{"id":2224801,"date":"2024-04-18T22:17:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-19T02:17:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-shies-away-from-touting-increased-energy-production\/"},"modified":"2024-04-18T22:22:20","modified_gmt":"2024-04-19T02:22:20","slug":"biden-shies-away-from-touting-increased-energy-production","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-shies-away-from-touting-increased-energy-production\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden avoids promoting higher energy output"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">12<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-shies-away-from-touting-increased-energy-production%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2224801&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>President \u200dJoe Biden refrains from highlighting increased <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mcconnell-warns-democrats-what-republicans-will-do-if-democrats-end-filibuster-would-be-childs-play\/\" title=\"McConnell Warns Democrats What Republicans Will Do If Democrats End Filibuster: \u2018Would Be Child\u2019s Play\u2019\">domestic energy production<\/a>, a notable boast for reelection. This choice, though puzzling given poll results showing Biden trailing\u2063 Trump in swing \u200cstates, reflects deep concerns within the Democratic coalition on climate change and renewable energy. Biden&#8217;s silence \u200calso offers \u2062Republicans ammunition, painting him as undermining U.S. energy. President Joe Biden&#8217;s decision to stay silent \u2063on the surge in domestic energy production, \u2064despite it being \u200da significant achievement for his reelection campaign, is\u2063 puzzling. This silence, especially as \u2063polls show him trailing behind Trump in\u2062 swing states, underscores the Democratic coalition&#8217;s concerns regarding climate change \u200dand renewable energy. Furthermore, Biden&#8217;s lack of emphasis on energy production provides Republicans with ammunition to portray him \u2064as detrimental to U.S. energy\u2063 efforts.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>President <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Biden<\/a> is keeping quiet on one of his biggest potential bragging rights, the rise in domestic <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/energy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>energy<\/a> production.<\/p>\n<p>It might seem like a head-scratching approach to reelection, with the bulk of polls showing Biden losing in swing states to his November rival, former President <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a>. But the paradox reflects deep sensitivities within Biden\u2019s Democratic coalition, for whom climate change is a top problem, and the use of renewable energy,\u00a0not old-fashioned fossil fuels, is the coin of the realm.<\/p>\n<p>Biden\u2019s silence on his administration\u2019s energy record is also a tacit gift to Republicans who have worked hard to paint the president as low-energy. Not <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2845770\/hur-report-biden-as-elderly-man-poor-memory\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>just as<\/a> a \u201cwell-meaning elderly man with a poor memory\u201d but literally as a leader who is gutting the United States\u2019s energy production.<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>President Joe Biden speaks at a shipyard in Philadelphia, Thursday, July 20, 2023. Biden is visiting the shipyard to push for a strong role for unions in tech and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-slams-biden-environmental-executive-orders\/\" title=\"GOP slams Biden environmental executive orders\">clean energy jobs<\/a>. (AP Photo\/Susan Walsh)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Whether Biden wants to discuss energy issues or not, summer won\u2019t give much choice. He is already struggling to communicate the reality that on his watch, crime is down and the economy is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/finance-and-economy\/2956124\/the-economic-win-still-eluding-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>improving<\/a> despite persistent inflation running above the Federal Reserve\u2019s desired 2% target. Yet as summer travelers get ready to hit the road in a couple of months, gas prices are set to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/2930682\/elevated-gas-prices-pose-latest-political-problem-for-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>climb<\/a> back up slowly. Overall, gas prices are up <a href=\"https:\/\/fred.stlouisfed.org\/series\/GASREGW\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>roughly<\/a> 48% since Biden took office in January 2021. <\/p>\n<p>Other energy prices are up too, including electricity <a href=\"https:\/\/fred.stlouisfed.org\/series\/APU000072610\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>per kilowatt hour<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/fred.stlouisfed.org\/series\/APU000072620\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>piped gas<\/a>. And that is with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eia.gov\/dnav\/pet\/hist\/LeafHandler.ashx?n=pet&#038;s=mcrfpus2&#038;f=m\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>record<\/a> oil and gas production and exports. <\/p>\n<p>Which is where the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/daily-on-energy\/2949560\/daily-on-energy-both-parties-quiet-on-us-lng-dominance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>problem for both<\/a> Biden and Republicans comes in. <\/p>\n<h2><strong>Silence on Energy is Mutually Beneficial<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The president is loath to point out record liquified <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-video-links-biden-to-ukrainian-corruption-burisma-indictment-reveals-ex-president-yanukovich-illegally-obtained-7-4-billion-laundered-thru-fund-close-to-us-democratic-party\/\" title=\"New Video Links Biden to Ukrainian Corruption \u2013 Burisma Indictment Reveals Ex-President Yanukovich Illegally Obtained .4 Billion Laundered Thru Fund \u201cClose to US Democratic Party\u201d\">natural gas<\/a> production and exports. And Republicans aren\u2019t keen on talking about it and handing Biden a talking point either, six months out-plus from Election Day, when the Democratic president will face off against Trump, his vanquished 2020 rival. <\/p>\n<p>Besides not wanting to anger the greenest section of voters, Biden might also be avoiding talking about energy production because the leaps in output aren\u2019t necessarily his achievements to brag about. While he has focused on scaling back exploration and putting holds on oil and gas leases, the Trump administration made a concerted effort to free up drilling and exploration. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cEnergy production is a latency issue,\u201d Competitive Enterprise Institute research fellow Paige Lambermont told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. \u201cThe regulations that we make today, or last year, don\u2019t affect, largely, the production that we see right now.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re not seeing approvals under Joe Biden delivering gas and oil, largely,\u201d she said. \u201cWe\u2019re seeing previous-era investment.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Investment in energy is something Biden is familiar with. He ran on promises of spending big on transitioning the country to green energy and has spent billions of dollars, and promised billions more, on ramping up renewable energy. <\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>(Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Inflation Reduction Act was enacted in 2022 with a clean energy price tag of $369 billion, a figure that, a year later, had ballooned. <\/p>\n<p>During <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2583176\/inflation-reduction-act-at-one-year-massive-clean-energy-spending\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>the first year<\/a> of the Inflation Reduction Act, the Biden administration spent $110 billion on wind and solar manufacturing and allocated $12.5 billion on extending and expanding the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/inflation-reduction-act-at-one-year-massive-clean-energy-spending\/\" title=\"One year of Inflation Reduction Act: Huge investment in clean energy.\">electric vehicle tax credit program<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Biden\u2019s most recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/daily-on-energy\/2913771\/daily-on-energy-energy-and-environment-provisions-in-the-biden-budget-proposal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>budget request<\/a>, clocking in at $7.3 trillion, included $51 billion for the Department of Energy. That top line would help cover a range of programs and costs, including $1.6 billion to support clean energy jobs and infrastructure projects, $11 billion for international climate finance, and $142 million to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-blasts-biden-after-report-administration-might-use-defense-production-act-to-support-electric-cars\/\" title=\"DeSantis Blasts Biden After Report Administration Might Use Defense Production Act To Support Electric Cars\">deploy clean energy<\/a> on federal lands. <\/p>\n<p>Paired with that spending has been a raft of restrictions. <\/p>\n<p>Shortly after taking office, Biden put a moratorium on oil and gas leases and recently paused liquefied natural gas exports, a move that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2964537\/european-industry-groups-warn-shuttered-factories-biden-lng-pause\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>spooked<\/a> European allies. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlong with energy production and energy prices, the reliable delivery of energy is really important,\u201d Lambermont said. \u201cOne of the most important things is obviously pipeline approvals. Making sure that the continued movement of energy around the country is manageable as we need it is so crucial to maintaining enough natural gas for the electric grid and to keeping the oil flowing.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Biden\u2019s mixed bag on energy production has contributed to what some are calling an \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2024\/03\/27\/bidens-uneasy-energy-empire-00147449\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>all of the above<\/a>\u201d policy that, instead of making all sides a little happy with their half-loaf, has frustrated everyone. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are an \u2018all of the above\u2019 country in many ways,\u201d Sen. John Hickenlooper (D-CO) told <em>Politico<\/em>. \u201cBut is that sufficient? Ultimately we\u2019re going to have to figure out how we get to a clean energy future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden\u2019s reticence drew the attention of Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV), a frequent critic of the president on a range of issues, including on energy, as his home state of West Virginia relies heavily on coal production \u2014 something Democrats are anxious to phase out. Manchin heaped tongue-in-cheek praise on the president last month, lauding the all-of-the-above strategy and encouraging Biden to talk about it more. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou won\u2019t hear about our historic energy production on TV, on social media, at Democratic campaign events \u2014 or from many administration aides,\u201d he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/2024\/03\/18\/manchin-energy-independence-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>wrote<\/a> in an op-ed. \u201cAs a result of these bills, there has never been a better time to invest in American energy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Pressure on Biden to have an answer for why prices are continuing to go up despite bountiful production will grow as the November election approaches. And whether or not he continues to force companies to dip further into current reserves or make new pipelines and transportation more difficult to build, prices are likely to keep going up. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe big thing for Joe Biden is that he wants to simultaneously take credit for any economic goods that are happening under his presidency while also appearing to do transformational change in the name of fixing things for climate,\u201d Lambermont said. \u201cAnd so he doesn\u2019t want to admit there\u2019s high energy production right now because he doesn\u2019t think it\u2019s good.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden is staying mum on a significant achievement: the surge in domestic energy production. His silence, despite its potential for boasting during reelection, appears perplexing as polls indicate his trailing behind former President Donald Trump in swing states. 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