Biden's energy screw up could get much worse

 Charles Lipson:

Biden’s looming energy crunch 
If Putin invades Ukraine, who will fill the supply gap caused by sanctions?
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The political question for Joe Biden is simple and painful: will an energy crunch force the administration to change its pro-green policies, which have curtailed supplies? Those policies have already meant higher costs for consumers to fill up their cars and heat their homes. Those mischievous stickers on gas pumps, showing Joe Biden pointing at the price-per-gallon and saying “I did that,” are cruel but correct. Sanctions on Russia would raise those prices even higher. Moreover, the increases would come on top of surging inflation and slumping real wages, posing more political problems for an administration that already has too many of them.

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What should also be noted is that Biden's restrictions on US energy that are driving up the price are helping to fund Russian aggression.  Russia is one of the primary beneficiaries of Biden's restriction on the supply.  It has given him the resources to go to war.  One of the by-products of sanctions will mean more increases in the price of energy as Europe seeks other resources. 

Biden's pander to Big Green has been a disaster not only for US consumers but for world peace.  It is one of his many big blunders since taking office.  It is also adding fuel to inflation which is another of his screw-ups.

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