{"id":16670,"date":"2021-11-11T21:06:24","date_gmt":"2021-11-12T02:06:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/?p=16670"},"modified":"2021-11-12T10:26:17","modified_gmt":"2021-11-12T15:26:17","slug":"skyrocketing-fuel-costs-will-lead-to-a-winter-of-discontent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2021\/11\/11\/skyrocketing-fuel-costs-will-lead-to-a-winter-of-discontent\/","title":{"rendered":"Skyrocketing fuel costs will lead to a winter of discontent"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"single__header\">\n<header class=\"article-header\"><strong>New York Post,<\/strong> November 11, 2021<\/p>\n<h1 class=\"headline headline--single\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/11\/11\/skyrocketing-fuel-costs-will-lead-to-a-long-winter-of-discontent\/\">Skyrocketing fuel costs will lead to a long, cold winter of discontent for Americans \u2014 courtesy of Biden<\/a><\/h1>\n<div class=\"article-header__meta\" aria-label=\"Byline\">\n<div class=\"byline meta meta--byline\">\n<p>By<\/p>\n<div class=\"byline__author\"><a class=\"meta__link\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/11\/11\/skyrocketing-fuel-costs-will-lead-to-a-long-winter-of-discontent\/#\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"flyout-james-bovard\">James Bovard<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"featured-image featured-image__wrapper m-top\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"featured-image featured-image__wrapper m-top\">\n<figure class=\"featured-image__figure\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"featured-image__img wp-image-20120084\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/biden-gas-winter.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=744\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 744px) 100vw, 744px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/biden-gas-winter.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1488 1488w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/biden-gas-winter.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1116 1116w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/biden-gas-winter.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=744 744w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/biden-gas-winter.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=372 372w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/biden-gas-winter.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w\" alt=\"Get ready for a winter of discontent, thanks to Joe Biden.\" width=\"744\" height=\"496\" \/><figcaption>Get ready for a winter of discontent, thanks to Joe Biden. <span class=\"credit\"> NY Post illustration <\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"single__content entry-content m-bottom \">\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<div class=\"inline-module inline-module--primary-tag\">\n<div class=\"inline-module__inner\">\n<div class=\"inline-module__content\">\n<ul class=\"inline-module__list\">\n<li class=\"story story--list\">\n<h3 class=\"story__headline headline headline--xxs\"><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"story story--list\"><\/li>\n<li class=\"story story--list\">\n<h3 class=\"story__headline headline headline--xxs\"><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>One year ago, President-elect Joe Biden warned that Americans would have a \u201cvery dark winter\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/11\/10\/nyc-now-has-lowest-covid-19-positivity-rate-in-new-york-state\/\">because of COVID<\/a>. Now that he is president, Biden may give Americans a <strong>Valley Forge winter<\/strong> &#8211; a season that could be both brutally cold and bitterly expensive. That could produce a political disaster that surpasses all of Biden\u2019s previous bungling.<\/p>\n<p>At a <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/07\/21\/biden-speaks-to-half-empty-room-at-cnn-town-hall\/\">CNN town hall in July<\/a>, Biden declared, \u201cThe vast majority of the experts including Wall Street are suggesting that it\u2019s highly unlikely that it\u2019s going to be long term inflation is going to get out of hand.\u201d After Wednesday\u2019s federal report showing that consumer prices are rising more than 6 percent a year, the White House is changing its talking points. On Wednesday in Baltimore, Biden confided to an audience: \u201cDid you ever think you\u2019d be paying this much for a gallon of gas? In some parts of California they\u2019re paying $4.50 a gallon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But Biden\u2019s newfound sympathy for victims of high prices won\u2019t warm any homes this winter.<\/p>\n<p>Natural <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/11\/08\/11-senate-dems-urge-biden-to-ease-soaring-gas-prices\/\">gas prices have jumped<\/a> more than 180 percent since September 2020, and that will spur increases in electricity costs. Home heating oil prices have jumped 115 percent over the past year. Fuel oil is up almost 60 percent from a year ago. The federal government forecast last month that home heating costs could rise 54 percent this winter \u2014 but heating costs could actually triple, according to some private forecasts.<\/p>\n<p>Biden promised to \u201cdo everything in our power to stabilize the supply chain,\u201d one factor in the rising prices. But regardless of the promises by White House aides, Biden has no magic wand to fix the problem. Biden\u2019s unemployment pandemic bonuses paid people not to work, spurring labor force disruptions across the nation.<\/p>\n<p>Pervasive shortages of truck drivers and other occupations assure that the current problems will multiply. The federal Energy Information Administration warned last month that diesel stockpiles \u2014 used for home heating oil and other products \u2014 are at a 20-year low. \u201cWe potentially could see shortages in parts of the country unless the Biden administration treats this as the emergency that it is,\u201d Fox News recently reported.<\/p>\n<p>Biden administration officials are insisting that the surge of inflation is \u201ctransitory.\u201d Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen promised last week, \u201cI expect that next year, many of the supply bottlenecks that we\u2019re experiencing now in opening up our economy will recede.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But the Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/11\/10\/biden-to-sign-1-2t-infrastructure-bill-next-week\/\">infrastructure bill<\/a> that Congress just enacted is expected to worsen inflation for key supplies.<\/p>\n<p>Shortly before Biden was elected, America had finally achieved energy independence. But while Biden is talking tough against Vladimir Putin, US imports of Russian oil have soared this year. As the Institute for Energy Research reported last week, \u201cBiden is asking for help from domestic producers without giving them back any of the tools he took away \u2014 the Keystone XL pipeline . . . a ban on new oil and gas leases on federal land and waters, and pressure on banks not to lend to the oil and gas industry.\u201d At the same time that Biden is beseeching OPEC to boost oil output, \u201cthe Biden administration is sending a strong signal that American energy is not welcome,\u201d the institute notes.<\/p>\n<p>This mindset is epitomized by Saule Omarova, Biden\u2019s nominee for comptroller of the currency, who graduated from college in the Soviet Union. Earlier this year, Omarova declared that \u201cwe want [oil and gas companies] to go bankrupt\u201d in order \u201cto tackle climate change.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>How many Biden appointees are willing to see Americans shivering in the cold this winter as long as they can boast of reductions in US emissions at the next international climate summit?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Biden administration is far more enthusiastic on developing heavily subsidized offshore wind farms (despite their inefficiency) than permitting the private sector to continue fueling American homes and lives.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Biden said on Wednesday that he has ordered \u201cthe Federal Trade Commission to strike back at any market manipulation or price gouging\u201d in the energy sector. But there is no federal fix for the problems Biden and other politicians continue creating. Biden is already being widely blamed for the surge in inflation. Soaring home heating prices will embitter citizens who once trusted Biden\u2019s pledges for a smooth return to normalcy and prosperity.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For Biden and his allies on Capitol Hill, the bitter winter could last until the November midterm congressional elections \u2014 which could beget an Ice Age for the White House.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>James Bovard is the author of 10 books and a member of the USA Today Board of Contributors.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York Post, November 11, 2021 Skyrocketing fuel costs will lead to a long, cold winter of discontent for Americans \u2014 courtesy of Biden By James Bovard Get ready for a winter of discontent, thanks to Joe Biden. 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