An energy expert says we should expect to hear more about the cost of energy this spring and summer, but fossil fuels remain the cheapest and most dependable energy source.
Along with gas prices, temperatures are are inching up, which means more Americans are starting to use their air conditioners. Kathleen Sgamma, president of the Western Energy Alliance, says things may not be as bad this year as they were in 2022, but paychecks can only be stretched so far.
She has a number of solutions to help bring down the prices for consumers.
“The Department of the Interior can issue permits for oil and gas drilling. The Department of Energy could move forward with permitting for export terminals,” she begins. “FERC (Federal Energy Regulatory Commission) could approve pipelines. The president could support efforts coming out of Congress. Senator [Joe] Manchin (D-WV) has been urging permitting reform, which includes reducing the time to do environmental impact analysis.”
The Biden administration wants to transition the country away from fossil fuels and replace them with wind and solar energy, but Sgamma sees problems with that.
“The more wind and solar you install, the more your electricity prices go up. Just look at Germany and California,” she notes. “The bottom line is you have to back up that wind and solar with natural gas or coal or nuclear. So you end up having more electricity capacity, because when the wind doesn’t blow and the sun doesn’t shine, you have to fill it with something.”
The U.S. Energy Information Administration estimates that in 2022, about 22% of generated electricity was from renewable energy sources. About 60% was from fossil fuels.
Sgamma concludes that the best way to reduce price volatility is to “unleash American oil and natural gas.” That, she says, keeps prices low for consumers.
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Copyright American Family News. Reprinted with permission.
This treasonous President has already allowed the Chinese to balloon their way into finding the locations to take out of our nuclear land-based installations, and buy enough farm land about our bases to be able to laser target those installations from the ground. I would not be surprised his Chinese enriched on laundered money Biden crime family has not already banked money from the sale of our most valuable energy grid locations, whose source of energy to run is already being targeted for extinction and pipeline shuts downs by the Biden run Democrat Party of planned national destruction. Only a people or party with the treasonous intentions to destroy a nation, would go to such extents to deprive it of the energy that brings power and national security to its people. “Made In China”,,,purchased in China, should be tattooed across Joe’s forehead and placed on every energy Presidential sealed document he signs off on.
i’d not be shocked either.
the crown jewel for the communist left is to break america and bring her to her knees by any means possible.
and at the moment they are very close this accomplishment.
Some of the most valuable recent additions to the BIden Crime family vault of Jewels have come from Russia and China, through Hunter’s money laundramat of course. Probably in sad attempts by Joe and Hunter to substitute for the real ones they either were never born with or never allowed to develope to maturity.
They are sure as hell trying to accomplish that goal AS FAST as humanly possible.
Just Thinking, how many progressive Democrats own stock in the countries Power/ Electric Companies? My power/energy bill has gone up 100% more this month than last year at this time. Thanks Joe and the puppet masters for all those windmills and solar farms that are not bringing the cost of energy down. Just more lies!