High gas prices not only pain at pump: Putin's energy profits fund Ukraine misery

To the editor:

How do you like paying four bucks plus a gallon for gas that just as recent as April, 2020 went for a buck ninety-five according to statistic.com?

Is this the results of President Biden's first official act as president to sign an Executive Order to declare war on fossil fuels that destroyed Americas energy Independence that President Trump had achieved by September 2019 for the first time since 1957. Add to this his second attack on "energy independence" with the stroke of the pen, he destroyed thousands of jobs by canceling the Keystone XL. pipeline, an in process project to bring 800,000 barrels of oil a day from Canada. In doing so he stopped the world's first zero emissions pipeline casting doubt on how sincere the "green power machine" is about fossil fuel emissions when it comes to helping Americas "interest first."

Then we have Biden's policy to rejoin the U.S. membership in the infamous Paris climate accord that halts drilling leases in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, that denies drilling on federal lands and waters that make up 25 percent of U.S. energy production. Meanwhile, It's obvious why the "Watermelon Marxist" are happy about Biden's sending Vladimir Putin a bonus to go ahead with the controversial natural-gas-pipeline owned by Russia's state backed energy giant Gasprom which actually has made Germany addicted to Russian Energy. But one wonders who demands these policies be followed by President Biden? Look no further than Key Deep State Counsel On Foreign Relations officials in his Administration: John Kerry the Climate Czar and Secretary of State Anthony Blinken.

With his philosophy challenging the globalists by putting "America First," President Trump warned Chancellor, Angela Merkel to stay clear of Putin's energy cartel that would make 70 percent of Germany be vulnerable to Russia because of dependence on their natural gas. He also warned European leaders and NATO's Secretary-General General Jens Stoltenberg of this potential Russian leverage over the European Union, without which the Soviets could not wage war on Ukraine. Because now Germany is paying Russia billions and billions of dollars to finance their enemy. Remember that NATO which they are a member of, defends Germany from Russia.

Does this logic of the Biden Administration sound like it has a purpose to defend freedom loving people all over the world from Russia that is forcing its will into Ukraine to crush their liberty? Does it make sense that United States, blessed more than any nation with energy resources is now dependent on other nations for energy? Does it make sense that these resources are off-limits to American enterprise to exploit, to sell to the free world? Wouldn't this be a bonanza for our economy? The canned answer to all these questions is the fraudulent doom and gloom of the environmentalist. Baloney! What do you think about this indirect finance of the Soviet war on Ukraine? Think about these questions the next time you pay future dollars of four five even more dollars for a gallon of gas.

Russ Payne,

Merrimack