We all knew, years ago, the “you can’t drill for oil to solve an oil shortage” was typical liberal braindamage lies.
Just like they say we can’t solve traffic problems with building more roads or adding lanes.
It was a lie, but most of the sheeperal also supported it, and also just bought the lie.
Motivations:
Elite leftists: We don’t want the peasants using OUR energy.
Sheeperals: We want to feel self-righteous for “saving the erf”, and energy usage damages the erf.