Tell me you have no idea what goes into gas prices without telling me. https://t.co/zXdrMFKpMo
— Matt Campbell (@BlueHogReport) March 6, 2022
Stealth gubernatorial candidate Sarah Huckabee Sanders is working the party line, blaming gas prices on Joe Biden.
Facts? Who needs ’em? It’s complicated, but nuance isn’t in the GOP playbook. The U.S. is a net energy exporter. The domestic energy industry has leases it isn’t using. We get a very small amount of our supply from Russia. There are some arguments, beneficial to U.S. refiners and our allies, for continuing to accept some Russian supplies (though I tend to agree it’s time to tighten that screw on Putin, too). Prices are high everywhere in the world. The war is a problem. Our so-called Saudi allies aren’t much help. And so on.
But loading your honking giant SUV with expensive gas and blaming it solely on Biden is pretty big stretch, as Matt Campbell has duly noted.
Matt continues:
I chided a friend on Twitter yesterday for moaning about the price of gas. He’s comfortable financially for one thing. I said maybe it was better to endure a little pain for Ukraine than to complain. Or drive less. Or buy an EV. My response from a numbnutz MAGA was that it was “elitist” to suggest people drive less or buy an EV.
Really? Elitist? Depends on what you drive, for one thing. A Chevy Bolt will run you about $32,000. And the fuel is cheap and the maintenance cost virtually non-existent in my experience. A Denali runs $61,000 or more. The fuel ain’t cheap even when prices are lower given the guzzling. Country living with long commutes has a price, sure and people have to work. I get that. But that doesn’t mean optional outings can’t be reduced.
I know. I’m wasting my breath.