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.
Oh, we’re just getting started.
The US has allies??
Not after this we won’t.
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.
From $3.50/gallon to $5.99/gallon on the west coast in the US. We absolutely are feeling the effects of these stupid actions.
$100 for a tank is relatively normal though. Our tow vehicle has a 36 gallon tank so even $3/gallon gets expensive.
I’m pretty sure he thinks allies of the US are beta males that follow the US alpha male…
Stupid toxic masculinity and their constant attempts to cover up their weakness and insecurities by pretending they are ‘real men’. And ‘real men’ don’t have empathy. So they behave like self serving pricks.
Why do people vote baby brained bullies into positions of power?
I’m pretty sure he thinks allies of the US are beta males that follow the US alpha male…
Vance said Trump was “America’s Hitler”. Before Vance realized that he could get power by supporting Trump.
You seem to be using “he thinks” in the sense “Vance genuinely believes”. I am not convinced Vance believes anything, his actions look like pure opportunism.
The fact that Vance actually said that shows just how shitty of a person he is. If he recognizes the kind of person Trump is and still tries to use him to get into a position of power is scummy af.
Before
VancePeter Theil realized that he could get power by [making Vance] supportingTrump.No conservatives believe anything. They say and do whatever helps them in that moment and in the next moment they’ll say and do the opposite as long as it helps them. They’re animalistic, idiots who only react to things. There’s no long term thinking, there’s no layered thinking it’s just “you think this is bad, so I’m going to say it’s good”
It’s really true.
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.
I cannot even begin to parse how he thought any of those words were a good idea, let alone in that order.
This is genuinely one of the dumbest things I have ever heard a human being say. Not only is it ludicrously, hilariously wrong, but even if it wasn’t, why would that be a good thing? Why would you want to proudly declare how much you fucked over your allies?! Does he know what the word “ally” means? Do any of them know?
Who is his target audience with this speech and why would this impress them?
That’s what allies usually look for, suffering.
Why don’t you go outside and couch yourself, Vance
does he also have a brainworm now or is he just as dumb? Can he explain like in what correlation does the buildout of greenenergy make one more dependent on oil?
I can only assume the brain worms are being handed out like it’s season five of the Strain.
Because you need fossil fuels as feedstocks for everything material and physical? How do you fertilize crops with electricity?
Just because we use natural gas to make nitrogen fertilizer doesn’t mean we have to; you electrolyse water for your hydrogen instead and you’re off to the races
You realize please smart guy. Explain how you fertilize them with oil.
That’s actually how we get a fair bit of artificial fertilizer. With petroleum and natural gas byproducts.
https://www.ucs.org/resources/whats-wrong-fossil-fuel-based-fertilizer
That being said, organic fertilizers aren’t gone, it’s just more expensive and less damaging to the environment in the long term
JFC are you truly this pig ignorant about how the world works? Do you think the grocery store is a Star Trek replicator?
Why do you think there are EIGHT BILLION people NOW when we had renewable wind and solar since the ancient Egyptians?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Revolution
UFOs or massive MASSIVE amounts of fossil fuel inputs??
Bro… What?
Yes because focusing on green energy surely makes it worse… Fuck you Vance
Yep, give loser MAGA some hope that they’re not the bottom of the barrel they really are.
This all just plays into the kind of people they are. “You’re suffering, but look at how much worse that poor asshole over there is suffering. Don’t you feel great!?”
What does it help him when others suffer more? So USA is still suffering, but less? Great for them…
That’s the Republican’s whole shtick “Vote for us, we’ll make those people you don’t like hurt worse than we make you hurt”
That’s religions ultimate schtick: Suffering with the reward after you die. Enough zealots and fanatics and you can commit the worst atrocities the world has ever seen.
Yep it’s always the same story, accept your shitty situation while we sit atop gold thrones and super yachts. You’ll be reward in the next life, we promise 🙄
China and India laid up from investing in green energy like
Is this JoJo?
YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES
(Part 4 to be exact)
Is this AI? Wtf am I looking at
NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO!
(This is a screenshot from Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure Part 4: Diamond is Unbreakable).
INSANE photo yet somehow relevant
I don’t know why the tattoo on his chin reads as ASS
what allies, do the US have any left ?
I drive my BYD EV charged off my solar panels here in Australia or ride my bicycle.
I have no idea what the price of gasoline or diesel is. I am sure I’ll see higher prices from freight but we’ve woefully under invested in electrified rail transport for freight and moving pole around the country so we are finding out after fucking around for decades.
“what allies, do the US have any left ?”
Russia and North Korea?
