Submitted by sriracha_Salad t3_ybj4h9 in RhodeIsland
argument_sketch t1_itgp76j wrote
Reply to comment by Brotendo88 in Can anyone explain Ashley Marie Kalus's energy policy? by sriracha_Salad
So a Republican is talking about the government controlling prices… not against it, just doesn’t sound very free market for a conservative.
nathanaz t1_ith8svk wrote
Kind of like how they think if the US increases production of oil we can be self-sufficient, in terms of our gas needs/prices.
They leave out the middle part where the government would have to take over oil production, refinement and transport to ensure that the oil/gas stays here and doesn’t get sold on the global market. Essentially they’re advocating for communism while yelling about how much they love freedom.
mpm4q2 t1_ithcesb wrote
Won’t happen. The oil prices are determined by the global market. The only way to influence the prices is to pump more and flood the market. The government must stay out of the way or they will screw it up.
nathanaz t1_ithxweg wrote
My comment wasn’t a prescription, it was an illustration of the hypocrisy.
mpm4q2 t1_ithzua0 wrote
This is the republican platform for the fuel crisis
nathanaz t1_iti02xl wrote
Yeah. That’s why it’s hypocrisy. I don’t know what you’re not understanding
gusterfell t1_itihl7t wrote
How exactly do the Republicans plan to get the oil producers to "pump more," when they're currently making record profits by not pumping more and driving up the price?
Oil companies are currently sitting on dozens of unused drilling permits that they could act on tomorrow with no change in government. They have no desire to "pump more."
mpm4q2 t1_itiinmu wrote
Btw, those permits are unused because there is no oil there. Just because you have a permit doesn’t mean that there will be oil to drill there!!
gusterfell t1_itim1pe wrote
That's absurd. Why would anyone go through the permitting process to drill on land without oil reserves?
Regardless, that doesn't answer the question of how the GOP would get the oil companies to drill more and flood the market, reducing their own profit margins in the process? Seems pretty hard to do without some of that nasty government regulation.
argument_sketch t1_itimo66 wrote
Republicans are always against regulation because they don’t care about our future. As long as we’re all fat and happy with our low oil and gas prices, they don’t care that our children and grandchildren will grow up with the destructive results of climate change.
How about I throw all the toxic waste I produce over into your yard instead of disposing it properly for more expense? Because if you wanna stop me, that’s OVER-REGULATION!
I’ve never seen anybody more shortsighted than a republican
mpm4q2 t1_itim5nu wrote
That’s not how it works my friend.
Hot-Cry920 t1_itjacb2 wrote
Then why does biden take credit when gas prices come down??? Guys all over the place
mpm4q2 t1_itiig1x wrote
Now where did you hear that? Boy some people believe anything they are told. The oil companies will drill and produce more if they know the administration won’t interfere with more over regulation. It’s hard to get investors when the president says that he wants to put them out of business!
sriracha_Salad OP t1_itgrmwb wrote
I mean looking at the map in the paper there's only one natural gas pipeline coming in from Connecticut- so I am not sure how much you can go against the free market in this case.
therealDrA t1_itgs0gt wrote
Yes, this is a major limitation in New England. Kalus is a stupid right wing hack.
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