The 19th-century humorist Josh Billings observed: “This is not ignorance [that] Cause so much trouble; people know too much, but it is not the case. “Almost 100 years later, President Ronald Reagan reiterated this view: “The problem with our liberal friends is not that they are ignorant; it’s just that they know too much, but that’s not the case. “
As far as Rep. Alexander Ocasio-Cortez (DN.Y.) is concerned, I’m not sure about the “ignorance” part (blink), but examples abound and make people wonder — And boy, does she have a “knowing so much, not so understanding” part.
To give an example: the latest stupid comment of a famous fossil fuel expert on the evil Keystone XL pipeline-ecstatic Killed by Biden One nanosecond after he occupied the Oval Office.
Biden cancels Keystone XL pipeline project https://t.co/Np2MtS2Vbp
-Papato2 (@ Papato211) November 11, 2021
In an Instagram video on Sunday, the former bartender falsely claimed that the Keystone XL pipeline and Line 3 project were designed to increase US natural gas exports. Yes, not at all. It is proposed that the two pipelines transport crude oil instead of natural gas as imports from Canada to the United States.
Tell President Biden: Close the pipeline of Line 3 and order the Department of Justice to immediately stop the police using “painful obedience” torture tactics and treat protesters like terrorists! https://t.co/A22HHlYG5B pic.twitter.com/X4eerLC6UX
-Mani Isna La #NativeLivesMatter 🇵🇸 🇨🇺 (@mikecoulson48) November 17, 2021
The Keystone XL pipeline branch is proposed as a Existing line It stretches from North Dakota to Texas. Since the 1960s, Canada’s No. 3 pipeline has been transporting crude oil to the United States through Minnesota. The $2.9 billion line 3 replacement project currently under construction continues to face strong opposition from environmental weirdos—the brave AOC is one of them.
“Line 3 should not exist,” energy experts declared.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez claims that the pipeline 3 and Keystone XL pipeline are designed to allow the United States to “export and sell natural gas abroad.” pic.twitter.com/xkY1xaQ9Yk
-Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial) November 16, 2021
Misleading Incorrect — The video has received more than 180,000 views, which in itself is a terrible idea.
“When you look at Keystone XL and many other pipelines, people will say,’Oh, this is for energy, you know, for American independence. Whether you agree or not, we have actually produced enough for our own country Powered products.”
what, Energy “independence”. “
Donald Trump made the same request. is this real? In short, no-in terms of production and domestic consumption, this is most people’s view of energy independence.However, according to Forbes, U.S. oil and natural gas production currently accounts for approximately 68% of U.S. energy consumption.
When people see that our net exports are positive, this is considered “energy independence”. When they become negative, we are partly dependent again. (In fact, we are always partially dependent, because even if our exports exceed imports, we are still importing oil from other countries).
According to Forbes, “The correct accounting method is to add up all our energy production (oil, natural gas, coal, renewable energy), and then subtract our net energy consumption” to determine net energy production.
If we import 1 million barrels of oil a day and export it in the form of approximately 1 million barrels of finished products per day, it will not actually affect our energy independence-even if it increases our total consumption.
But hey—at least Trump knows that the Keystone XL pipeline is designed to transport crude oil, so that’s it.
By the way, talking about the economic genius of the Democratic Party, as RedState Report On Wednesday, former President Barack Obama’s economic adviser Steven Ratner wrote an article for the New York Times in which he and other economists warned Biden and Democrats about inflation. The problem does not help.
“How could a government… make this crucial question so wrong?” Ratner asked.
Should we tell him?
