{"id":340741,"date":"2024-08-26T15:54:13","date_gmt":"2024-08-26T13:54:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=340741"},"modified":"2024-08-26T15:54:16","modified_gmt":"2024-08-26T13:54:16","slug":"claim-trumps-cheap-gasoline-promise-would-crash-the-economy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=340741","title":{"rendered":"Claim: Trump\u2019s Cheap Gasoline Promise would \u201cCrash the Economy\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"482\" data-attachment-id=\"340746\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=340746\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/0donald-trump-launching-his-2024-presidential-bid.jpg?fit=2000%2C1333&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2000,1333\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"0donald-trump-launching-his-2024-presidential-bid\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/0donald-trump-launching-his-2024-presidential-bid.jpg?fit=723%2C482&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/0donald-trump-launching-his-2024-presidential-bid.jpg?resize=723%2C482&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-340746\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/0donald-trump-launching-his-2024-presidential-bid.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/0donald-trump-launching-his-2024-presidential-bid.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/0donald-trump-launching-his-2024-presidential-bid.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/0donald-trump-launching-his-2024-presidential-bid.jpg?resize=1536%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/0donald-trump-launching-his-2024-presidential-bid.jpg?resize=1200%2C800&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/0donald-trump-launching-his-2024-presidential-bid.jpg?w=2000&amp;ssl=1 2000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/0donald-trump-launching-his-2024-presidential-bid.jpg?w=1446&amp;ssl=1 1446w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/wattsupwiththat.com\/2024\/08\/25\/claim-trumps-cheap-gasoline-promise-would-crash-the-economy\/\">Watts Up With That?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Essay by\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/wattsupwiththat.com\/author\/eworrall1\/\">Eric Worrall<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">h\/t&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/wattsupwiththat.com\/2024\/08\/24\/claim-a-trump-victory-would-set-the-planet-on-fire\/#comment-3959580\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">MyUsername<\/a>&nbsp;\u2013 According to Huff Post journalist&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/author\/sv-date\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">S.V. D\u00e1te<\/a>, the USA needs to keep gasoline prices high to prevent economic ruin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Trump Is Promising Cheap Gas. Too Bad Getting It Would Likely Crash The Economy.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Oil industry experts agree there is no way he can deliver $1.70-a-gallon gas without destroying the domestic oil industry and triggering a deep recession.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/author\/sv-date\">S.V. Date<\/a><br>Aug 22, 2024, 08:00 AM EDT<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The problem, industry experts explained, is that energy is bought and sold in a global market, and the only way that gasoline could go from $3.40 a gallon now down to $1.70 a gallon is for crude oil prices to fall from $75 a barrel to between $20 and $30 a barrel. And at those lower prices, U.S. oil producers would not be able to break even.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThat would bankrupt the U.S. industry. And the entire U.S. industry would shut down before that happened,\u201d said one oil executive with decades of experience who spoke on condition of anonymity to avoid antagonizing Trump and his campaign. \u201cIt\u2019s classic Trump. He speaks hyperbolically without making any common sense.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Matt Randolph, another oil industry executive with more than three decades of experience in the business, frequently posts videos on social media lampooning politicians \u2015 both Democrat and Republican \u2015 for their claims about energy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Matthewcanwrite\/status\/1824259219639488525\">video<\/a>&nbsp;he posted last week following a previous instance of Trump\u2019s half-price promise, Randolph laughed at Trump\u2019s pledge, laying out a scenario of oil industry layoffs triggering a recession. \u201cThis may be one of the dumbest statements that Donald Trump has ever made,\u201d he said in closing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With no market mechanism to slash prices that sharply, Trump would be left with government action. \u201cThe only other way is massive subsidies to the American consumer,\u201d Randolph said. \u201cAnd that isn\u2019t going to fly.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2026Read more:\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/donald-trump-half-price-gas-promise-recession_n_66c68217e4b01c59f9de051f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/donald-trump-half-price-gas-promise-recession_n_66c68217e4b01c59f9de051f<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The most disturbing part of the Huff Post article is it seems an incredibly lazy piece of journalism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Why does \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/author\/sv-date\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">S.V. D\u00e1te<\/a>\u201d accuse Trump of planning government subsidies? There is no evidence in the article that D\u00e1te approached Trump for an explanation, he just flew into a wild flight of fantasy about Trump pushing damaging government backed subsidies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">D\u00e1te\u2019s other points seem just as weak. Matt Randolph, whom D\u00e1te quoted, seems to think there is no point producing more oil in the USA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2026\u00a0<strong>Randolph:\u00a0<\/strong>We\u2019re currently producing 13.3 million barrels of oil a day. For 2023, we averaged 12.9. And that was a record year. So, we will set another record in 2024. But I don\u2019t expect us to increase oil production much more this year because as we increase it, OPEC just continues to decrease. It\u2019s hard to say what the benefit is for us to continue increasing oil production if they\u2019re just going to maintain high prices. \u2026Read more:\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tpr.org\/news\/2024-04-28\/matt-randolph-aka-mr-global-sets-the-record-straight-on-the-u-s-oil-and-gas-industry?_amp=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.tpr.org\/news\/2024-04-28\/matt-randolph-aka-mr-global-sets-the-record-straight-on-the-u-s-oil-and-gas-industry?_amp=true<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Even if Randolph is right about prices, which I doubt, Randolph\u2019s argument completely ignores the benefits of US businesses and workers being enriched by oil profits, instead of the money ending up in the hands of Middle Eastern oil sheiks. Improving the balance of trade by reducing outflows of US cash would also improve dollar purchasing power and reduce upward pressure on inflation and interest rates, even if pump prices didn\u2019t come down immediately. In addition if US production rises fast enough, there would likely come a point when OPEC solidarity would crack, and producers would break ranks to try to squeeze as much profit as possible from a falling market.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cato.org\/policy-analysis\/misperceptions-opec-capability-behavior#origin-opec-misperceptions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">There is evidence OPEC\u2019s control of oil prices and member production levels is much weaker than they like to portray.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I\u2019m not accusing Randolph of ulterior motives, but there is a very obvious reason some big oil players might prefer Biden \/ Harris policies over Trump policies.&nbsp;<strong>Biden \/ Harris have passed laws which create a significant competitive advantage for big oil companies over their smaller competitors.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Only big companies with big legal and accounting departments can comfortably afford environmental compliance costs under Biden \/ Harris.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Texas Oil &amp; Gas Commissioner Slams Biden Administration\u2019s Job-Killing Oil &amp; Gas Rules&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">December 05, 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">AUSTIN \u2013 Railroad Commissioner Wayne Christian issued the following statement regarding new&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.epa.gov\/controlling-air-pollution-oil-and-natural-gas-operations\/epas-final-rule-oil-and-natural-gas\">onerous methane rules<\/a>&nbsp;proposed by the Biden administration\u2019s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhile costs for hard-working Americans are up nearly&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gop.gov\/news\/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=665\">$11,000<\/a>&nbsp;this year everywhere from the gas pump to the grocery store, President Biden\u2019s solution to inflation is to increase regulations that will make American oil and gas more expensive,\u201d said Commissioner Christian. \u201cPetroleum helps make more than&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.txoga.org\/\">96%<\/a>&nbsp;of everyday consumer items like plastics, food, medicine, and more. These new rules on U.S. oil and natural gas producers will certainly drive those prices up.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThese new rules are likely to have a disproportionate impact on smaller producers, which make up more than&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ipaa.org\/about\/\">83%<\/a>&nbsp;of U.S. production. At a time when producers are facing financial drought from Wall Street and political headwinds from Washington Democrats, that last thing the industry needs is more bureaucratic red tape stifling business,\u201d Christian continued. \u201cIt\u2019s hypocritical to kill clean fossil fuel jobs here in America claiming it ensures a clean environment, and then beg our foreign adversaries to produce more using much less environment-friendly methods. Americans are struggling with high prices and the answer to that strife is simple\u2014more U.S. oil and gas production.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2026Read more:\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rrc.texas.gov\/news\/120523-texas-oil-gas-commissioner-slams-biden-administration-s-job-killing-oil-gas-rules\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.rrc.texas.gov\/news\/120523-texas-oil-gas-commissioner-slams-biden-administration-s-job-killing-oil-gas-rules\/<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All the environmental regulations introduced by Biden \/ Harris may be driving financially distressed small companies into the arms of larger players, either through outright mergers, or by joining big company umbrella groups, in return for big company help with compliance. Even those small players which retain some independence under the new order may no longer feel completely free to compete and undercut the prices of big companies they rely on for protection from Biden \/ Harris government bureaucracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>US oil, gas M&amp;A activity jumped 57% last year amid industry consolidation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/authors\/nicole-jao\/\">Nicole Jao<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">August 21, 202412:21 AM GMT+10<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">NEW YORK, Aug 20 (Reuters) \u2013 Dealmaking activity in the oil and gas industry increased 57% last year as energy companies boosted development spending, driven by higher cash flows from profits in prior years, according to a report released on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Top energy companies spent $49.2 billion on mergers and acquisitions in 2023, up from $31.4 billion in 2022, according to a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ey.com\/en_us\/insights\/oil-gas\/oil-and-gas-industry-trends\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">report, opens new tab<\/a>&nbsp;from Ernst &amp; Young. The increase was mainly driven by mega deals among integrated oil and gas companies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Companies flush with cash were focused on driving efficiency through scale and leveraging existing operations, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2026Read more:\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/markets\/commodities\/us-oil-gas-ma-activity-jumped-57-last-year-amid-industry-consolidation-2024-08-20\/\">https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/markets\/commodities\/us-oil-gas-ma-activity-jumped-57-last-year-amid-industry-consolidation-2024-08-20\/<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If Trump sweeps aside the bureaucracy, opens new areas for exploration, and restores full market access for lean, low cost independent operators, liberating small players to try to pull down prices, consumers will benefit one way or another. But the impact on the profits of some big energy players which have spent all their cash on buying distressed small operators could be devastating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Instead of using their market dominance to keep gasoline prices high, pocketing fat profits squeezed from the misery of ordinary consumers, big players who have taken advantage of Biden \/ Harris market distortions by spending all their cash buying distressed small players could suddenly be forced to compete on a level field with lean, efficient, small scale operators who resisted the buyout spree, right in the middle of a difficult consolidation exercise triggered by all the buyouts. The fat cats might have to take pay cuts. Some of them could even lose their jobs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/author\/sv-date\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">D\u00e1te<\/a>&nbsp;could have learned all this if he bothered doing a little extra research. The fact such a sloppy piece of orange man bad journalism saw the light of day, complete with a straw man fantasy about Trump\u2019s policy platform, in my opinion affirms the plummeting journalistic standards of what today passes for mainstream media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The most disturbing part of the Huff Post article is it seems an incredibly lazy piece of journalism.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121246920,"featured_media":340747,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_crdt_document":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[691822760,691822603,691830331,691829168,691830332],"class_list":{"0":"post-340741","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"hentry","7":"category-uncategorized","8":"tag-crude-oil","9":"tag-economy","10":"tag-huff-post-article","11":"tag-president-donald-trump","12":"tag-prices","14":"fallback-thumbnail"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/0donald-trump-launching-his-2024-presidential-bid-1.jpg?fit=2000%2C1333&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paxLW1-1qDP","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":359707,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=359707","url_meta":{"origin":340741,"position":0},"title":"Climate Activists: The Big Bad Wolf","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"30\/12\/2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Once upon a time, there were three little pigs: Liberty, Prosperity, and Freedom of Speech. 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