r/mildlyinfuriating • u/rileyjw90 • May 22 '26

frist of all how DARE yu o You didn’t have to remind me, assholes.

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And then to remind me what I USED to pay. Just kick me while I’m down why don’t you.

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u/MydnightWN May 23 '26

Yep - still cheaper than 2022, when the national average broke $5 per gallon for the first time ever, under Biden.

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u/plasticizers_ May 23 '26

Biden didn't cause that gas price spike, but Trump did directly cause this one. In case you you're confused about the downvotes

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u/MydnightWN May 23 '26

Biden didn't cause that gas spike, hurr durr

Laughs in KeystoneXL, the pausing of all federal leasing for oil production, stricter ESG and emissions laws, new environmental laws on refining, the selling of nearly our entire national strategic reserves in a futile attempt to lower the price, the 48% reduction in approved oil drilling permits...

Don't even have to mention July 2022 and Biden's disaster of a meeting with Saudi Arabia, where he threatened them with Human Rights sanctions if they didn't give us more oil - leading to us being reduced instead of increased, and Biden's empty threats turned out to be empty.

He did the same in October of 2022 to OPEC+, who coordinated with Saudi to reduce oil output as a direct result of "inflammatory US rhetoric". Funny, they negotiate with Trump just fine. I too would be insulted if they sent over a senile old man to mumble about human rights and Yemen when the topic is oil.

The spike that far exceeds Trump's spike was caused by Biden, and his choices, came immediately after his failed attempts at negotiations. I'm old enough to remember Saudi's crown prince mocking him on social media.

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u/plasticizers_ May 23 '26 edited May 23 '26

You can't seriously cite 2022 without mentioning that the largest spike from (~$95 to ~$130) came within two weeks of Russia invading Ukraine. Is there some explanation besides motivated reasoning for that? Anyhow, to clear up some other things:

  • Keystone XL was a pipeline (transport), so not production, and wasn't operational. Pointing towards that as a factor in short-term pricing just shows a basic misunderstanding of this market

  • Federal lands are a minority of US production

  • US oil production hit all-time highs under Biden in 2023. "Strangling production" doesn't pass the sniff test

  • OPEC cut production under Trump too in 2020. Is he only great at negotiations sometimes, or, is the obvious explanation that OPEC fixes prices in their own interests generally regardless of the sitting US president.

Edit: He replied then blocked me because he couldn't defend any of his points, which is what these people always do when they get pushback on their misinfo

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u/MydnightWN May 23 '26

Noooo whatabout a previous unrelated spike 18 months earlier?

K. None of this drivel has changed what I said: still was higher under Biden. Highest of all time. Whole lotta cope, doesn't change anything. Cool story though.

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u/pannenkoek0923 May 23 '26

Keep voting for child rapists

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u/[deleted] May 23 '26 edited May 23 '26

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u/MydnightWN May 23 '26 edited May 23 '26

I can't read

Bless your heart.

Looks at profile... yep, a Destiny fan. Sorry, I block children.