Schumer: Pres. Biden Must Tap Strategic Oil Reserve to Lower Gas Prices

[Frodo]

https://twitter.com/Reuters/status/1459944299236569088

[dead0man]

no

[MillennialModerate]

no

Yes

[Hermit For Peace]

Yes. If ever there was a time, it is now.

Don't let people suffer multiple problems because of these strange times we are in.

Can you think of a better emergency than what we have going on now, to tap into our reserves?

Higher Medicare costs, higher food prices, higher gas, higher everything. Pandemic. Give us a break.

[Mr.Phips]

Yeah he needs to do this and now.

[Nyvin]

Fantastic time to do it considering the prices.

[It’s so Joever]

Doing this would be a blatant partisan move that hurts us in the future. I love it!

[Fuzzy Bear Loves Christian Missionaries]

Yes. If ever there was a time, it is now.

Don't let people suffer multiple problems because of these strange times we are in.

Can you think of a better emergency than what we have going on now, to tap into our reserves?

Higher Medicare costs, higher food prices, higher gas, higher everything. Pandemic. Give us a break.

The problems you list are all of Joe Biden's doing.  Every one of them.

If we are going to tap the strategic reserve, then we need to do everything to increase American oil and gas production right now.  That will replenish the strategic reserves and not leave us vulnerable.  Perhaps we now can let AOC and Jennifer Granholm know that energy policy will, from here on out, be managed by those that care about the well being of America and live in the real World. 

Joe Biden did all of this.  All of it.  And he did it because he's a doddering senile fool that let the inmates run the asylum that is his White House.

Every one of those problems are Joe Biden's fault.  The answer to gas prices is simple.  Produce more.  We have the capability to do so.

[dw93]

I wouldn't at this present time. God help us if we tap the reserves now and have a winter or another cyber attack that triggers an energy  shortage.

[Calthrina950]

Yes. If ever there was a time, it is now.

Don't let people suffer multiple problems because of these strange times we are in.

Can you think of a better emergency than what we have going on now, to tap into our reserves?

Higher Medicare costs, higher food prices, higher gas, higher everything. Pandemic. Give us a break.

The problems you list are all of Joe Biden's doing.  Every one of them.

If we are going to tap the strategic reserve, then we need to do everything to increase American oil and gas production right now.  That will replenish the strategic reserves and not leave us vulnerable.  Perhaps we now can let AOC and Jennifer Granholm know that energy policy will, from here on out, be managed by those that care about the well being of America and live in the real World. 

Joe Biden did all of this.  All of it.  And he did it because he's a doddering senile fool that let the inmates run the asylum that is his White House.

Every one of those problems are Joe Biden's fault.  The answer to gas prices is simple.  Produce more.  We have the capability to do so.

I do find it interesting that Democrats such as Schumer are calling for the strategic oil reserves to be tapped. If we are to invest ourselves in fighting climate change, should we not be making such a move.

[Hermit For Peace]

Yes. If ever there was a time, it is now.

Don't let people suffer multiple problems because of these strange times we are in.

Can you think of a better emergency than what we have going on now, to tap into our reserves?

Higher Medicare costs, higher food prices, higher gas, higher everything. Pandemic. Give us a break.

The problems you list are all of Joe Biden's doing.  Every one of them.

If we are going to tap the strategic reserve, then we need to do everything to increase American oil and gas production right now.  That will replenish the strategic reserves and not leave us vulnerable.  Perhaps we now can let AOC and Jennifer Granholm know that energy policy will, from here on out, be managed by those that care about the well being of America and live in the real World. 

Joe Biden did all of this.  All of it.  And he did it because he's a doddering senile fool that let the inmates run the asylum that is his White House.

Every one of those problems are Joe Biden's fault.  The answer to gas prices is simple.  Produce more.  We have the capability to do so.

Well, that's one opinion.

[Fuzzy Bear Loves Christian Missionaries]

Yes. If ever there was a time, it is now.

Don't let people suffer multiple problems because of these strange times we are in.

Can you think of a better emergency than what we have going on now, to tap into our reserves?

Higher Medicare costs, higher food prices, higher gas, higher everything. Pandemic. Give us a break.

The problems you list are all of Joe Biden's doing.  Every one of them.

If we are going to tap the strategic reserve, then we need to do everything to increase American oil and gas production right now.  That will replenish the strategic reserves and not leave us vulnerable.  Perhaps we now can let AOC and Jennifer Granholm know that energy policy will, from here on out, be managed by those that care about the well being of America and live in the real World. 

Joe Biden did all of this.  All of it.  And he did it because he's a doddering senile fool that let the inmates run the asylum that is his White House.

Every one of those problems are Joe Biden's fault.  The answer to gas prices is simple.  Produce more.  We have the capability to do so.

I do find it interesting that Democrats such as Schumer are calling for the strategic oil reserves to be tapped. If we are to invest ourselves in fighting climate change, should we not be making such a move.

Yes, the climate is "changing".  It's always changing.  The idea that we have 10 years before some apocalypse is nonsense, but someone who donates to Democrats is raking in the cash on this.

[Adam Griffin]

The problems you list are all of Joe Biden's doing.  Every one of them.

Joe Biden did all of this.  All of it.  And he did it because he's a doddering senile fool that let the inmates run the asylum that is his White House.

Every one of those problems are Joe Biden's fault.  The answer to gas prices is simple.  Produce more.  We have the capability to do so.

If we are going to tap the strategic reserve, then we need to do everything to increase American oil and gas production right now.

This is just the messiest mess of messes I've seen on here this week. Talk about doddering senile fools!

The notion that Biden can just unilaterally increase or decrease production overnight as if this is Saudi Arabia or our oil reserves are publicly-owned is laughable.

Nevertheless, oil production is up 13% since Biden took office. The net increase in oil production from Trump's first day in office until his last was less than 10%. "Biden" has already increased production by more than "Trump" did his entire 4 years, just like "Obama" did relative to "GWB"! Turns out, if you want oil production in this country to increase, then you're better off having a Democrat in the White House.

Just like the last dip-s[inks]t Republican to hold the office, they left everything in a total mess and then people like you immediately blame the incoming administration for all of the country's woes.

[Mr. Smith]

Schumer: Biden must pollute the skies even more with exhaust for some reason.

[Calthrina950]

Yes. If ever there was a time, it is now.

Don't let people suffer multiple problems because of these strange times we are in.

Can you think of a better emergency than what we have going on now, to tap into our reserves?

Higher Medicare costs, higher food prices, higher gas, higher everything. Pandemic. Give us a break.

The problems you list are all of Joe Biden's doing.  Every one of them.

If we are going to tap the strategic reserve, then we need to do everything to increase American oil and gas production right now.  That will replenish the strategic reserves and not leave us vulnerable.  Perhaps we now can let AOC and Jennifer Granholm know that energy policy will, from here on out, be managed by those that care about the well being of America and live in the real World. 

Joe Biden did all of this.  All of it.  And he did it because he's a doddering senile fool that let the inmates run the asylum that is his White House.

Every one of those problems are Joe Biden's fault.  The answer to gas prices is simple.  Produce more.  We have the capability to do so.

I do find it interesting that Democrats such as Schumer are calling for the strategic oil reserves to be tapped. If we are to invest ourselves in fighting climate change, should we not be making such a move.

Yes, the climate is "changing".  It's always changing.  The idea that we have 10 years before some apocalypse is nonsense, but someone who donates to Democrats is raking in the cash on this.

I'm not surprised that you don't believe in climate change. But that is an entirely different debate.

[compucomp]

Yes. If ever there was a time, it is now.

Don't let people suffer multiple problems because of these strange times we are in.

Can you think of a better emergency than what we have going on now, to tap into our reserves?

Higher Medicare costs, higher food prices, higher gas, higher everything. Pandemic. Give us a break.

The problems you list are all of Joe Biden's doing.  Every one of them.

If we are going to tap the strategic reserve, then we need to do everything to increase American oil and gas production right now.  That will replenish the strategic reserves and not leave us vulnerable.  Perhaps we now can let AOC and Jennifer Granholm know that energy policy will, from here on out, be managed by those that care about the well being of America and live in the real World.  

Joe Biden did all of this.  All of it.  And he did it because he's a doddering senile fool that let the inmates run the asylum that is his White House.

Every one of those problems are Joe Biden's fault.  The answer to gas prices is simple.  Produce more.  We have the capability to do so.

I do find it interesting that Democrats such as Schumer are calling for the strategic oil reserves to be tapped. If we are to invest ourselves in fighting climate change, should we not be making such a move.

That is a sure, 100% political loser. I don't think any leader in any country can get away with not acting to alleviate acute energy/fuel shortages in the name of environmentalism. Even in China the government was forced to turn on coal power plants that had been shut down to meet environmental targets, when the heat cut out in peoples' homes.

I'm almost expecting some progressive to stupidly say the current energy shortages are a good thing to drive people to renewable energy, the kind of thing that can discredit the climate change movement for a generation and put it in the same category as "Defund the Police".

[Fuzzy Bear Loves Christian Missionaries]

The problems you list are all of Joe Biden's doing.  Every one of them.

Joe Biden did all of this.  All of it.  And he did it because he's a doddering senile fool that let the inmates run the asylum that is his White House.

Every one of those problems are Joe Biden's fault.  The answer to gas prices is simple.  Produce more.  We have the capability to do so.

If we are going to tap the strategic reserve, then we need to do everything to increase American oil and gas production right now.

This is just the messiest mess of messes I've seen on here this week. Talk about doddering senile fools!

The notion that Biden can just unilaterally increase or decrease production overnight as if this is Saudi Arabia or our oil reserves are publicly-owned is laughable.

Nevertheless, oil production is up 13% since Biden took office. The net increase in oil production from Trump's first day in office until his last was less than 10%. "Biden" has already increased production by more than "Trump" did his entire 4 years, just like "Obama" did relative to "GWB"! Turns out, if you want oil production in this country to increase, then you're better off having a Democrat in the White House.

Just like the last dip-s[inks]t Republican to hold the office, they left everything in a total mess and then people like you immediately blame the incoming administration for all of the country's woes.

https://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/hist/LeafHandler.ashx?n=pet&s=mcrfpus2&f=m

Take a look at the stats between 2019 and 2021.  We are producing less oil in 2021 than in 2019 and that is Biden policy.  The decline in production in 2020 was due to COVID-19 and all that implies.  But we're producing less now than in 2019.  That's Biden's policies and the resulting effect.

Here's the Dirty Little Secret about Climate Change:  There are ALTERNATIVES to Fossil Fuels, but there is no SUBSTITUTE for Fossil Fuels.  Donald Trump recognized that.  Joe Biden doesn't; he's willing to put our nation at a strategic disadvantage, energy-wise, in order to curry favor with the New Left that is a bigger piece of the Democratic Party than ever before.  

[jojoju1998]

Yes. If ever there was a time, it is now.

Don't let people suffer multiple problems because of these strange times we are in.

Can you think of a better emergency than what we have going on now, to tap into our reserves?

Higher Medicare costs, higher food prices, higher gas, higher everything. Pandemic. Give us a break.

Higher medicare costs are due to the effects of Covid on the health care system.

[Adam Griffin]

The problems you list are all of Joe Biden's doing.  Every one of them.

Joe Biden did all of this.  All of it.  And he did it because he's a doddering senile fool that let the inmates run the asylum that is his White House.

Every one of those problems are Joe Biden's fault.  The answer to gas prices is simple.  Produce more.  We have the capability to do so.

If we are going to tap the strategic reserve, then we need to do everything to increase American oil and gas production right now.

This is just the messiest mess of messes I've seen on here this week. Talk about doddering senile fools!

The notion that Biden can just unilaterally increase or decrease production overnight as if this is Saudi Arabia or our oil reserves are publicly-owned is laughable.

Nevertheless, oil production is up 13% since Biden took office. The net increase in oil production from Trump's first day in office until his last was less than 10%. "Biden" has already increased production by more than "Trump" did his entire 4 years, just like "Obama" did relative to "GWB"! Turns out, if you want oil production in this country to increase, then you're better off having a Democrat in the White House.

Just like the last dip-s[inks]t Republican to hold the office, they left everything in a total mess and then people like you immediately blame the incoming administration for all of the country's woes.

https://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/hist/LeafHandler.ashx?n=pet&s=mcrfpus2&f=m

Take a look at the stats between 2019 and 2021.  We are producing less oil in 2021 than in 2019 and that is Biden policy.  The decline in production in 2020 was due to COVID-19 and all that implies.  But we're producing less now than in 2019.  That's Biden's policies and the resulting effect.

Here's the Dirty Little Secret about Climate Change:  There are ALTERNATIVES to Fossil Fuels, but there is no SUBSTITUTE for Fossil Fuels.  Donald Trump recognized that.  Joe Biden doesn't; he's willing to put our nation at a strategic disadvantage, energy-wise, in order to curry favor with the New Left that is a bigger piece of the Democratic Party than ever before.  

Oh no you don't. The massive drop in production occurred in 2020 under Trump and due to his mismanagement of COVID. That drop is his - not Biden's - and you know it. The economy was also larger one year before Bush left office than it was the day Obama took office, but you don't get to blame Obama for that when the trajectory under his tenure was always an upward one in terms of repairing it (just like Biden's is wrt oil production now) - though that never stopped rabid partisans in either case.

A President's legacy is their legacy. It doesn't matter if they expand one or more economic metrics at some point in their presidency if it all goes to s[inks]t by the end and gets effectively erased due to mismanagement. And Obama still beat out oil production increases in percentage terms (68%) even when measuring Trump's by his high watermark (42%), and saw roughly identical increases in nominal barrels per day produced (~3.7m barrels per day).

Stop trying to skew stats both ways to suit your own narratives.

[Mr. Smith]

Yes. If ever there was a time, it is now.

Don't let people suffer multiple problems because of these strange times we are in.

Can you think of a better emergency than what we have going on now, to tap into our reserves?

Higher Medicare costs, higher food prices, higher gas, higher everything. Pandemic. Give us a break.

Higher medicare costs are due to the effects of Covid on the health care system.

Which only got so far out of hand because Trump was a big idiot about the whole thing

That said, not going all in on a public option here and now [and giving the LBJ Treatment to Muppet Manchin and Silly Sinema], which would definitely alleviate costs, and going after an infrastructure boondoggle is a pretty bad move.

[BG-NY]

Oh no you don't. The massive drop in production occurred in 2020 under Trump and due to his mismanagement of COVID. That drop is his - not Biden's - and you know it. The economy was also larger one year before Bush left office than it was the day Obama took office, but you don't get to blame Obama for that when the trajectory under his tenure was always an upward one in terms of repairing it (just like Biden's is wrt oil production now) - though that never stopped rabid partisans in either case.

A President's legacy is their legacy. It doesn't matter if they expand one or more economic metrics at some point in their presidency if it all goes to s[inks]t by the end and gets effectively erased due to mismanagement. And Obama still beat out oil production increases in percentage terms (68%) even when measuring Trump's by his high watermark (42%), and saw roughly identical increases in nominal barrels per day produced (~3.7m barrels per day).

Stop trying to skew stats both ways to suit your own narratives.

This is either an incredibly naive or an incredibly dishonest post. Neither is really charitable.

Are you honestly comparing culpability for the Great Recession, which was directly caused by financial deregulation, housing laws, etc—all of which the president and Congress had agency over—to Covid, which was due to a virus that China unleashed on the world?

I agree Trump underreacted on stimulus in 2020 (mostly because he didn't go after that animal McConnell and endorse his democratic opponent when he refused a vote on the 2k checks), but frankly if he was more aggressive on shut downs, the economy would have fared even worse in 2020. Look at peer nations.

You are casting this as a damned if you do, damned if you don't situation. You don't get to have your cake and eat it too.

[PSOL]

This is exactly why it is a bad idea not to have a nationalized energy sector. The free market dictates that it isn’t profitable to warm up poor families’ homes in the winter.

[BG-NY]

This is exactly why it is a bad idea not to have a nationalized energy sector. The free market dictates that it isn’t profitable to warm up poor families’ homes in the winter.

Seems like all the free market does is cause problems. It's almost like government should exist to correct problems caused by the free market.

[PSOL]

This is exactly why it is a bad idea not to have a nationalized energy sector. The free market dictates that it isn’t profitable to warm up poor families’ homes in the winter.

Seems like all the free market does is cause problems. It's almost like government should exist to correct problems caused by the free market.

There is nothing to “correct” something working as intended, and ultimately our current system would be corrupted by private lobbying down the line, it’s more effective to have the people take control through a representative than let current conditions continue.

[BG-NY]

This is exactly why it is a bad idea not to have a nationalized energy sector. The free market dictates that it isn’t profitable to warm up poor families’ homes in the winter.

Seems like all the free market does is cause problems. It's almost like government should exist to correct problems caused by the free market.

There is nothing to “correct” something working as intended, and ultimately our current system would be corrupted by private lobbying down the line, it’s more effective to have the people take control through a representative than let current conditions continue.

I agree.