Liberals irresponsible response to energy crisis

 Fox News:

Record gas prices: Journalists, celebrities offer ‘tone deaf’ opinions on oil, energy as fuel prices surge 
Liberal pundits have insisted Americans should simply eliminate oil dependence altogether without offering a viable alternative

These people are delusional.  If there was a better alternative it would be on the market already.

See, also:

White House Neglects Obvious Funding Crunch for U.S. Oil Drillers

And: 

American Oil Drillers: Democrat Policies Blocking Energy Production

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 “Ten years ago, the ‘cost of capital’ for developing oil and gas as compared to renewable projects was pretty much the same, falling consistently between 8% and 10%. But not anymore,” Bloomberg reported in November. Now the cost of capital is reportedly 20 percent for long-cycle developments.

Biden’s attack on private financing is only one angle of assault. In August, a Biden changed global bank financing rules that make it more difficult for drillers to find investors. The policy is intended to accelerate renewable energy investment rather than fossil fuel investment, thereby greatly defunding oil production.

The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday that oil drillers believe the “flight of capital from the fossil-fuel industry in recent years has left U.S. oil patches without enough fracking equipment to bring a ton of new wells online, and that a resurgence of go-go drilling would deplete companies’ most valuable drilling locations”....

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Renewables are not a viable replacement for fossil fuels.  They are not a reliable source of energy on demand and are vulnerable to extreme weather. 

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