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On 02/18/21, Judy Watson, “Don’t take our oil,” wrote, “We were self sufficient with our oil production with Trump in the White House.”
On 01/08/20, Trump boasted, “Over the last three years, under my leadership …, America has achieved energy independence.
According to Economist Edward Hirs, “We are not energy independent. We consume roughly 20 million barrels of crude oil each day. We only produce about 12.5 million barrels of crude oil each day.”
https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/ articles/news/indepth/2020/01/13/ 356915/u-s-is-not-energy-independent-despitetrumps-claims/
Continuing, Ms. Watson asked, “Did you notice how gas prices jumped the minute Biden banned the Keystone Pipeline not to mention massive job losses …”
Tom Tunstall, research director for the University of Texas at San Antonio’s Institute for Economic Development, said climbing gas prices are independent of Biden’s decision.
The reason is due to other nations curtailing their own production, along with other market forces causing U.S. producers to cut back on the country’s own production of oil.
https://www.kens5. com/article/news/politics/keystone-effect/273b027ff97-86e8-4799-aa85-ab35c887833c
In 2014, the US State Department reported that 10,400 estimated positions would be for seasonal construction work lasting four to eight-month periods. Since the State Department defines “job” as “one position that is filled for 1 year,” that would equate to approximately 3,900 jobs over a twoyear period.
The State Department forecasted that no more than 50 jobs, some of which could be located in Canada, would be required to maintain the pipeline. Thirty-five of them would be permanent, while 15 would be temporary contractors. Scott Evans
Los Angeles