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> What evidence do you have that campaign promises to end fossil fuels caused an increase in oil prices.

If you create policy that deter investment in fossil fuels, and reduce production, would you expect prices to go up or down? And if you don't create policy to deter investment and reduce production, then how will you end fossil fuels?

Maybe a better question to ask is, do you think there is any way to end fossil fuels other than having it be more expensive than alternatives?

Why would the government resume leasing for oil and gas drilling on federal lands if they don't think stopping it affected the supply [1]? Is it just because they really want to mess the climate up some more and break campaign promises?

[1]: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/biden-adminis...

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You didn't respond with any evidence you just asked me to prove you wrong which is not how it works.

As for ending fossil fuels , I never commented on that nor am I an expert in the field so I won't make any claim

All I see is promise made, promise kept ... or well not quite but at least they were trying their best up til recently when the Biden administration took a anti climate policy turn for some reason which I don't get. I will still vote for them, but I just wish they would not have broken this particular campaign promise. I think they are right when they said people should just stop being greedy and buy electric cars. If people did this the price of oil will be irrelevant.

But I guess the media has been incredibly negative towards the Biden administration and not giving him credit for the good things he has done, so I'm not surprised that people don't recognize or appreciate the work he has done to end fossil fuels.

Here's a list of campaign promises he made from politifact

https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/biden-prom...

Here's a few related to the environment

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Rejoin the Paris climate agreement

U.S. formally rejoins Paris Climate Agreement | May 21, 2021

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Put US on a course to net-zero emissions by 2050.

Joe Biden’s moves start the US toward net-zero carbon, but Congress is key | January 27, 2021

Establish new fuel economy standards

EPA tightens fuel efficiency rules for cars and light trucks | January 11, 2022

Give disadvantaged communities 40% of spending benefits related to clean energy

Congress holds key on clean energy dollars to poorer communities | July 20, 2021

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There are four related to the environment that I can see. He's rejoined the paris aggreement and had then EPA increase fuel economy. The other two haven't been done ..yet.

What promise did he break? If he is anti climate what are you comparing him too? The past president left the Paris agreenment.

> What promise did he break? If he is anti climate what are you comparing him too? The past president left the Paris agreenment.

Well like I said I still think he is the best president ever, but In my view allowing new leases on federal land[1] and asking oil companies to boost supply[2] is breaking his campaign promise to end fossil fuels[3].

But I understand this may be entirely due to my own biases, and I don't want to malign him, like I said I think he is without question the best president ever and I do not mean to suggest I doubt this for one moment. I would of course prefer that he did not allow new leases on federal land but I can see that I should maybe listen to what others think and consider how this is maybe just a better way to keep his promise than what I have considered. And to be fair I'm not entirely sure that the promise to end fossil fuels is not a right wing smear against him, this could very well be the case.

[1]: https://www.cnbc.com/2022/04/15/biden-administration-to-resu...

[2]: https://edition.cnn.com/2022/06/15/politics/joe-biden-oil-co...

[3]: https://apnews.com/article/9dfb1e4c381043bab6fd0fa6dece3974

You said he broke a campaign promise. What promise did he break?

> In my view allowing new leases on federal land[1] and asking oil companies to boost supply[2] is breaking his campaign promise to end fossil fuels[3].

But as you rightly point out there are so many that he has kept that one hardly makes a difference and he still is the most popular president ever so I don't mean to disparage him.

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