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[-] Thevenin@beehaw.org 57 points 10 months ago

I will say this about Biden: the dude's downright sneaky. It seems to be his administration's main strategy to publicly walk back a major agenda point, let right-wingers celebrate, and then after the media hype (and potential for right-wing backlash) dies out, quietly split it up into smaller programs that get pushed further than the original agenda ever could.

So yeah, it seems on-brand that the Biden administration would push for LNG exports after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and then go back later and curtail them instead.

[-] ericjmorey@beehaw.org 7 points 10 months ago

Thank you for this comment

[-] BurningRiver@beehaw.org 4 points 10 months ago

This should be pinned at the top of every thread mentioning Biden until the second week of November.

[-] ira@lemmy.ml 51 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

A great start! We're going to need to see way more of this to reverse the massive increase of natural gas production since Feb 2021 (2.6 trillion cubic ft / month then vs 3.5 trillion now, a 34% increase in less than 3 years and an all-time high for the US)

[-] MrMakabar@slrpnk.net 3 points 10 months ago

Yes, but a lot of it goes to the EU and they lost Russias supply. Similar story with oil. There are massive OPEC+ cuts and the US fills the void.

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[-] anarchy79@lemmy.world 42 points 10 months ago

No wonder they all fucking hate him.

But I guess "both sides" are the same and represent the "status quo", right?

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[-] lntl@lemmy.ml 25 points 10 months ago
[-] BlackPenguins@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Joe Bi the Science Guy

[-] idunnololz@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

How do you like me? How do you like me? ~~

[-] Empricorn@feddit.nl 4 points 10 months ago

Mo'! Mo'! Mo'!

[-] anarchy79@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

I think I gonna bomb a town, get down!

[-] Coreidan@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

Hopefully the trend continues after re-election and this isn’t just a stunt to secure votes.

[-] MonsiuerPatEBrown@reddthat.com 4 points 10 months ago

at least until after the election

[-] Empricorn@feddit.nl 41 points 10 months ago

Yes, yes, we know... All politicians are corrupt and bad, both sides are the same, don't vote, everything sucks, nothing matters, etc.

Or you could have just the tiniest bit of hope and diligence to improve the world...

[-] anarchy79@lemmy.world 25 points 10 months ago

"It's not perfect, therefore it's useless, and because it is, I'm going to vote for the worse alternative. Don't make me explain my reasoning further."

[-] interolivary@beehaw.org 12 points 10 months ago

The idea that all politicians are corrupt and conniving bastards is mainly a right-wing fiction. They assume everybody acts exactly like they themselves do

[-] Empricorn@feddit.nl 10 points 10 months ago

That, and if you're not on their side, they want you to be screwed out of your vote and rights, or apathetic because you feel it is all hopeless.

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[-] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

After the election it'll still be record level drilling, just like there is now.

The record will just be higher

[-] Psychodelic@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

You say that like most Americans wouldn't support doing literally anything that would lower gas prices. The problem is trying to make everyone happy.

I mean, most people I know bring up gas prices before they bring up climate change, if at all. I try to remind these people that while the president/Congress can take actions to increase drilling there are many of us in the US that would prefer they didn't.

I usually then make it clear how obviously easy it is for me to say that as someone that works from home and isn't as impacted by gas prices; context is always important.

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