On 5/18/2022 2:57 PM, Frank wrote:
> On 5/18/2022 2:35 PM, Scott Lurndal wrote:
>> Frank <Frank@frank..net> writes:
>>> On 5/18/2022 1:13 PM, Scott Lurndal wrote:
>>>> Frank <"frank "@frank.net> writes:
>>>>> On 5/18/2022 12:25 PM, Marilyn Manson wrote:
>>>>>> On Wednesday, May 18, 2022 at 12:05:34 PM UTC-4, Frank wrote:
>>>>>>> On 5/18/2022 11:58 AM, Marilyn Manson wrote:
>>>>>>>> On Wednesday, May 18, 2022 at 11:45:22 AM UTC-4, Frank wrote:
>>>>>>>>> On 5/18/2022 11:33 AM, Bob F wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> On 5/18/2022 2:06 PM, John A. Smith wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> On 5/18/2022 9:54 AM, Scott Lurndal wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> TANSTAAFL.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> LOL, you can escape Amazon Prime fees but you can't escape the
>>>>>>>>>>> Demoncrap's record-high gasoline prices.
>>>>
>>>> So the Troll rears his ugly mug again with a new name. As pointed
>>>> out by Bob:
>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Pure republitard BS. This is not the Democrats fault.
>>>>>>>>>> Speculative energy
>>>>>>>>>> trading is the problem.
>>>>
>>>> Not to mention supply chain issues related to Covid-19 (i.e. it
>>>> takes time
>>>> to ramp production back up) and the Russian war in Ukraine.  Both of
>>>> which have
>>>> had significant effect.   Then there are the record profits of the oil
>>>> companies (after all, their production costs haven't increased at the
>>>> same rate as the market price (which is based on scarcity)).
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> "Veteran oil analyst Philip K Verleger has warned that supply
>>>>>>>>>> and demand
>>>>>>>>>> “fundamentals have been rendered almost irrelevant” for oil
>>>>>>>>>> prices, a
>>>>>>>>>> key determinant of the price of gasoline at the pump.
>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/apr/28/gas-prices-why-are-they-so-high-traders
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Stopping Canadian pipeline, closing ANWR and tightening regs
>>>>>>>>> had nothing
>>>>>>>>> to do with it. Just wait until fall when you need to heat your
>>>>>>>>> home.
>>>>>>>>> You will probably vote Republican.
>>>>
>>>> So Frank butts in with the typical pipeline, anwar and regs
>>>> dogwhistles, none
>>>> of which hold up to actual scrutiny of the facts, for example:
>>>>
>>>>      "There is a lot of uncertainty about whether or not the
>>>>       resources are present and whether or not the resources
>>>>       are of sufficient size to be deemed technically recoverable,
>>>>       Houseknecht said."
>>>>
>>>> https://www.alaskapublic.org/2016/12/07/how-much-oil-is-really-in-anwr/
>>>>
>>>>      USGS estimates between 4 an 18 billion barrels in ANWAR, based
>>>> on a single
>>>>      exploratory well drilled by Chevron/BP, who have never released
>>>> the
>>>>      results of the drill to anyone, even the government.
>>>>
>>>>      USA uses 20 million barrels of oil every day.   So ANWAR is a
>>>> 200 day
>>>>      supply at the low end, three years at the high end.
>>>>
>>>> The tar sands pipeline is an expensive boondoggle that would have
>>>> zero effect
>>>> on the price of gas at the gas station, and it wouldn't be finished
>>>> for years yet and has the worst ERORI of the oil sector.
>>>>
>>>> And it is Congress, not the President that must authorize drilling
>>>> in ANWAR, and they haven't for the last 30 years through both
>>>> democratic and republican administrations.
>>>>
>>>> But Frank and Facts don't mix.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> and what would you cut off?
>>>>
>>>> So Frank brings up Heating Oil as the next republican dogwhistle.
>>>>
>>>> There are 128.45 million households in the USA.  5.3 million are heated
>>>> with heating oil, a bit less than 5%.
>>>>
>>>> https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/heating-oil/use-of-heating-oil.php
>>>>
>>>> Heating oil prices have gone up in the past, and we've survived it
>>>> just fine.   Just like the high gas prices in 2008 and 2012
>>>> (both higher when adjusted for inflation than
>>>> today.  Remember the delivery surcharges in those years?) were
>>>> survivable.
>>>>
>>>> https://www.statista.com/statistics/204740/retail-price-of-gasoline-in-the-united-states-since-1990/
>>>>
>>>
>>> Open borders, rampant inflation and crime and fiasco in Afghanistan.  No
>>> thanks.  What else to we have to put up with?  No more dog whistles are
>>> welcome.
>>>
>>
>> Ok. So Frank _COMPLETELY_ ignores the facts and brings up additional
>> republican dogwhistles.
>>
>>     The border is not open
>>
>>     A COVID-19 policy invoked to allow border officials
>>     to quickly expel immigrants arriving at U.S. borders
>>     is scheduled to end May 23. Barring any change, immigrants
>>     may soon find it easier to request asylum and stay in the U.S.
>>     while their applications are pending. The impact on the number
>>     of people showing up at the border is difficult to predict. In
>>     some DHS scenarios, as many as 18,000 migrants a day might arrive
>>     at the southwest border, although one DHS official told Congress
>>     the number of migrants is expected to fall.
>>
>>     But even after the pandemic policy is over, many migrants can
>>     be quickly turned back or enter a long winding process if they
>>     are placed in removal proceedings or apply for asylum or other
>>     immigration protections.
>>
>>     The term "open border" can be subjective, but controls at the
>>     southern border are significant. They include nearly 20,000 Border
>>     Patrol agents and surveillance systems that rely on motion detectors
>>     and blimps that scan for low-flying aircrafts. And there are hundreds
>>     of miles of fencing at the southwest border.
>>
>>     "There's no such thing as an open border," Terence Garrett, political
>>     science professor at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, told
>>     PolitiFact in April.
>>
>>     In Biden's State of the Union Address, he talked about the importance
>>     of strengthening border controls.
>>
>>     "If we are to advance liberty and justice, we need to secure the
>>      border and fix the immigration system. We can do both," Biden said
>>      March 1, 2022. "At our border, we've installed new technology like
>>      cutting-edge scanners to better detect drug smuggling.  We've set up
>>      joint patrols with Mexico and Guatemala to catch more human
>> traffickers."
>>
>> Inflation is present, but not yet rampant, and it is a result of
>> amongst other things,
>> Covid-19, Trump's China Tarrifs, Trump's Canadian Lumber tarrifs, the
>> Russian
>> War in Ukraine and a seriously restricted supply line.
>>
>> and WTF does Afghanistan have to do with anything?  How, exactly was
>> fullfilling the commitment by Mr Trump to withdraw by a certain date
>> wrong?
>
> You guys are incredibly stupid.  It is amazing that you can even read
> and write.

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