A little help guys. I'm pretty vocal at work, and I've shut down many debates with specific questions, and little known verifiable facts. I love the questioning method. I just got owned on fuel prices, refining shortages, etc.... Pleas help me out with some info sources, so I can get knowledge on the subject, and don't get owned by msm sheep again. Any help is welcome.
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Tell them you remember reading many stories about how Donald Trump was bringing back the energy policies of the 1950s, environment be damned. Read this to refresh your memory.
Donald Trump’s Extract-Everything Energy Policy Dooms Us All
https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/donald-trumps-extract-everything-energy-policy-dooms-us-all/
Tell them Biden signed Executive Order 13990 his first day in office, which revoked Trump's 1950s energy policies and restored Obama's energy policies.
If they bring up the cancellation of the Keystone XL pipeline and claim it's not why crude oil prices have increased, you can respond as follows-
"You're right. Cancelling the Keystone XL pipeline didn't affect global crude oil production. At the time, Biden said saving Alberta, Canada's river and forests was more important than preserving anywhere from 4,000-11,000 (depending on who's providing the estimates) high-paying union jobs. Many praised him for making a very tough political choice so early in his Presidency."
That response alone usually blows most people away.
If they keep the discussion about Keystone XL, this fact goes straight to the Democrat narrative of blaming greedy billionaires for high oil prices-
"It's also possible cancelling the Keystone XL pipeline was Biden's way of showing gratitude to Warren Buffett for his campaign contributions to both Obama in 2008 and 2012 and to his 2020 campaign. Buffett's railroad just happens to ship the majority of Canadian crude oil to the refineries in Texas and Lousiana and made $6 billion in profit in 2021."