Posted on 09/01/2020 12:07:05 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
PITTSBURGH (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden said on Monday he would not ban hydraulic fracturing, a controversial method of drilling for crude oil and natural gas, if elected and called Republican assertions that he supports such a ban a lie.
The comment added a level of nuance to Biden’s energy platform, which includes an ambitious timeline for transitioning the U.S. economy away from fossil fuels and an end to new oil and gas drilling leasing on federal lands to fight climate change.
“I am not banning fracking. Let me say that again. I am not banning fracking, no matter how many times Donald Trump lies about me,” Biden said during a speech in western Pennsylvania, home to one of the world’s largest natural gas deposits.
Pennsylvania is a battleground state that could play a decisive role in the Nov. 3 election between Biden and Trump, the Republican president.
Environmental activists say fracking can pollute underground aquifers, an assertion the industry says is overblown. The drilling technology has touched off a surge in domestic oil and gas production, upsetting groups concerned about climate change.
The western Pennsylvania region, once a Democratic stronghold, has become much more Republican in recent years due partly to Democratic plans to phase out fossil-fuel energy.
Biden’s comments were a detour in a speech otherwise dominated by the subjects of civil unrest and the coronavirus, a nod to the vulnerability the former vice president faces as his party becomes increasingly hostile to drilling.
Biden’s position on fracking has at times been confusing.
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Paraphrasing the old joke: How do you know a liberal is lying? They’re talking.
Except for the multiple times in the last decade where he has been on record saying that he would dos o.
After repeatedly stating he will. Including on the debate stage during the primaries and multiple times afterward.
And if you like your doctor.......
Wink wink nudge nudge.
Joe just says whatever he needs to say at the moment hoping the fake news will spin it for him! And they never stop trying!
He’ll say anything given to him after appropriate polling and focus group testing by The Party. On this, he is fairly reliable.
They are still working on erasing the previous 40 years of his records.
He’ll say anything given to him after appropriate polling and focus group testing by The Party. On this, he is fairly reliable.
They are still working on erasing the previous 40 years of his records.
He was against it before he was for it, or something.
That vegetable doesn’t even know what he just said. Much less does he mean it or not.
“U.S. presidential hopeful Joe Biden says he would not ban fracking”
it’s a moot issue because on Monday in Pennsylvania he said he would “get rid” of fossil fuels altogether ...
https://videos.files.wordpress.com/0hJDgrBk/gdop7jh1qgcazhnn_dvd.mp4
Biden’s in a real quandry regarding his options.
1. Ban fracking:
Not too popular in a state he really needs (PA).
2. Will not ban fracking:
The looney left that make up a significant part of his supporters won’t like that. Some of them may not vote or vote for the Green Party ticket.
Biden, “I hate pudding!”
Biden, “I want some pudding!”
Reuters, “The comment added a level of nuance to Biden’s pudding platform...”
LIAR!!!
Funny cause he said repeatedly that he would..oh well not his fault, he doesn’t remember what he did yesterday
“I lied to win my primary. So Sue Me. Except I totally will do this if I’m elected, because I’m lying now”.
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