The Biden administration seems to have been tone deaf to Americans during the entire administration. They did not respond to the pleas to make energy more available and thus, cheaper. They didn’t have an answer for rising grocery prices. The elites in the Democrat (and Republican) party were not greatly impacted by inflation, therefore, it didn’t really matter.<\/p>\n
On Monday, Just the News<\/a> posted an article about President Biden’s energy policies.<\/p>\n The article reports:<\/p>\n The Biden-Harris administration had been a champion of an extensive climate agenda. Not only did Democratic candidate Kamala Harris lose the presidential election to former President Donald Trump, a man who has called \u201cclimate hysteria<\/a>\u201d a \u201choax,\u201d voters in two Harris stronghold states rejected anti-fossil fuel measures.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n In 2019, Berkeley, California, became the first city in the U.S. to ban natural gas hookups in new construction. The Sierra Club, which is\u00a0managing $1 billion from billionaire Michael Bloomberg<\/a> to fund a campaign to prevent consumers from accessing fossil fuels, hailed the move and kept a\u00a0running tally<\/a> on other California cities that followed with similar legislation. However, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals struck down the ban, and then rejected a\u00a0request for a rehearing<\/a> in February, effectively killing the law.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Undeterred, the City of Berkeley initiated a voter ballot measure this election that would have taxed the owners of buildings over 15,000 square feet based on the amount of natural gas it used annually. Voters\u00a0rejected the measure 68% to 32%<\/a>. Alameda County, where Berkeley is located,\u00a0voted for Harris 72% to 25%<\/a>, showing that even fervent Harris supporters aren\u2019t given to anti-fossil fuel regulations.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n In Washington state, where the vote for Harris\u00a0currently stands at nearly 58%<\/a>, voters passed ballot measure\u00a0No. 2066<\/a>, which repeals part of a state law expediting the state\u2019s transition from natural gas to electricity. The ballot measure also prohibits cities and counties from banning or penalizing the use of natural gas.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n I believe that most Americans have enough common sense to realize that our economy and way of life are built on fossil fuel. We have an obligation to make the use of fossil fuel as efficient as possible. We need clean air and clean water, but we also need civilization.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Biden administration seems to have been tone deaf to Americans during the entire administration. They did not respond to the pleas to make energy more available and thus, cheaper. They didn’t have an answer for rising grocery prices. The … Continue reading