Bernie Sanders better educate himself

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dan_s
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Bernie Sanders better educate himself

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Bernie and the rest of the Dems need to understand that our high standard of living, including clean air and water, depends on an abundant supply of energy.

Execs’ open letter to 2020 candidates promotes oil & natural gas . Western Energy Alliance . In an open letter to 2020 Democratic presidential candidates printed in New York Times on February 24th, 54 executives from the western oil and natural gas industry forcefully pushed back against months of claims that they are corrupt criminals who should be jailed. The following full-page advertisement placed by Western Energy Alliance responds to statements that have gone unchallenged by Sen. Bernie Sanders, Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Elizabeth Warren by explaining the environmental and life-sustaining benefits of oil and natural gas. Contrary to the anti-oil and natural gas messages candidates are spreading to voters and the media on the campaign trail, the underlying statement from business leaders is that it “would be criminal not to produce oil and natural gas.” They represent companies that develop oil and natural gas across the West. The full-page ad features a young boy studying by lantern light, one of the billion people worldwide who lack access to affordable, reliable electricity. Exports of American natural gas could help him and others suffering from energy poverty raise their standard of living. According to a recent report by the International Energy Agency, the United States again leads the world in reducing greenhouse gas emissions, largely because of increased natural gas electricity generation. In addition to the environmental benefits, abundant supplies of American natural gas have kept home heating prices so low that 11,000 deaths are averted annually during cold weather.

The absurdity of the Bernie Sanders and AOC anti-fracking crusade . Washington Examiner . Opinion. Bernie Sanders wants to be president, and many believe him to be the front-runner for the Democratic nomination. This should scare the dickens out of all workers and everyone investing for retirement. Here’s one more reason: The senator has declared war on the single industry that nearly everyone, including President Barack Obama, has recognized as essential to the nation’s economic growth and which remains at the heart of its current boom in employment and wages. Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez have each introduced a bill in their respective chambers of Congress that would ban hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking.” Fracking is the method that has revolutionized oil and gas exploration in the United States, suddenly trebling the amount of recoverable oil and gas and making the nation energy-independent overnight. The Sanders and Ocasio-Cortez campaign to ban fracking is based on discredited, insulting, false, and ignorant claims. Were they to succeed, it would be devastating for the entire nation.
Dan Steffens
Energy Prospectus Group
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