Energy Sec. Granholm begs for companies to increase oil production after Biden admin denied that it would help gas prices



The Biden administration appeared to put out conflicting messages on gas prices when U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm begged oil companies to increase production in order to ease the price at the pump.

The statement came after several administration members denied that increasing domestic production was possible or that it would have any effect on gas prices.

“Right now, we need oil and gas production to rise to meet current demand,” Granholm told hundreds of energy executives at the CERAWeek by S&P Global conference in Houston, Texas.

"That means you producing more right now, where and if you can," Granholm said to them. "In this moment of crisis, we need more supply."

She specifically tied the dire need to increase oil production in order to help American families struggling with the high price of gas.

"We have to responsibly increase short term supply where we can right now to stabilize the market and to minimize harm to American families," Granholm said.

That contrasted with a statement from President Joe Biden on Tuesday where he said gas prices were solely the fault of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

"They're going to go up," he said to reporters about future gas prices. "Can't do much right now. Russia is responsible."

Deputy National Security Advisor Daleep Singh made similar claims about Biden shutting down the Keystone Pipeline from Canada when he first entered office.

"Keystone has absolutely nothing to do with the current supply and demand in energy markets," Singh claimed on "Morning Joe" on MSNBC Wednesday.

"Keystone is a pipeline, it’s not an oil field. It doesn’t produce additional oil," he added. "Even if we drilled as much as we could, the price of oil is still set globally by the demand and supply conditions."

The same sentiment was also expressed by White House Director of the National Economic Council Brian Deese on CNBC.

"There is no amount of domestic production that we can do when we're dealing with a volatile global commodity where the price is set globally, there is no amount of domestic production we can do to reduce or eliminate our vulnerability as a country to that volatility," said Deese.

"The only way to do that is to the energy intensity of the economy overall, which means shifting to cleaner sources of energy," he added.

Granholm was previously criticized in November when she responded with laughter to a question about how she plans to increase oil production.

Here's Granholm's statement to the media:

Gas prices and fuel costs will likely rise after Russian oil ban, Biden warnswww.youtube.com

Biden is getting torched on social media for begging dictators to produce more oil after criticizing US oil production



President Joe Biden is seeking to solve the oil crisis in the U.S. by begging foreign dictators and despots to increase their territories'' oil production and many on social media are torching him for it.

White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Monday that they would not be seeking to increase domestic oil production and instead insisted that the crisis meant they should depend more on renewable sources.

“It’s a reminder that real energy security comes from reducing our dependence on fossil fuels,” Psaki claimed. “The only way to protect U.S. over the long term is to become energy independent."

Oil prices have been skyrocketing since Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Many in the U.S. are calling for the Biden administration to stop all oil imports from Russia while it continues to attack Ukrainian sovereignty.

Republicans and other critics of the administration criticized him on social media for seeking increased production from questionable foreign sources while seeking to shut down domestic producers of oil.

"It is wrong for the Biden Administration to beg for oil from Venezuela & legitimize Maduro’s communist regime during an official visit. The U.S. should hold Maduro accountable while increasing domestic energy production so we won’t need to rely on hostile regimes for energy," responded Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R).

"Apparently Biden thinks producing more of our own oil in America is bad for the climate but somehow producing more oil in #Venezuela is not," tweeted Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.).

"Gas is up 13% in just the past week. What will it take for Joe Biden to increase oil production in America?" replied Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.).

"Gas wouldn’t be this expensive if Joe Biden opened up America’s oil pipelines," tweeted Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio). "Anyone telling you otherwise is lying."

"Biden should be turning to AMERICAN energy producers for more oil and gas—not dictators in Venezuela, Iran, and Saudi Arabia," tweeted Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La.).

"Joe Biden would rather get oil from socialists in Venezuela than from American workers in Texas," added Rep. Lance Gooden (R-Texas.)

"At this point, the Biden administration is actively considering incentivizing both Iranian oil and Venezuelan oil, but has thus far shown no interest in incentivizing *checks notes* American oil. Up is down. Down is up," said Newsweek opinion editor Josh Hammer.

While the administration is now blaming oil companies for the high price of gas and claiming their policies have not reduced production, Biden previously said that it would be necessary to transition away from fossil fuels and towards renewable energy.

Also on Monday, the stock market continued to collapse over fears due to inflation and the continuing invasion of Ukraine by Russia.

Here's more about the rising gas prices:

Gas Tops $4 A Gallon As Fighting Between In Ukraine Continueswww.youtube.com