The worst and most stupid bit is this:
Speaking to crowds on Wednesday, vice president JD Vance said US allies are “suffering from this, frankly, more than we are.”
He claimed this was because they had “focused on a lot of green energy scams and they’re hurting a lot more than we are.”
Vance continued:"As much as we’ve got to focus on getting these gas prices down, the reality is overseas they’re feeling it far worse than we did because we’ve taken the steps to protect our energy economy.
I kind of suspect this is the entire point of this conflict. The US is not immune to global oil supply disruptions, but we are a net exporter now, while China relies very heavily on foreign imports. I would not be at all surprised if this was a way to put the hurt on China and the rest of the world, while blaming Iran for it. Of course Epstein distraction too, but not only that.
China will not be impacted that much as you think. China is much more oil independent than before. Unlike the US, China invests heavily in green energy and nuclear energy. The only country that is behind in all of this, it’s the US.
Yup because that’s the bar we want set.
Other countries suffer more than us. Great job /s
why would this be good
and why would green energy lead to this result
UK - petrol prices are rising.
Electricity prices are falling because most of our energy is from renewables and british/european gas.
Sucks for me because my car is a petrol one. My wife’s is electric and it costs about £4 for her to charge up overnight and that gets her about 250-280 miles of range (£0.01 per mile).
My car costs £55 to fill up for 400 miles per range (£0.13 per mile).
Although my car is cheaper
Edit - changed currency symbol…realise 0.01p isnt the same as 1p…
You should be ok with the fact that you need a car to live. You shouldn’t live where this is the case.
If 15 minute cities ever become a reality and i can walk to work/the shops/doctors/pub etc then I’ll glady give up the car.
That isn’t the case and I’d rather not move house thanks
What car does she have? Mines costing about 2p/mile in summer and a whopping 2.9p/mile in winter
A mini.
I might have the sums wrong, but we are on the octopus EV tariff so electricity is dirt cheap overnight.
Also 0.01p is 1p. Should have put the pound sign instead lol
But yeah, its insane how cheap it is.
The only kicker is her car costs £100 a month in payments more than mine.
It’s interesting seeing how mine, ionic 5, compares to others in real life. Only reason I got mine was is was one of the few cars somebody could sit behind me, with seat front seat Ben comfortable for driving.
I’ve got the first service 40k miles soon, compared to my wife’s at 10-12k, but realistically 6k for the oil, stupid HDi diesel engine
He does a North Korea.
In Spain, for example, electricity prices remain low thanks to renewable energy. This guy is stupid.
He is not stupid. He is deliberately deceiving his voters.
Why not both?
TIL US imports 97% of crude oil that Canada produces which is 60% of all US crude oil imports.
That has been a long running problem for Canada. It has the raw crude, but not the refining capacity. If you’re just a resource extraction location, then you’re no better than a colony; that’s why Trump treats Canada the way he does.
“We created an unnecessary serious problem, but it causes more grief for you than for us! So why don’t you come help us fix it (at our direction of course).”
Gee, can’t guess why that might get some allies p.o.'d…
Allies? I though we made it clear that the us has no allies in this war. Nobody want ww3 only to distract the brainwashed population of an awful pedophile from a list that he will do anything to hide it. At this point they are alone with the mess, deal with it.
Oh, we’re just getting started.
Oil / Gas is a global commodity, shipped around the world on tankers. If prices are higher in France, someone will take cheaper oil/gas from the US and ship it to France where they can make more money.
In the short term, maybe the US suffers less. But, in the longer term prices well even out as people will sell wherever they can get the highest profits.
Countries with higher gas taxes are going to have higher prices than the US.
US oil export terminals are operating near 100% capacity. The US can’t physically export more than they’re doing already. I think that’s the main reason for the WTI and Brent gap.
I don’t even think we are suffering more. Like my fuel prices have gone up by 10p/litre. I’m seeing Americans pay over $100 to fill their tanks, I paid £60 today, our national debt isn’t sitting at 20 odd Trillion and our stock market didn’t just lose over $1T. Like everything else with these clowns, the truth is the opposite of what they say it is.
The US has allies??
trump has, which is mostly PUTIN AND MSB.
Not after this we won’t.
US does not have allies. US & Osreal created the Iran war, US can clean up the mess.
Yes because focusing on green energy surely makes it worse… Fuck you Vance
Really Just Dumb? The Allies have something called public transportation and high-speed rail. You fucking moron, you could have used the $200 billion to upgrade the entire Northeast Corridor and turned it into a true high-speed rail system and that is just for starters. In the meantime, piss off and take your AmeriKa Last with you.
“That reminds me, I don’t like all those trains. I demand that all European nations close their train travel! If you don’t do what I tell you, I’ll bomb your country, and kill your leaders! I’ll do it, you know I will!”
Not only that, but the US can actually bludgeon the blow thanks to its economic advantages via so many foreign investors using its bond markets. An advantage that him and his team are destroying. Remember, they got “yippy” per Trump?
Edit: fucking Apple devices lagging after the last update, which for some reason completely wrecked typing and autocorrect.
+1…Indeed, MAGA will trash the US economy. I’m on my last iPhone and ordered a de-Googled Fairphone. Hope it works out.
