{"id":972404,"date":"2021-11-05T13:29:12","date_gmt":"2021-11-05T17:29:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=972404"},"modified":"2021-11-05T13:29:15","modified_gmt":"2021-11-05T17:29:15","slug":"that-is-hilarious-energy-secretary-cackles-when-asked-about-rising-gasoline-prices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/that-is-hilarious-energy-secretary-cackles-when-asked-about-rising-gasoline-prices\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018That Is Hilarious\u2019: Energy Secretary Cackles When Asked About Rising Gasoline Prices"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/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%2Fthat-is-hilarious-energy-secretary-cackles-when-asked-about-rising-gasoline-prices%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=972404&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--><div><\/div>\n<p>Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm laughed out loud when asked during an interview Friday what her plan was to ease gasoline prices nationwide.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat is hilarious,\u201d Granholm laughed when asked by a Bloomberg anchor. \u201cWould that I had the magic wand on this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Granholm then blamed Middle Eastern oil providers, repeating a Biden administration claim that oil prices are largely out of the federal government\u2019s control. Crude oil prices, which are closely linked to both <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/09\/29\/oil-prices-inflation-jerome-powell-federal-reserve\/\">inflation<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eia.gov\/energyexplained\/gasoline\/price-fluctuations.php\">gasoline prices<\/a>, surged again Friday after the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and Russian producers <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/11\/05\/oil-prices-opec-russia-joe-biden\/\">declined to boost output<\/a>&nbsp;at President Joe Biden\u2019s request.<\/p>\n<p>Gasoline prices, meanwhile, increased and remained at their highest level since September 2014, according to Energy Information Administration (EIA) data <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eia.gov\/petroleum\/gasdiesel\/\">released<\/a> Monday. The average cost at the pump hit $3.42 per gallon on Friday, up 61.6% compared to one year ago, AAA data <a href=\"https:\/\/gasprices.aaa.com\/\">showed<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Heating prices for American consumers this winter are also <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/10\/14\/energy-expenditure-increase-inflation-biden-admin\/\">expected to rise<\/a> as a result of increased energy costs, the federal government said last month. Propane heating costs <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/10\/29\/heating-costs-united-states-joe-biden-winter-climate-change\/\">reached their highest level<\/a> since 2011 in October and are expected to climb as it gets colder. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/10\/28\/katie-porter-climate-change-oil-gas-house-oversight-committee\/\">(RELATED: Congresswoman Stands Near Her Gas-Powered Minivan While Using Candy, Rice To Prove Oil Companies Are Bad)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"8.8104265402844\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm laughs when asked about Biden\u2019s plans to bring gas prices down.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHa ha ha. That is hilarious!\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0V0XCsVqDc\">pic.twitter.com\/0V0XCsVqDc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 RNC Research (@RNCResearch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RNCResearch\/status\/1456610771186634757?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 5, 2021<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Biden administration has pushed numerous policies and executive actions \u2014 including&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/17\/joe-biden-keystone-xl-pipeline-montana\/\">blocking<\/a> U.S. pipelines, <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/10\/20\/joe-biden-administration-interior-department-alaska-oil-drilling-energy-prices\/\">abandoning<\/a> drilling projects&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/15\/jeff-landry-joe-biden-louisiana\/\">banning<\/a> oil and gas leases on federal lands \u2014 that have created uncertainty in the fossil fuel industry. The president has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/statements-releases\/2021\/04\/22\/fact-sheet-president-biden-sets-2030-greenhouse-gas-pollution-reduction-target-aimed-at-creating-good-paying-union-jobs-and-securing-u-s-leadership-on-clean-energy-technologies\/\">pledged<\/a> to make the U.S. electric grid carbon-free by 2035 and achieve net zero emissions economy-wide by 2050.<\/p>\n<p>Biden\u2019s actions have made the U.S. increasingly dependent on foreign sources of oil, evidenced by his calls for OPEC and Russia to up supply, <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/10\/19\/energy-independence-united-states-joe-biden-american-petroleum-institute\/\">according<\/a> to critics. The U.S. has an estimated 47.1 billion barrels of oil reserves nationwide, the EIA <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eia.gov\/naturalgas\/crudeoilreserves\/\">said<\/a> in an annual report in January.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMillionaire Energy Secretary Granholm laughs as she acknowledges that the Biden regime has put OPEC back in charge of global oil production and soaring prices that are harming non-millionaire Americans. Under President Trump, American frackers were large and in charge of both, and prices were low,\u201d Steve Milloy, a former member of the Trump transition team, said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo US government official has ever thrown up their hands and cackled at Americans being gouged at the pump,\u201d he continued. \u201cOf course, no American President has purposefully gone out of his way to empower OPEC either.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm laughed out loud when asked during an interview Friday what her plan was to ease gasoline prices nationwide.\u201cThat is hilarious,\u201d Granholm laughed when asked by a &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-972404","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/972404","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/181"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=972404"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/972404\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=972404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=972404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=972404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}