The Four
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wrote on 28 Jan 2021, 20:35 last edited by Jolly
Democrats were all in for then-candidate Joe Biden. Their goal was simple: get President Donald Trump out of office. They were willing to do anything and everything to make sure that happened. And now, four Texas Democrats are regretting their decision to back Biden. The reason: his latest executive order putting a halt to federal land being leased to oil and gas companies for energy.
The four members of Congress – Reps. Vincente Gonzalez, Lizzie Fletcher, Henry Cuellar, and Marc Veasey – sent a letter to Biden, asking him to rescind the order.
"Media reports indicate that the Administration plans to announce a new proposal to ban responsible energy leasing, including oil and gas leasing, from our federal waters and lands indefinitely," the letter stated. "A federal ban for any period of time will certainly imperil hundreds of thousands of jobs, entire communities, and billions of dollars in royalty revenues to the Federal Treasury and eliminate funding for important conservation programs such as the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF)."
The order will result in a GDP loss of $700 billion and the federal government will lose its biggest revenue generator, the letter stated. One of the other concerns they share is America returning to dependence on foreign oil.
According to the members, New Mexico is being disproportionately impacted, predominantly because of its land makeup and lack of income.
"Additionally, New Mexico, a small, poor state that receives a huge portion of their revenue for things like funding Albuquerque schools, will find this rule devastating. Such a rule could also tighten supplies, send heating and cooling bills up, and cause a spike in fuel prices during a pandemic," they explained. "Furthermore, this benefits Big Oil over small independents that did not have the resources to stockpile permits. We should instead work to make sure we create jobs by hiring more inspectors to make sure methane emissions at the well head and other rules that allow for cleaner extraction are taking place."
"As the United States works to emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic, which has killed more than 400,000 Americans and destroyed the livelihoods of many more, now is not the time to jeopardize American jobs, or the critical tax and royalty revenues that federal leases generate for local, state, and federal government that need funds now. Instead, we should invest in our nation’s infrastructure and create the jobs that will help our nation emerge stronger after this pandemic."
Recommended Quadruple Murderer Is NYT’s Profile in Courage Ann Coulter The members said they were happy the Biden administration rejoined the Paris Climate Accord but they want to see the president "reject policies that would ban responsible oil and gas leasing on federal lands and federal waters." That includes rescinding the current order.
The Ute Indian Tribe, the second largest Indian reservation in the United States, shared similar concerns. Not only are they worried about the job loss, but they also expressed frustration with their sovereignty being threatened.
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Democrats were all in for then-candidate Joe Biden. Their goal was simple: get President Donald Trump out of office. They were willing to do anything and everything to make sure that happened. And now, four Texas Democrats are regretting their decision to back Biden. The reason: his latest executive order putting a halt to federal land being leased to oil and gas companies for energy.
The four members of Congress – Reps. Vincente Gonzalez, Lizzie Fletcher, Henry Cuellar, and Marc Veasey – sent a letter to Biden, asking him to rescind the order.
"Media reports indicate that the Administration plans to announce a new proposal to ban responsible energy leasing, including oil and gas leasing, from our federal waters and lands indefinitely," the letter stated. "A federal ban for any period of time will certainly imperil hundreds of thousands of jobs, entire communities, and billions of dollars in royalty revenues to the Federal Treasury and eliminate funding for important conservation programs such as the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF)."
The order will result in a GDP loss of $700 billion and the federal government will lose its biggest revenue generator, the letter stated. One of the other concerns they share is America returning to dependence on foreign oil.
According to the members, New Mexico is being disproportionately impacted, predominantly because of its land makeup and lack of income.
"Additionally, New Mexico, a small, poor state that receives a huge portion of their revenue for things like funding Albuquerque schools, will find this rule devastating. Such a rule could also tighten supplies, send heating and cooling bills up, and cause a spike in fuel prices during a pandemic," they explained. "Furthermore, this benefits Big Oil over small independents that did not have the resources to stockpile permits. We should instead work to make sure we create jobs by hiring more inspectors to make sure methane emissions at the well head and other rules that allow for cleaner extraction are taking place."
"As the United States works to emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic, which has killed more than 400,000 Americans and destroyed the livelihoods of many more, now is not the time to jeopardize American jobs, or the critical tax and royalty revenues that federal leases generate for local, state, and federal government that need funds now. Instead, we should invest in our nation’s infrastructure and create the jobs that will help our nation emerge stronger after this pandemic."
Recommended Quadruple Murderer Is NYT’s Profile in Courage Ann Coulter The members said they were happy the Biden administration rejoined the Paris Climate Accord but they want to see the president "reject policies that would ban responsible oil and gas leasing on federal lands and federal waters." That includes rescinding the current order.
The Ute Indian Tribe, the second largest Indian reservation in the United States, shared similar concerns. Not only are they worried about the job loss, but they also expressed frustration with their sovereignty being threatened.
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wrote on 28 Jan 2021, 21:27 last edited by
Notice that Biden didn't say those "millions of well paying union jobs" would be in the US...
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Democrats were all in for then-candidate Joe Biden. Their goal was simple: get President Donald Trump out of office. They were willing to do anything and everything to make sure that happened. And now, four Texas Democrats are regretting their decision to back Biden. The reason: his latest executive order putting a halt to federal land being leased to oil and gas companies for energy.
The four members of Congress – Reps. Vincente Gonzalez, Lizzie Fletcher, Henry Cuellar, and Marc Veasey – sent a letter to Biden, asking him to rescind the order.
"Media reports indicate that the Administration plans to announce a new proposal to ban responsible energy leasing, including oil and gas leasing, from our federal waters and lands indefinitely," the letter stated. "A federal ban for any period of time will certainly imperil hundreds of thousands of jobs, entire communities, and billions of dollars in royalty revenues to the Federal Treasury and eliminate funding for important conservation programs such as the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF)."
The order will result in a GDP loss of $700 billion and the federal government will lose its biggest revenue generator, the letter stated. One of the other concerns they share is America returning to dependence on foreign oil.
According to the members, New Mexico is being disproportionately impacted, predominantly because of its land makeup and lack of income.
"Additionally, New Mexico, a small, poor state that receives a huge portion of their revenue for things like funding Albuquerque schools, will find this rule devastating. Such a rule could also tighten supplies, send heating and cooling bills up, and cause a spike in fuel prices during a pandemic," they explained. "Furthermore, this benefits Big Oil over small independents that did not have the resources to stockpile permits. We should instead work to make sure we create jobs by hiring more inspectors to make sure methane emissions at the well head and other rules that allow for cleaner extraction are taking place."
"As the United States works to emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic, which has killed more than 400,000 Americans and destroyed the livelihoods of many more, now is not the time to jeopardize American jobs, or the critical tax and royalty revenues that federal leases generate for local, state, and federal government that need funds now. Instead, we should invest in our nation’s infrastructure and create the jobs that will help our nation emerge stronger after this pandemic."
Recommended Quadruple Murderer Is NYT’s Profile in Courage Ann Coulter The members said they were happy the Biden administration rejoined the Paris Climate Accord but they want to see the president "reject policies that would ban responsible oil and gas leasing on federal lands and federal waters." That includes rescinding the current order.
The Ute Indian Tribe, the second largest Indian reservation in the United States, shared similar concerns. Not only are they worried about the job loss, but they also expressed frustration with their sovereignty being threatened.
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wrote on 29 Jan 2021, 03:40 last edited by Jolly
@taiwan_girl said in The Four:
The order will result in a GDP loss of $700 billion
that seems really high, but maybe it is correct.
Scalise is saying 1,000,000 jobs will be lost.
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wrote on 29 Jan 2021, 07:03 last edited by xenon
alty revenues to the Federal Treasury and eliminate funding for important conservation programs such as the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF)."
The order will result in a GDP loss of $700 billion and the federal government will lose its biggest revenue generator, the letter stated. One of the other concerns they share is America returning to dependence on foreign oil.
According to the members, New Mexico is being diAccording to WSJ, drilling on federal lands accounts for 9% of oil production in the U.S. Hard to square that with almost a $1T lost.
I'm not saying it's a good EO, just that the figures seem like hyperbole.
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wrote on 29 Jan 2021, 14:18 last edited by
Meanwhile.....
GM says that they will make only electric cars by 2035
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wrote on 29 Jan 2021, 14:29 last edited by George K
Which is the most lithium-rich country in the world?
Whatever it might be, it'll become the mid-21st century Saudi Arabia.
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wrote on 29 Jan 2021, 14:33 last edited by
I am optimistic that alternates will be found.
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wrote on 29 Jan 2021, 14:44 last edited by
Optimism is not a strategy.
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wrote on 29 Jan 2021, 15:55 last edited by
We'll make a law that alternates will be found.
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Meanwhile.....
GM says that they will make only electric cars by 2035
wrote on 29 Jan 2021, 19:36 last edited by@taiwan_girl said in The Four:
Meanwhile.....
GM says that they will make only electric cars by 2035
When are they going to start making decent ones?
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Which is the most lithium-rich country in the world?
Whatever it might be, it'll become the mid-21st century Saudi Arabia.
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wrote on 30 Jan 2021, 00:09 last edited by Mik
Actually, Chile has the largest known reserves at 8,600,000 metric tons. There are about 17 million metric tons of known lithium reserves.
One metric ton can produce about 83 Tesla 70Kwh batteries at 12Kg per.
So we currently know of enough lithium to produce 1.4 billion electric cars under current technology.Coincidentally there are currently right around that many vehicles on the road worldwide, and expected to be 2 billion by 2050.
Lithium ain't gonna cut it and as I said earlier, optimism is not a strategy.
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Actually, Chile has the largest known reserves at 8,600,000 metric tons. There are about 17 million metric tons of known lithium reserves.
One metric ton can produce about 83 Tesla 70Kwh batteries at 12Kg per.
So we currently know of enough lithium to produce 1.4 billion electric cars under current technology.Coincidentally there are currently right around that many vehicles on the road worldwide, and expected to be 2 billion by 2050.
Lithium ain't gonna cut it and as I said earlier, optimism is not a strategy.
wrote on 30 Jan 2021, 00:32 last edited byActually, Chile has the largest known reserves at 8,600,000 metric tons.
Not according to this
https://www.nsenergybusiness.com/features/six-largest-lithium-reserves-world/
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wrote on 30 Jan 2021, 01:03 last edited by
The pub I got my information from is the same one they cite in the article, but it does not explain the huge discrepancy between the chart I cited and the paragraph after. Maybe what I looked at was the reserves in existing mines.
https://pubs.usgs.gov/periodicals/mcs2020/mcs2020-lithium.pdf
But, in true TNCR fashion, you still have your head up your ass and wouldn’t know the truth if it bit you on the ass.
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wrote on 30 Jan 2021, 03:08 last edited by
I refuse to believe that we have a member who is not an expert on Lithium reserves.
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wrote on 30 Jan 2021, 03:09 last edited by
