Why Is Oil Production Booming Under Biden? by Thomas Gallatin

Seemingly at odds with Joe Biden’s promises about “green” energy and the end of fossil fuel, American oil production recently hit a record high.

Recent headlines noting that U.S. oil production has hit an all-time high may come as a surprise to many, especially given Joe Biden’s anti-fossil fuel agenda. In October, American oil production hit 13.2 million barrels a day, surpassing the previous monthly high of 13 million per day under Donald Trump in November 2019.

How can this be? Trump’s energy policy regarding oil was effectively drill, drill, drill, whereas Biden’s has been kill, kill, kill. Furthermore, it was under Biden that the national average price of gas at the pump hit a record high of $5.02 a gallon in the summer of 2022. …