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Alternative_Push5798 OP t1_ivnbug3 wrote

Reply to comment by Decent-Door-8951 in why would one vote democrat by Alternative_Push5798

gas prices skyrocketed day one of Biden's presidency. we all know why

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infiniteglass00 t1_ivnf9km wrote

If you're saying gas prices skyrocketed literally day one of his presidency, then you're saying it's the Republican administration that created the conditions for them to skyrocket

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Decent-Door-8951 t1_ivnc978 wrote

Please, do tell me what Biden did that shot gas prices up on DAY ONE. Do you go on the internet at all or just repeat what Tucker Carlson says like you're watching Cocomelon?

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Alternative_Push5798 OP t1_ivncfrw wrote

blocked the keystone pipeline. destroyed thousands of jobs in the process. gas prices skyrocketed

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Decent-Door-8951 t1_ivnddbv wrote

Lol so you dojust repeat Tucker Carlson! So predictable! I see you know nothing about the Keystone pipeline! Fun fact Keystone pipeline is a functioning pipeline that is working right now.

What you are talking about is an extension of the pipeline which transports Canadian oil to be refined in the gulf and then exported to other countries. And experts have found that Keystone XL pipeline would have a negligible affect on the US economy.

In summary, no blocking the Keystone pipeline did not raise gas prices.

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RegularKindaPerson t1_ivnegov wrote

This right here. Also don’t forget the fact that the jobs “lost” were not long term jobs in the first place. Or the fact that the jobs “lost” aren’t even a drop in the bucket compared to the numbers of some of the layoffs that major corporations do every year without help from the government.

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Impossible-Bear-8953 t1_ivp44rx wrote

You realize that 1) that pipeline was less than 10% complete and still wouldn't be completed today? 2) the pipeline was a pass through with the contents already pressed to China etc al.

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nblastoff t1_ivqt5r4 wrote

This is a straight up lie. Prices at that time had been slowly trending upward, but they were far higher a year earlier. Certainly didn't skyrocket.

Here is some data for you all

https://ycharts.com/indicators/us_gas_price#

The site above is a easier way to view the data exported from

https://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/hist/LeafHandler.ashx?n=pet&s=emm_epm0_pte_nus_dpg&f=m

It really does take 10x the effort to disprove bs as it takes to crap it out.

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