Thread by @RepChipRoy

At tonight's State of the Union, Americans will hear a lot about President Biden’s “accomplishments.”

What @POTUS WILL NOT tell you is how his radical energy policies empower our enemies at the expense of American prosperity and global security.

We will.

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From day 1, President Biden has waged war on American energy by:

-Halting oil and gas leases on federal lands and in ANWR

-Killing Keystone XL

-Rejoining the Paris Climate Accord

-Imposing onerous regulations across the board

-Empowering the dangerous ESG movement

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The impact of these policies is clear.

Despite record demand for oil, U.S. production has still not recovered from its COVID slump.

In December 2021, U.S. oil production was 41.6 MILLION barrels LOWER than it was two years prior.

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Oil and gas drilling activity – a good indicator of investor confidence – has also been slow to recover because of the radical ESG movement pushed by Biden and woke investors.

In fact, there are ~400 FEWER active drilling rigs than there were 3 yrs. ago.

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Suppressed oil production in the U.S. has contributed to lower supply and higher prices.

U.S. crude just hit $100/barrel for the first time since 2014.

On average, Americans are paying a whopping $3.62/gal. of gas.

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Decreased U.S. production increases our dependence on our enemies for oil.

@EIAgov predicts the U.S. will revert to being a net oil IMPORTER in 2022.

In spring of 2021, oil imports from RUSSIA hit a 10-year high!

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Energy dependence has dangerous consequences.

Europe gets ~40% of its natural gas from Russia, which has hindered the West’s ability to respond to the invasion of Ukraine.

Meanwhile, oil and gas revenues continue to fund the Russian military.

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The U.S. could replace Russian gas with American LNG.

But @FERC just announced it would consider climate impacts in its natural gas infrastructure approval process, thwarting our ability to build critical pipelines and LNG export terminals.

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The @FERC decision and other regulatory attacks on American energy are especially absurd considering the U.S. produces energy in a much more responsible manner than our competitors.

In fact, exported US LNG has a 41% lower emissions potential than Russian piped gas.

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Regulators are also blocking reliable emission-free nuclear.

The U.S. added just 1 new nuclear reactor since 1996 and only 2 are under construction.

But 21 are being decommissioned.

@NRCgov also just denied a permit to build an advanced reactor!

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The Biden admin. is also hurting the U.S. by making the grid weaker.

Federally subsidized wind and solar will make up 63% of new electricity generation in 2022.

This will increase US blackouts while our enemies build thermal powerplants.

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China – which makes most of our solar panels – has over 1,100 coal plants and plans for 43 more. The U.S. operates 240 coal plants with 0 in the pipeline.

We are outsourcing grid reliability (and emissions) to China like we have our manufacturing.

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This is a global phenomenon.

Germany planned to close its nuclear plants in 2022 and its coal plants by 2030.

But its dangerous dependence on Russian energy has forced Germany's environmentalist leaders to reconsider their efforts.

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We must reverse course.

Rep. Roy is working to force a vote on @RepBoebert’s bill to overturn many of @POTUS's energy policies.

@POTUS should acknowledge that American energy makes for a stronger Union, a safer world, and a cleaner environment.

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