{"id":116348,"date":"2021-08-13T10:00:41","date_gmt":"2021-08-13T14:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=116348"},"modified":"2021-08-13T09:14:57","modified_gmt":"2021-08-13T13:14:57","slug":"opec-and-russia-want-to-do-business-with-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=116348","title":{"rendered":"OPEC and Russia Want To Do Business With You"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-106716\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/thumbnail_IMG-01681-2-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/thumbnail_IMG-01681-2-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/thumbnail_IMG-01681-2-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/thumbnail_IMG-01681-2-250x333.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/thumbnail_IMG-01681-2.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration is doing its best to stop US oil production, which was what happened with the Keystone Pipeline debacle, and instead, is encouraging the import and purchase of oil from OPEC and Russia.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/radio\/2021\/08\/12\/exclusive-ryan-zinke-biden-took-america-from-energy-dominance-to-being-held-hostage-by-opec-for-oil\/\">https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/radio\/2021\/08\/12\/exclusive-ryan-zinke-biden-took-america-from-energy-dominance-to-being-held-hostage-by-opec-for-oil\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The following statement comes from Biteme\u2019s administration\u2019s National Security advisor, what\u2019s-his-face Jake Something or other:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Statement by National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan on the Need for Reliable and Stable Global Energy Markets<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>AUGUST 11, 2021\u2022<a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/statements-releases\/\">STATEMENTS AND RELEASES<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Higher gasoline costs, if left unchecked, risk harming the ongoing global recovery. The price of crude oil has been\u00a0higher than it was at the end of 2019, before the onset of the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>While OPEC+ recently agreed to production increases, these increases will not fully offset previous production cuts that OPEC+ imposed during the pandemic until well into 2022. At a critical moment in the global recovery, this is simply not enough.<\/p>\n<p>President Biden has made clear that he wants Americans to have access to affordable and reliable energy, including at the pump. Although we are not a party to OPEC, the United States will always speak to international partners regarding issues of significance that affect our national economic and security affairs, in public and private.\u00a0We are engaging with relevant OPEC+ members on the importance of competitive markets in setting prices. Competitive energy markets will ensure reliable and stable energy supplies, and OPEC+ must do more to support the recovery.<\/p>\n<p><em>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/statements-releases\/2021\/08\/11\/statement-by-national-security-advisor-jake-sullivan-on-the-need-for-reliable-and-stable-global-energy-markets\/\">https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/statements-releases\/2021\/08\/11\/statement-by-national-security-advisor-jake-sullivan-on-the-need-for-reliable-and-stable-global-energy-markets\/<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>So, boys and girls, if you take the perspective that I do, we aren\u2019t using up our own oil and gas resources during this Period of Ineptitude. We\u2019re using Russia\u2019s and OPEC\u2019s\u2026. but then, we\u2019ve had commercial business with OPEC for a very long time, because oil is traded on all commodities markets and traders don\u2019t give a crap where it comes from. Expect to see another $.10 to $.15 increase at the pump\u2026. but then, you should be driving electric vehicles, right? Right? And we should be heating our homes and cooking with electric heaters, instead of enjoying the warmth and coziness of gas-fired heat or even a fireplace burning wood cheerfully in the night. Cooking over a wood fire &#8211; haven&#8217;t done that in a while, but I figure it won&#8217;t be long.<\/p>\n<p>And Wednesday, I filled the tank for $20.00 flat, with gas $0.15 higher than the previous week, now at $3.499.\u00a0 Good thing that car had a small tank, isn&#8217;t it?\u00a0 Gee, maybe some clever engineer will be able to come up with a vehicle engine so efficient that it only needs spit and a good sidewalk push to get it up to 55MPH&#8230; or was that back when Dolly the buggy horse was a thing?<\/p>\n<p>Oh, and today is Friday the 13<sup>th<\/sup>, in case you\u2019re wondering. Happy Friday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Biden administration is doing its best to stop US oil production, which was what happened &hellip; <a title=\"OPEC and Russia Want To Do Business With You\" class=\"hm-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=116348\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">OPEC and Russia Want To Do Business With You<\/span>Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":653,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[220,430,16,518,224,11,238,188],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-116348","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-floggings-will-continue-until-morale-improves","category-2020-election","category-administrative","category-biden","category-darwin-awards","category-economy","category-government-incompetence","category-reality-check"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116348","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/653"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=116348"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116348\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":116349,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116348\/revisions\/116349"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=116348"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=116348"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=116348"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}