The old man who cannot sea...

"One more thing. There is an entire cascade of reasons on why we are not equipped for an electric future as yet. Many of those reasons revolve around the fact that much of the material needed does not lie in friendly hands."

BREAKING NEWS! We have a new villain for whomever is responsible for the high gasoline prices! It took a lot of sleuthing, but I think we really are onto something now! It is our own gas and oil refineries. They are screwing us fellow Americans. Bigly, screwing us. The fat cats who run these things, are sitting back in their chairs, smoking Cuban cigars, and counting their money. Their refineries are running at half capacity, and with that capacity, the refineries are making record profits. Meanwhile, Joe Sixpack and his union buddies, are breaking under the pressure of high fuel prices.

Anyhow, that is how the world looks to our over the hill, dementia affected, President. None of what he is saying about the refineries is true. Here are the facts. The last major refinery in this country was brought online in 1977. That was a long, long time ago. Since then, many have been proposed, but all have died in the process of making it through the miles of red tape and hundreds of lawsuits. The refineries we do have, are going bahls to the wall, sometimes hitting 96% of capacity. If a refinery goes down due to fire, hurricane or other, we are screwed.

Someone came up with a wonderful idea, for our refinery starved country. Lets build a new refinery in the middle of nowhere. Where the NIMBY should not matter. Like the Bakken oil fields of North Dakota. Build the refinery where the oil comes out of the ground! Brilliant! It has taken a dozen years of planning and litigation to get to right now. Is it online? Nope. Maybe, just maybe - by 2024. Or maybe it too, will die on the vine of redtape.

Here is the problem. We have plenty of oil to make into gasoline - if Slo Joe lets us drill for it again. But we also need more refineries. And not with an approval cycle of 10 to 20 years to get online. Without refineries, we are whistling past the graveyard. Having vast oil resources, just won't matter. 

Here is the bottom line. We have way too many people, including the ones in charge right now, who believe in wizards and fairy dust. Completely devoid of reality. Windmills, solar and EVs are NOT the total answer. They are part of the answer, and someday, they might be the total answer. But right now, we need gas and oil (and refineries). And lots of it. It is a matter of national security. Economic security. By not using what we have, we are making our people poorer - and quickly.

The amazing thing is how tone deaf our administration is. Every month, the tall tales continue on how our energy woes are the fault of everyone and everything BUT - Joe Biden. And 90% of us Americans are not buying it. There are a few kool aid drinkers who still do believe in Biden's hogwash. But most don't.

One more thing. There is an entire cascade of reasons on why we are not equipped for an electric future as yet. Many of those reasons revolve around the fact that much of the material needed, does not lie in friendly hands. We don't have the material, nor the electrical generating capacity, to go all in electric.

Most smart people know this. The wizards and ferries working for Slo Joe - do not. They are still working on the gender identities of unicorns.