Energy Update

Hey, stupid, America has ALWAYS been "energy independent" (your moronic spelling error corrected): we've always been able to meet our energy needs with domestic production. We buy energy abroad when it's cheaper.

Hey, stupid, America currently exports energy and has done so for decades. (We both import and export it.)

Hey stupid, what changed is the GLOBAL price of a barrel of oil. Biden is not the emperor of the world and doesn't dictate the price of oil.

Are you really such a stupid fuck as to think that the price of crude oil is dictated by the US president?

Boiler, you're the poster child for ignorance, and yes in fact I do know more about global energy markets than you do. I'm surprised at how little you know about it, actually, given your so-called "profession."

          You really are a dumb bastard. The asshole you and millions of other dumbasses fraudlently "elected" has screwed the American public since the day he entered office. 

But you can't explain how Biden is somehow responsible for global crude prices, can you? Of course you can't, because your assertion is idiotic conservitard propaganda nonsense. And as always, when called out on it, you weasel and revert to insults.

   Stay stupid - that is your most redemming quality...

My third graders understand that Biden isn't emperor of the world. You, on the other hand, don't get that.

You're not qualified to call anyone else stupid--and doing so doesn't make you any smarter.

Kevin's comment to Dave.

"Hey, stupid, America has ALWAYS been "energy independent" (your moronic spelling error corrected): we've always been able to meet our energy needs with domestic production. We buy energy abroad when it's cheaper."

Kevin once again proves his ignornace on the topic of oil and natural gas.  I might suggest that you listen and learn before spouting your mouth off.

Boiler, you claim to be an expert on oil and natural gas, but you don't understand the basic concept that we can meet all of our energy needs with domestic production (NOT JUST FOSSIL FUELS) if we wish or need to.

That's "energy independence." A concept you apparently just don't get.

"We can be" is different than "we are" energy dependent, especially when it takes 15 years to compete a single oil production project.  Claiming that we have always been energy independent is simply an exampe of your lack of knowledge on the subject.

I'm not an expert on the subject, but I do know far more than most.  I've worked in the petrochemical industry for 39 years, including 16 years for Union Oil and Ashland Oil.  My father and his father were senior level engineers in the oil business their entire careers.  My best friend, Pete, just retired after working as a senior level engineer doing offshore drilling and development for 40 years.  I learned while working in the business and learned more from my family and buddy.

I know enough about this busines to know that you know little.  You should really stick to insulting people on grammer.

Then maybe you should define "energy independent" instead of just tossing it around as a stupid conservitard buzzword. To me--student of the English language that I am--"independent" means "does not depend on anyone else." That's our energy situation. Europe, in contrast, is not "energy independent," because it can't produce or generate enough energy for its needs. We can.

You may have been an oil roustabout, but you were involved in energy production, not distribution, marketing, energy economics, or any other related discipline. Therefore, you know about as much about the global energy economy as you do about, say, hog farming.

In contrast, I took fourteen economics classes in college. I had originally planned that as my major. Sneer at that all you want, but I'm pretty well versed on the subject--far more than you. And yes, you know far more about actual fossil fuel production and engineering than I do. That has very little to do with global energy markets.

You're also showing your tunnel vision when you say that American energy production is confined to oil production projects. The actuality is that a significant and growing percentage of our energy needs are being met by methods other than fossil fuel production. Fossil fuels are slowly becoming obsolete.