One political note on gas prices

[mrbigstuff]

If we have learned anything over the last 80 years of American politics, it's that the voting public only cares about their financial stake. Everything else is a distant second.

[wave rider]

mrbigstuff wrote:
If we have learned anything over the last 80 years of American politics, it's that the voting public only cares about their financial stake. Everything else is a distant second.

But why do so many vote against their own self interests? Something I ask every election…

[cbelt3]

Ombligo wrote:
If I hear Keystone one more time. I'm going to douse myself in gas and strike match (luckily I can't afford the gas)

Ah.. Keystone. A pipeline that was never built, for 'Oil Sands' in Canada that are not productive.

Really just an opportunity for a new grift.

In the mean time a number of oil and gasoline (!) pipelines around the US are far past their useful life and are leaking and failing. Because the companies that own them have not been maintaining them.

And let's talk about the Climate Change Elephant in the oil room.

The Aleskaya Alaska pipeline is slowly breaking down because 'permafrost'... is no longer permanent. That's half a million barrels a day... and 9 million barrels that fills the pipeline from start to end. (no, it won't all leak out, there are safety procedures in place).

https://www.alyeska-pipe.com/historic-throughput/

[Lux Interior]

Ombligo wrote:
If I hear Keystone one more time. I'm going to douse myself in gas and strike match (luckily I can't afford the gas)

You mean the Magic Pipeline?

The one that was going to provide thousands of jobs, end energy dependency, cure cancer, and lead the Vikings to a Super Bowl victory?

(just kidding on the last part, obviously)

[Filliam H. Muffman]

Just a reminder, oil companies sell off any excess inventory of gasoline whenever it accumulates. It ensures there isn't anything to prevent prices spiking as fast as possible, which insures maximum profits.

[SteveG]

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) on Wednesday sought to pin the blame on President Biden for high gasoline prices, though experts say that presidents can only have a limited impact on the global market.

During a press conference on Wednesday, McCarthy said “the main reason Americans are paying so much is bad domestic policies,” while acknowledging that oil is an international market.

“These aren't Putin prices," he said, referring to Russian President Vladimir Putin, who launched an invasion of Ukraine nearly two weeks ago. "They're President Biden's prices.”

[Acer]

Bad domestic policies alright. We should have had a plan in place to get off big oil's teet a generation ago.

[vision63]

Acer wrote:
Bad domestic policies alright. We should have had a plan in place to get off big oil's teet a generation ago.

You'd first need a plan to keep "drill, baby drill" out of power.

[gadje]

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-60680787

[Fritz]

The more I get to know people, the more I realize why Noah let only animals on the boat.