March 22, 2022: The fucking stupidest article I’ve read so far this year!

Hoowee.  Seeing a lot of these buffoonish articles lately…

His five asinine points:

5 – It’s better for the environment!

This, of course, based on his assumption that, at some point, demand destruction occurs which leads individuals to significantly reduce their use of oil and gas.  So thank goodness for high prices!  Like most pie-in-the-sky hopium-fueled theorizing, it prefers presumptions over logic.  We’re just getting out of a pandemic that saw fossil fuel use drop drastically and remain low for an extended period of time.  What lasting effects did this tremendous pullback have on the environment?  Fossil fuel consumption is still down from pre-pandemic levels.  More importantly, if oil and natural gas prove too expensive, do you know what alternative energy source most third world countries will turn to?  If you answered solar and/or wind, I’m going to have to ask you lay off the weed a little.  The correct answer is coal which is cheaper, as readily available and, for what it’s worth, more energy dense and reliable than solar and wind.

4 – It’s still cheaper in the U.S.

With all due respect, so the fuck what?  This is akin to feeling appreciative for the fact that some guy only punched you once as opposed to the two punches he dealt your neighbor.

3 – If you take inflation into account…

Apparently, it’s not so bad because it was actually worse during three other historical periods if you account for inflation.  I mean, it could be worse.  You could be paying a dollar more if this was 2012!  I mean, sure!  And if you consider the fact that you’re not living through the Spanish Inquisition and about to be burned at the stake for heresy, things are pretty damn good for you by comparison.

2 – If you’re from Texas

I’m not sure, but I believe the cretinous point here is that you should consider yourself fortunate if you’re from Texas (which, I’d wager to guess, most of the people reading the article aren’t) because of the state’s immense oil production capability.  But the reality is that underinvestment in the sector (which he seems to touch on as a good thing) is directly responsible for the rise in fuel prices, in Texas and elsewhere.  Also, it’s not as simple as simple turning the spigot to full and problem solved.

1- It’s a small price for freedom

You should suck it up because it’s all for a good cause – sticking it to Russia.  And while I’m sure this idiot and many wealthy celebrities would agree, most of the people feeling the squeeze will be ordinary people who’ll have their lives impacted by these rising fuel costs, at the pump but also in the form of higher food prices as the high cost of natural gas will send fertilizer prices skyrocketing, exacerbating a looming food crisis brought on by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, sanctions, and years of failed energy policies.

Truly the fucking stupidest article I’ve read in 2022.  And that’s saying something.

 

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