Hoowee. Seeing a lot of these buffoonish articles lately…
His five asinine points:
5 – It’s better for the environment!
This, of course, based on his assumption that, at some point, demand destruction occurs which leads individuals to significantly reduce their use of oil and gas. So thank goodness for high prices! Like most pie-in-the-sky hopium-fueled theorizing, it prefers presumptions over logic. We’re just getting out of a pandemic that saw fossil fuel use drop drastically and remain low for an extended period of time. What lasting effects did this tremendous pullback have on the environment? Fossil fuel consumption is still down from pre-pandemic levels. More importantly, if oil and natural gas prove too expensive, do you know what alternative energy source most third world countries will turn to? If you answered solar and/or wind, I’m going to have to ask you lay off the weed a little. The correct answer is coal which is cheaper, as readily available and, for what it’s worth, more energy dense and reliable than solar and wind.
4 – It’s still cheaper in the U.S.
With all due respect, so the fuck what? This is akin to feeling appreciative for the fact that some guy only punched you once as opposed to the two punches he dealt your neighbor.
3 – If you take inflation into account…
Apparently, it’s not so bad because it was actually worse during three other historical periods if you account for inflation. I mean, it could be worse. You could be paying a dollar more if this was 2012! I mean, sure! And if you consider the fact that you’re not living through the Spanish Inquisition and about to be burned at the stake for heresy, things are pretty damn good for you by comparison.
2 – If you’re from Texas
I’m not sure, but I believe the cretinous point here is that you should consider yourself fortunate if you’re from Texas (which, I’d wager to guess, most of the people reading the article aren’t) because of the state’s immense oil production capability. But the reality is that underinvestment in the sector (which he seems to touch on as a good thing) is directly responsible for the rise in fuel prices, in Texas and elsewhere. Also, it’s not as simple as simple turning the spigot to full and problem solved.
1- It’s a small price for freedom
You should suck it up because it’s all for a good cause – sticking it to Russia. And while I’m sure this idiot and many wealthy celebrities would agree, most of the people feeling the squeeze will be ordinary people who’ll have their lives impacted by these rising fuel costs, at the pump but also in the form of higher food prices as the high cost of natural gas will send fertilizer prices skyrocketing, exacerbating a looming food crisis brought on by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, sanctions, and years of failed energy policies.
Truly the fucking stupidest article I’ve read in 2022. And that’s saying something.
It ranks up there with that idiot Steve Colbert who says that he doesn’t care if it goes to $15.00/gal because he owns a Tesla. Wow, we should all be so lucky. And where does the electric come from to power his electric car? From oil and gas fired power plants.
Brings to mind that politician who basically said: “Well, you wouldn’t be complaining so much if you owned an EV.” And who, exactly, is going to buy these people their EV’s?
Yes, the gaslighting continues.
And while I am at it, lets completely destroy the trucking industry in this country. You know, the vehicles that bring your groceries to the market, all all the items that you buy in Walmart, Target and Kohl’s. Lets price them out of the reach of everyone except the really wealthy who are pursuing this agenda. And the auto industry will be collapsing on their heels b/c no one will be able to afford a vehicle. Have you even priced a used one let alone a new one? But that doesn’t matter because that moron who heads the Transportation Dept. says we can all take a train or bus. Except most people live in the suburbs and need a vehicle to get to work at places the buses and trains don’t go. I am so tired of imbeciles that can’t see past their nose who pontificate about they way the world should be according to them. Like they know best and the rest of us are idiots.
Again, this is typical wealthy politicians hopelessly out of touch with their struggling constituents.
Amen Joe! I’m so sick of people saying “be grateful because other countries pay more.” So what? What the hell do other countries prices have to do with anything?!? Do we compare what they pay for a purse? Shoes? A hair cut? NOPE! We don’t and it doesn’t fucking matter! Until people in other countries pay my bills, I don’t give a crap what they pay for anything. Their country is not ours. This is a typical person who worships a political party and will justify anything for the sake of who’s in office. I can promise if Trump was in office and this same shit was happening, these very people saying “be grateful” would be throwing temper tantrums bigger than a hoard of two year olds.
I’ll never read any of his articles if that’s his perspective.
Just take all that energy you put into this blog and create a character based on him and his views. Fans love to hate heartless arrogant know-it-alls who get their comeuppance.
It’s good to see a well-off Canadian seeing through the crap. The articles seem so much like they’re written by the rich for the rich who only talk to other rich people, but I do see some regular folks believing it along certain political lines.
Here’s how I interpret the jaw-dropping audacity of the media in peddling this stuff when most people live in the real world. You don’t have to be a member of a group for them to be your social reference group, you only need to see them as your values standard. So it would seem people making middle income salaries wouldn’t give such crap the time of day, but, if they are considering those elites to be their social reference group, they’ll conform their opinions to what they think the elites would approve of. Wanting group approval, especially if the group has power, is probably a powerful survival instinct.
I agree. Seeing increasingly more of these takes from individuals who can well afford the higher prices.
An unsolicited reaction to gas prices: we just got back from a 3,800 mile road trip to visit some of the national parks in the US. Higher gas prices were a consideration, but they weren’t enough to cancel a long-planned trip. The thing that shocked me, as we usually eat at home, was just how much more eating out at restaurants costs in the post-pandemic world. Is it the same in Canada?
We have noticed an increasing in prices across the board.
You just watch. In 2022, I think the oil companies will have their biggest profits ever in the history of profit making. They are so greedy. They do not have to raise the price of gas every time someone hiccups.
By that logic shouldn’t we also be taxing every company that makes big profits – Apple, Amazon, Microsoft, Google?
You accusing me of having logic? 🙂 I’m just saying, the rich companies don’t mind getting richer on the backs of the little guy. Profits are all going to go to the CEO anyway. I pay taxes on all my earnings, so why not Apple, Amazon, Microsoft and Google too?
Yes.
Because they will buy a table (10seats) at $10K/seat at a fund raiser for influential politicians re-election campaigns.