Manufacturing everything that we manufacture there's so much used every day in cars he can't just say okay we're going to use our fuel now because then we were going to run out sooner we all need to start learning that we are going to need electric cars are cars that run on ammonia if you're into buying stock there's a new stock just coming out they're testing ammonia and air and water mixed to make a fuel if it takes off it's going to go Sky High in price they are already testing it on ships because you have water right there where they are so I understand where the man's coming from even though I don't like the fuel prices we all need to start thinking about change population control natural resources food like I always have said the world is changing and we need to be prepared for it if we want this place to be a better place for our kids

[Aerissa_Jade]

Not entirely, but partially. His first day in office he signed several executive orders that have led us to this day.

There are of course also things beyond his control, but he could do more to lower the price. He took away the USA's energy independence, something we had under Trump.

It takes a long time to get things good to where Trump had it, it cannot be fixed overnight. The Democrats do not want energy independence at all. They want fossil fuels so expensive that people stop driving.

At the same time I find it ironic that Biden is telling people to drive more and pollute more, by ending remote remote. Well how the hell does he think people are going to travel to work? fossil fuels is the ONLY method, there is no other way.

[Sirenboobzilla]

It's 2022 and people still tho k the president has co trol over gas prices. Let's educate a bit. Yes, the president CAN do things to affect gas prices, hence today's drop after using domestic oil reserves. However, gas prices as a whole is a global thing. What happens to gas on one side of the world sends waves (not ripples) for EVERYONE'S gas prices. Right now Russia is at the top creating those waves.

And to those crying about the keystone pipeline, they would only help by just a couple of cents; it's not the saving grace some people claim it to be

[OpenClose]

Everyone likes to say he is because "Ohhhh he stopped Keystone XL". But the Keystone pipeline is for Canadian exports, and is tar sand crude so it doesn't become gasoline. And the Keystone pipeline as a whole is still in operation. They just canceled the XL extension project.

Most of the economic issues facing the country right now are due to Russia. Stock market and crypto plummeted in anticipation for the invasion.

So a lot of it is happenstance that gets blamed on the president. Like Trump getting blamed for the COVID crash. He didn't help COVID much, but he sure as hell didn't cause the crash in the slightest. Then the economy starts to correct itself back up and Biden gets the credit for the boom. But the presidents could have been swapped and nothing would have changed.

Even the Afghanistan stuff was almost hilarious to watch. Trump promised to leave Afghanistan in May and Republicans were like "yay let's leave" and Democrats were like "No, it's too soon it would be a disaster." Then Biden takes office, and suddenly the two parties and their associated voters and media outlets did an almost flawless swap without seeing any irony or hypocrisy in the process. I just brought out the popcorn. We needed to leave Afghanistan and there was no good time to do so. So yes it was always going to happen and yes it was always going to be a disaster. Just like dealing with COVID. Just like economic issues from Russia.

The car was already losing control. We just replaced a crazy teenager with a guy asleep at the wheel.

[loveslongnails]

Let's see - did Joe Biden invade the Ukraine? No
Did Joe Biden invade an oil producing country that the US buys most of its oil from? No.

I guess you need someone to blame, especially if you're hate Biden. I'm never been a fan of his, but the gas situation is simple if you just open your eyes. While the US doesn't buy much oil from Russia, other European countries do. Overall, the EU as a whole buys 25-38% of their oil from Russia, while some countries like Poland and Hungary get 50 to 75% of their oil from them. Austria, France and Turkey are huge purchasers of natural gas as well.

So with a major supplier to Europe being considered for boycott, they have to turn to OPEC or other Arab nations, Mexico, Canada - just like the USA does. That increases demand, and these other oil producing nations are not going to increase production just so your gas stays at a price you like. No, they're going charge more for it, like any corporation would, so your price goes up.

Did Biden do that? NO - the reason your gas costs more right now is PUTIN because he can't be allowed to do what he's doing with impunity, but no one wants a war between nuclear powers, so sanctions and boycotts are being used. NATO nations should be doing something together, but they're afraid to commit troops and reluctant to commit arms - which is stupid.

By the way, the leader of any given, non-oil producing Democratic nation is RARELY if ever responsible for higher energy prices, except perhaps in times of a declared war. History will bear this out. WHY weren't you asking "how come gas went from $2.00 a gallon at the peak of Covid in 2020 to $3.30 a gallon in Sept 2021, when people still weren't travelling?" The demand did NOT increase "that much".

[FunkyMonkee]

Let's see, did Biden shut down the pipeline on day one? YES!!

[loveslongnails]

@FunkyMonkee Yes, which has absolutely NO effect on the current price of gas. None. Zero. You might like to think it does, but it doesn't.

[loveslongnails]

And there was MORE than damn good reason to shut it down - none of which you are aware. You just ignorantly think Canadian oil flowing to US refineries was suddenly going to give us cheap gas. Good Lord, help yourself.

[Slartybartfast]

@FunkyMonkee let's see was the pipeline finished?
NO only 94 Miles in the US were completed.
Was it funded? No when BRENT hit negative price tar sand was a bust.

We have a lot of people with a lot of money and a lot of reasons to get rid of the guy trying to get the country off oil because our enemies use it against us.

Iran, Russia, etc all depend on our not moving to renewables so they spread a lot of propaganda as do exon mobile etc who have been paying dividends.

[FunkyMonkee]

Must be nice to be willfully blind and just believe all the bullshit you're told to believe. Good little sheep!

[Slartybartfast]

@FunkyMonkee I simply went to keystones investor website and read it. Completion date was originaly set for 2023 but when everyone stopped driving during covid they stopped construction and the investors pulled out.

[loveslongnails]

@FunkyMonkee And YOU are foolish enough to believe that refineries would increase their production loads and sell gas more cheaply in the USA just because they might HAVE more to sell. LOL That wouldn't happen, genius. It's the same reason that butter still costs $6 a pound when there are warehouses full of excess. If the farmer isn't getting subsidies to limit production, the excess gets exported to keep prices and demand high.

Ever think to ask yourself - "How come Canada has all this oil and only 18 refineries in the entire country? Why don't they use all that excess oil to lower gas prices for their own citizens? Right now, a liter of petrol in Vancouver is $2. That's $7.56 a gallon. On Vancouver Island, it works out to $8.01 a gallon. Ask yourself WHY they choose to export so much oil to us, the USA, rather than take care of themselves first? Hmmm?

Less than a tenth was completed, and it was fraught with problems, legitimate environmental objections, questionable funding and concerns over materials. Your boy Trump actually issued an executive order to the Army Core of Engineers telling them to speedily approve the project at Standing Rock, disregarding safety and full environmental studies. Fortunately, it got challenged and thrown out. Not only that, it violated a treaty with the Lakota Tribe. Well, no big deal there, the US government has violated every one of the 500+ treaties it ever signed.

The pipeline would be a man-made disaster in both the long and short run, perpetuating more use of dirty energy. The billions spent on that should go to furthering a real, sustainable clean energy supply. It's going to happen. Try being part of the solution and not so ignorant.

[Slartybartfast]

You can't wake a man pretending to sleep. People believe Fox propaganda, because they want to believe it.

Many people would rather accept a simple but wrong explanation for a complex problem then the complex answer that is correct. Especially if it reinforces thier ideology.

I always remember that the c student who never got past algebra thinks his opinion on complex subjects is just as valid as the man who spent his life studying them. That some people thing that if they can't understand , that no one understands.

Idiocracy wasn't meant to be a documentary, but...

People who can't do a basic integration will argue with me about engineering..

[loveslongnails]

@Slartybartfast True that and amen. People should recognize their limitations! Algebraic equations are certainly one of mine LOL.

[Slartybartfast]

"Remember when no one was driving how cheap gas was?" If you have three brain cells you laugh at the Republicans arguments.

[loveslongnails]

@Slartybartfast Pretty much.

[FunkyMonkee]

@Slartybartfast But, if you have a lot more brain cells, like the rest of the country, what the republicans say and do makes a LOT more sense than what the lefties and democrats say and do!

[Phoenix-gb]

Nope, the wholesale price of oil is something that goes beyond a single country or government. It does have it's roots in the standard business practice of extracting the most amount of money out of something regardless of the wider consequences. Big oil and fuel manufacturers are about to make record profits off this issue, which means they could easily not and absorb the higher costs themselves, keeping the prices down, but then the shareholders don't get those yachts they've been eying up, so we can't do that now can we.

[Slartybartfast]

Oil went NEGATIVE during COVID many projects were cancelled, oil companies switched from investing to paying dividends to investors and are holding Cash and limiting supplies to raise prices.

Also we have a lot more delivery drivers using fuel.. the economy changed.

The same arguments I heard twenty years ago to prevent us from getting off oil I hear today. It's how I know it's propaganda backed by oil companies.

Think about it this way , if you cut oil production when a democratic president is elected you can use the price to punish the population for their choice.

It's long past time to stop supporting our enemies by buying oil. And shifting to renewables and electric vehicles.

[FunkyMonkee]

And, Biden shutting down the pipeline day one had nothing to do with it?

[Slartybartfast]

@FunkyMonkee are you referring to keystone xl?
Oil went negative price for Brent! Bituminous material is about half that, it literally has to be heated to flow through the pipeline.
Only 94 Miles of the US part was completed and it was never scheduled to deliver before 2023.

The US imports oil but EXPORTS. Refined petroleum. Most of our refineries don't want the bituminous tar and keystone was built to export it.

In any case If this was for US consumption , it would obviously be cheaper to build a refinery in the north.

As an engineer I was fascinated by the technology of the pipeline so I've been paying attention to real news not fox propaganda which obviously wants to blame the opposing party for the enevitable problems left from COVID and the economic mess left us after Trumps failed policies.

This country is a big ship, this administration is 15 months in and it started with a failed coup attempt by Trump and works with an opposing party who is willing to trash the economy as a political tool.

[FunkyMonkee]

I thought you said you paid attention to REAL news!! The economy was GREAT when Joe stole the election! Trump's the best thing that ever happened to this country! And, I have yet to hear ANY propaganda coming from Fox other that that they still think there's such a thing as god and they still believe that Oswald killed Kennedy.

[Slartybartfast]

@FunkyMonkee Stole the election? It's so sad that people fell for that. The damage to our democracy from Trumps "Big lie" is hard to overstate. Putin really got his moneys worth out of Trump.

[Slartybartfast]

@FunkyMonkee

So, do you believe that keystone was completed?
Do you believe that Putins invasion didn't raise oil prices GLOBALLY?

"you are entitled to your own opinion, you're not entitled to your own facts. "

[FunkyMonkee]

No, the sad part is that you people are completely blind to what really happened!! Why would thousands of election workers have signed affidavits that they SAW fraud taking place and risk their freedom and lives with it just to perpetrate a story? Are you happy now that your wunderkind has severely fucked up the country, if not the entire world and started WWIII? I certainly hope YOU'LL be the first to volunteer to go into battle!!
It's the Biden's that Putin's got in his pockets!! Time to wake up and smell the coffee!!
Why would I believe it was completed? The REAL news SAID Biden STOPPED CONSTRUCTION!! That means it was STILL being built!! Why would you stop construction on something that's already built?
I don't know about GLOBAL gas prices but I KNOW that Biden started raising ours from day one by shutting down the pipeline!! That had NOTHING to do with Russia invading Ukraine!
These are not MY facts, they are the REAL facts!! I don't waste my time with CNN or any of the other fakestream media! Obviously, that's the asshole where YOUR head is firmly shoved!!

[Slartybartfast]

@FunkyMonkee because what you said is absurd and untrue and a dangerous and hateful lie.

[FunkyMonkee]

How would you know what the truth is? You believe al the bullshit CNN tells you to believe!

[Anonymous]

For the umpteenth time, the president of the US, no matter who he is or how you hate or love him, or how much a president in an election time may claim he's lowered gas prices, does not control gas prices. We have a lot of foreign and domestic oil sources and when crap affects them, like war, economic drivers and basic laws of supply and demand, weather conditions, everyone who buys gas will suffer to some degree, some more than others. I live in one of those sources of oil and I can tell you, when we've had storms that have shut down the rigs, your gas prices will go up, period. The president can't control that, never has been able to, and never will. Do your research.

[DarkWinterNights]

A presidents actions absolutely do. I personally know several people who lost their jobs when Biden was elected and axed approved leases and permits on federal lands. These companies downsized and lost money and employees, one was bought out. We were energy independent under Trump, now we aren’t. Inflation is up to 7.9% even before the Russian/Ukraine war.

[DarkWinterNights]

This was also right before the Invasion:

abcnews.go.com/.../biden-halts-oil-gas-leases-amid-legal-fight-83047602

[Opinion Owner]

@DarkWinterNights Trump, nor Obama's policies before him were a part of the plunge in crude oil imports which is the real reason we had temporary energy independence in the first place, a trend that started in '06, and while still under Trump, we lost it through no fault of his own or Obama's before him.

And Inflation...seriously?!?....2020 f'd the world. You remember 2020 right? People stopped working, lost their jobs, businesses have and are still tanking, and we've had major supply chain issues that are driving prices sky high. Look that up.

[DarkWinterNights]

As a rule of thumb, production should increase with demand. 2020 had a drastic reduction in demand, but production started ramping up quite nicely with the returning demand before Biden’s initial executive orders. Than magically within days of Biden’s orders oil and gas prices skyrocketed. Projects shut down, people lost their jobs (keystone, north slope), “Big Oil” lost billions. We lost the increasing production rates and could no longer keep up with demand, hence why we raised imports and lost our domestic energy independence. I literally work in the energy sector and watched this happen in real time.

[Godsvengeance]

All inflation, by definition, is government caused because they create the currency. In short, that means these higher prices are partially Biden's fault but also the fault of prior administrations like Trump's and Obama's (and other). The reason Biden gets more of the blame is he not only oversaw the increase in the money supply but, through both executive action and rhetoric, has discouraged investment into the oil industry. They like to talk about unused permits for pumping but "forget" that it takes money to pump that oil so without the influx of money they can't pump the oil. Add in the threats that they will prosecute so-called profiteering means that those with the money to fund the pumping won't because the government has already all but said that they will steal any profits from their investments

[TommyMountainFigure]

Of course he is. Trump kept megalomaniacs in check because they were terrified of what he was capable of. The knock on effect of a weak willed government is they can do pretty much what they want and know nothing will happen to them!
It's scary to think what Kim Jon Unn or however you spell it will do now as well!

[exitseven]

The only people Biden is interested in punishing is anyone who was in DC on Jan 6th.

[TommyMountainFigure]

@exitseven I couldn't agree more.

[NaultD]

Name one nationalized oil company? (Answer is venezuela and the other oil companies over threw venezuela government.) Oil companies are basically nations in of themselves. While they are influenced by global powers they are the strongest commodity being basically independent.

[jshm2]

Don't be daft. A president is mostly a figurehead, for the institutions below him.

Electing Trump was probably as bad a decision as George Bush attacking Iraq as both fucked American interests abroad no end.

No one really trusts America to make the right decisions any more. So they see no point keeping it as a "valued customer" and giving it cheaper rates. There is little Biden can do as Trump might get in next term and fuck things up again.

[exitseven]

@jshm2 I know, that secure southern border was tough to deal with, I really hated that tax cut too., I was really upset to see my retirement account more than double as well. Things are just so much better now that Biden is president. I was happy to pay over a hundred bucks to fill up my truck.

[Lookingforthetruth]

Mental illness and liberals go hand in hand.

[Wester1967]

The increase in the money supply happened in April 2020. 5x the supply. Under Trump. This pipelined the inflation. Biden was just a sucker who took the bait. I got no love for Biden, but republicans never accept responsibility for anything and always need to blame others for their own mistakes.

[MrOracle]

This is true, but there was a massive push for this due to the Pandemic, with the initial lockdowns and people panicking about losing their homes and jobs. It was certainly not good, but neither would have crashing the economy.

But let's not forget that Trump and the Repubs have shut down several other massive spending bills (for which we'd have to borrow or print money for) that the Dems were pushing for. Yes, Trump signed off on the initial pandemic relief bill - which is not good; it's kind of like getting a cash advance on your credit card - but had the Dems gotten their way, instead of spending $4T, they'd have spent $12T. The $4T was already BAD, but Dems are literally like a 16-year-old girl in a mall with daddy's Platinum card, going on a buying spree with no intention of ever paying it back.

I have plenty of problems with the Repubs - especially the establishment Repubs who are pro-war and pro-big government - but as bad as they are (and they're BAD!), they're not nearly as bad as the Dems. With Biden in charge (which really means his advisors are in charge, because he's barely there), things will continue to get worse, and the mid-terms are going to be a bloodbath.

[DamnSam]

Funny to see that every country which wasn't independent from Russian oil in the first place, now does not wanna realize their own mistake of taking certain things as granted...

Plus, if you look close to gasoline prices and compare it over time to the barrel oil prices, you realize about 70% is just oil companies making more money while oil prices itself didn't rise that much...

[Surely]

If Trump didn’t fill up the strategic oil reserves while he was in office. What would Joey be doing to look better instead of releasing some oil?
To answer your question. The oil executives in US all point to Biden’s restrictions that he placed on drilling.

[beernbacon69]

Yes he has with various actions to drive production and inventory down in the US and made us energy dependent again. So just like the 70's we are now dependent on foreign oil and the fact that we are getting 700,000 a day to help fund Putin's war on Ukraine isn't good.

[exitseven]

He did what he said he was going to do. He worked to eliminate fossil fuel. Of course he did it before there was any viable replacement for it. Now we are screwed. Lets go Brandon.

[Guy13]

YES ‼️Even Bin Laden warned America ‼️
Bin Laden told his minions, via Internet, to kill Obama but not Biden…. that Biden will cause America to stumble.

DO YOU KNOW UNDERSTAND HOW THE GLOBAL ELITES WORK ⁉️

[Guy13]

NOW, sorry 🤷🏻‍♂️

[SweetNevi93]

Biden shut down pipelines that would inevitably damage native lands and fresh water supplies across the country.. I would say higher gas prices are fair in order to keep vital resources in tact, and our money out of russian pockets.

[TheorionMage]

Examine the self-aggrandizing opportune Conservative Capitalists...
as ALWAYS "Follow the 'profit' money!"
Cognitive Dissonance!

It ISN'T going into Biden's pockets, IS IT?
AGAIN, WHERE IS IT ENDING UP? >:(

[NamerOfStars]

Partially. Blocking the Keystone pipeline forced further reliance on foreign sources; blocking ALL Russian oil and replacing it with... nothing certainly didn't help. But Biden is not a member of OPEC.

[Slartybartfast]

Keystone wasn't scheduled for operation till 2023 and ran out of money because oil dropped to negative for Brent. Bituminous crap tar wasn't worth moving. Many less profitable old wells were shut down lowering supplies. Refineries reduced output to increase profits to make up for the massive drop in consumption.

Bidens 15 months in office is hardly enough time for ANY policies to effect supplies considered it takes YEARS to develop them.

[NamerOfStars]

@Slartybartfast And MINUTES for news of plans to reach investor's ears and affect the market. People plan ahead.

[Slartybartfast]

You should see how much Germans will be paying for natural gas!

What they AREN'T doing is blaming anyone but Putin.

[NamerOfStars]

@Slartybartfast Naturally. People like having clearly defined, unambiguously evil bad guys. Reality is complex and multifaceted, and it's hard to face that when you could just designate a whipping boy to be responsible for everything.

[Anonymous]

I can’t see how, as much as I dislike him. Gas prices are rising everywhere else as well. Americans are complaining about $5 a gallon but where I’m from (not American obviously) it’s at the equivalent of $11 a gallon.

[HeartBreaker007]

Where

[Crepe_tart]

it's true, it's rising everywhere and it's because of ukraine and russia issue

[normalice]

No, sadly these were inevitable.

https://www. bloomberg. com/news/articles/2022-02-16/oil-prices-near-100-as-global-economy-struggles-to-balance-post-covid-crash

[CarolineW]

I doubt if he's noticed, because he's usually asleep. Someone could wake him up and ask him, I suppose. Just don't knock his hot chocolate over when you do it. He hates that.

[TexasRed95]

It's due to the conflict in Russia. The whole world stopped trade with them drastically reducing the available oil. I don't want Buden as president but I'm not going to blame him for something that isn't his fault.

[humanearth]

Nope Joe is the puppet, its his handlers that are doing this.

If you think a president really controls the county. You need to open your eyes and ears

[OpenClose]

Yeah like people go apeshit about Trump, but Trump was basically the PR department for Mitch McConnell.

[Slartybartfast]

Trump was Putins puppy.

[humanearth]

@Slartybartfast your wrong, every president is a freaking puppet. Not just the ones you hate. Trump, Biden, Bush, Chilton, Nixon, Reagon, FDR , all of them, dont you get it. You have been played for fools for centuries.

[OpenClose]

Then technically he's right.

But yeah, one party's corruption isn't the fault of the other party. It's the fault of people unwilling to criticize their own.

But then again, nobody is waving Biden flags and chanting his name because not everyone has drunk the "rich guy cares about me" cool aid.

[RealMarek]

Joe Biden forgets what he eats for breakfast by the time he’s ready for lunch. His administration is responsible though.

[DaveJord]

If you got to blame anyone I guess Joe Biden is as good as anyone else, but it does not matter it will not change anything.

[TheMajesticKing777]

It wasn't going up like this before this dude got in the Whitehouse, I need someone to blame so who is it gonna be if it's not him?

[Miristheiss]

He closed the pipeline.
We were independant.
Now we have to buy some from other countries.
It has hurt us.

[red324]

Which pipeline is that? The one from Canada?

[wheresmrcunnunglis]

No our complacency with how we are allowing the government to distract us is.

[sage2021]

Joe was on the news saying "it isn't up to him to control gas prices; It is up to Russia".

[Wise4myage]

Blaming Russia for high gas prices is all you need to know.

[Anonymous]

https://www.investopedia.com/articles/economics/08/determining-oil-prices.asp

[DARKCLOUD1945X]

I do not know of any other idiot capable of doing that. Hurting the people of this country and blaming everyone else for this problem he and his cronies created

[imfreeze95]

He repealed a lot of things that made us energy independent and kept prices low.


Transport costs, tariffs et cetera


He also halted the keystone pipe line

[AviatorTom]

Who else can we blame? As Harry Truman always said of the President, "The Buck Stops Here!"

[motownplayer2000]

Indirectly. Probably.. so many other factors play more of a role than whosever is in the puppet seat in Washington.

[Anonymous]

Trump had us energy independent, and gas prices were low.
Biden made us energy dependent, and gas prices have doubled.

[FunkyMonkee]

Who did you THINK wee should blame. Donna Summer? Pee Wee Herman?

[888theGreat]

If he allowed oil production in US , gas would be $2.25 a gallon and inflation would be lower.

[HeartBreaker007]

Why wouldn’t he allow it

[ninaneedshelp]

cause he's an idiot

[888theGreat]

@ninaneedshelp correct

[MuchMoreLikeDoomsday]

geopolitics is the reason. having another president wouldn’t change the problem

[EnglishEuropean]

We have high prices for petrol in the UK too. Can't blame Joe for that.

[MountAverage]

Gas prices never have much to do with who's in office. Not in the past, not now.

[disgustingweebtrash]

In a way, yes. Through sanctioning the Russian Federation this would affect gas prices.

I believe Westerners are going to be humbled.

[OddBeMe]

Presidents have little effect on the economy. But he's a punching bag. So go for it.

[Sabretooth]

https://www.youtube.com/embed/pcnjt0bj-DE

[CuriousMufuxka]

I haven't seen prices this high since the Obama administration. Neither will ever beat Carter!

[grega239]

He did shut down that pipeline. so yea, lets go Brandon

[OpenClose]

I've heard of Keystone, but that's Canadian and tar sands. WHat are some others he has shut down? I just want to make sure I have accurate information.

[grega239]

@OpenClose colonial i think it was. Something like that

[Slartybartfast]

@OpenClose well why don't you go to keystones website?
Keystone xl, 94 Miles completed in the USA. Construction halted when Brent dropped and bituminous material became worthless.

Originally scheduled to be completed by the end of 2023.

Material meant for export, would not be processed by American refineries.

Used eminent domain to force sale by property owners to a private for profet company.

That last one strikes me as an ABUSE of government power that SHOULD bother Republicans but doesn't..

[cookiecrusher]

No, Putin has the blame.

Piden and etc are stupid for financing russia in the first place.

[Anonymous]

Yes, he's closing down pipelines in the US the same time he's trying to stop buying from Russia.

[Anonymous]

For the most part he is. The rate of which it is increasing is spiked right around when Russia attacked.

[jimmy2]

When all he has to do is tell America we open up our oil fields and he won't do that

[TurkishDİxon3419]

How are the prices there?

[HeartBreaker007]

Depends on what kind

[TurkishDİxon3419]

How many percent hike did you get for natural gas?

[HeartBreaker007]

21% increase

[TurkishDİxon3419]

It was good :D We got a 50% raise.

[HeartBreaker007]

Are you sure? How?

[TurkishDİxon3419]

I'm talking about Turkey.

[HeartBreaker007]

Show me your math

[TurkishDİxon3419]

Fuel prices were increased by 50% in Turkey and I wanted to know how things were in America.

[Anonymous]

59% of you are idiots

[HeartBreaker007]

Who is “you”?

[Slim57]

100% of you guys are idiots

[Opinion Owner]

the people who voted no

[boobliker]

Not at all But he will get the blame...

[Iron_Man]

Of course he is he’s a moron

[jahaims]

Partially. A lot of factors are at play.

[Slim57]

Well they weren't like this before he was pres

[ManHater]

I work in the oil field so... laugh 50/50.

[Pterodon]

He is 100% responsible

[Lyndsielee666]

That’s not how that works

[HeartBreaker007]

How does work then?

[Anonymous]

Gas companies are at fault