Is energy production higher? Sarah Palin. It's a very simple question. I know facts are not your strong point. Is energy production higher today under Biden than under Trump? It's a simple yes or no question. You're an. Obnoxious see. Facts don't care about your feelings. I'm obnoxious. You're a racist. We want to play that game. [00:00:18] Piers Morgan show. Always a great place to go if you want a genuine exchange of ideas and lots of smart points. Obviously I'm kidding, but that was journalist Mehdi Hasan, who found himself brawling with the former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin during [00:00:34] a recent debate hosted by Piers Morgan. Look, debates hosted by Piers Morgan isn't. It's not really about debating ideas. It's really about creating a circus environment for people to embarrass themselves in. But what Mehdi Hasan was saying there was actually correct. And I actually want to get into this issue because it's something [00:00:52] that comes up over and over again. The idea that America is not energy dependent, we're not drilling enough, we're not fracking enough, and that couldn't be further from the truth. Now, Sarah Palin repeated a favorite Republican lie about Biden hampering energy production in the United States, and quickly [00:01:10] got fact checked by Mehdi Hassan. Now, this started with a discussion about which candidate is more anti-war, with Sarah Palin arguing that, of course, Donald Trump is. And here's her reasoning for why she doesn't trust Kamala Harris to protect the country. [00:01:27] I will do whatever I can and I will. I will support whatever candidate needs support in order to avoid war. Why I will not support Kamala is she doesn't understand, for one, that inherent link between energy development, [00:01:43] energy independence in America, and that inherently between that and our safety and our sovereignty, and because Kamala and because the Democrat Party has put an end to so much of our exploration, certainly so much of our development of [00:01:58] our own natural resources is in America. Producing more energy today than we have in all of history. We're not. That's not true. We're not. - No we're. - Not. And remember, Kamala and her administration. Day one. They stopped pipelines. No more drilling on federal lands. So we look up. America is not producing energy. [00:02:16] Okay. Now, I do think that it's worth noting that, as an aside, okay. Mehdi Hassan correctly pointed out after that moment that Sarah Palin ran alongside John McCain, who was notoriously a war hawk. [00:02:34] So, I mean, if she has problems with war hawks, why was she so willing to run as the running mate to a guy who was a war hawk himself? But okay. Anyway. Then they get back to the debate about energy, and Mehdi Hassan starts calling [00:02:53] her out on, I think they're they're lies. Or maybe she's just totally misinformed, but come on, come on. At this point, how can it not be a lie? Let's watch. - I want to. - Talk about energy and America's. [00:03:08] Potential. Well, you said was false about energy. Facts matter too. America has record energy production right now. No. It does. People can Google it right now and see it on day one. What the Biden administration did was halt so much of our exploration. - We have record energy and. - Our construction of pipelines. [00:03:24] I'm not a fan of that, by the way. I think we should have less energy production. I'm a critic of Biden on his energy production. - You're a liar. - You lied. I'm a liar. Yes. And you said no. Biden didn't do that. Yes, he did on day one. - You know, he. - Handed out more licenses to Trump. Did you know that? I'm making the point that you denied. My point is true. [00:03:41] He said energy is high. And you said no. So if anyone lied, you did. People can DVR, they can rewind it and see you saying a false statement. Let me ask this question. That energy production is energy production higher today? You don't think that. Biden is energy production higher under Biden than Trump. And you just. Is energy production higher? Sarah Palin? [00:03:58] It's a very simple question. I know facts are not your strong point. Is energy production higher today under Biden than under Trump? It's a simple yes or no question. You're an. - Obnoxious. - See. Facts don't care about your feelings. Are Americans wrong when they have this feeling? Well, the feelings are. I'm obnoxious because I asked you if energy production is higher today [00:04:13] than under Trump. It makes me obnoxious because. You're obnoxious. Okay, great. Great retort. You got him. All right, look, I have addressed this multiple times on the show, but the video that we're about to watch is going to help explain what I've been [00:04:31] repeating on this show over and over again in regard to energy production in America, because it is absolutely true that we are the top producer and top exporter. Let's watch. Oil production is at a record high. In the last year or so, there has been almost an [00:04:50] unprecedented increase in production. Actually the the most since 2014. And so at this point, the United States, as you mentioned, is producing about 13.5 million barrels a day, and we're heading towards 14 million barrels a day. [00:05:07] That is more oil than any country in the world. That is a record for the United States. And it may well be the record for any country in the world. And we are now after Saudi Arabia, the biggest. We're we're exporting more oil than any member of OPEC, save Saudi Arabia. [00:05:27] I bet a lot of voters and even Republican lawmakers don't know that we actually end up importing oil as well from Canada. And the reason why we do that is because our refineries are able to refine that oil from Canada. [00:05:45] Now, you could build new refineries or you can update the refineries we have in order to deal with the oil that we're drilling here in the United States. But it's an interesting story. Shareholders know that that would require these oil companies to spend some money [00:06:02] on updating their infrastructure and basically updating their refineries to be able to refine American produced oil, or they can increase their return on investment by not having these oil companies invest in their infrastructure and their refineries. [00:06:19] And so that's part of the issue. But the overall overwhelming issue here is that oil is sold on the international market. The oil that is drilled on American land is not a resource that belongs [00:06:35] to the American people. It doesn't belong to the American government. It belongs to the companies that drill for that oil. And they get to do with that oil as they please. They get to sell it on the international market, which is why we are one of the top exporters. [00:06:52] So another, you know, fact that everyone should be aware of. As Reuter reports, multiple indicators suggest that the U.S. Oil and gas industry has thrived under President Joe Biden's administration, despite its push to decarbonize the U.S. [00:07:08] Economy. And look, I want to be as fair as humanly possible to everyone involved in this debate, including Sarah Palin. Okay. Because there are little nuggets, little tidbits. Okay. Kibbles and bits of truth in what she's saying, [00:07:23] but her overall point is incorrect. So what are the bits of truth in what you know, Sarah Palin is saying here? It is true that Biden canceled the Keystone XL pipeline project to bring in more Canadian crude to U.S. Refineries. [00:07:39] It's also true that he paused the LNG export permits pending an environmental review, and he reduced the federal oil leasing schedule. But overall, if you take a step back and you look at the full picture of what happened under Biden's administration, we produced record oil [00:07:57] and we exported record oil. Now, overall, Midi is still right. The U.S. Is producing more energy than ever before. Let's take a look at this chart. Oil production in the United States amounted to around 827.1 [00:08:13] million metric tons in 2023. That is literally the highest figure on record. You can see it visually in this chart. You can also analyze it based on the raw numbers. Biden has expedited the construction of an oil pipeline in West Virginia, [00:08:34] and approved the Willow Oil Project in Alaska over the opposition of environmental activists. And despite his 2020 campaign, promise to stop drilling on federal lands altogether. Yeah, that West Virginia pipeline. You guys remember the story behind that? [00:08:51] After Senator Joe Manchin torpedoed Biden's alleged agenda, his Build Back Better agenda, Biden decided to reward him, and Congress decided to reward him by greenlighting this West Virginia project. [00:09:06] So that's great. Anyway, let's take a look at the next chart. In addition to crude oil, by the way, the U.S. Produced more natural gas and to a lesser extent, renewable energy than ever before. In fact, under Biden, more onshore drilling permits were [00:09:23] approved than they were under Trump. Let's take a look at the next chart. This is federal onshore drilling permit approvals, which were up under Biden. And you get a sense that, you know, he absolutely did provide more permit [00:09:39] approvals compared to Donald Trump. Now, in addition to producing more national natural gas and crude oil than ever before, we're also producing more than any other country. There you go. We're producing more than Russia. We're producing more than Saudi Arabia. [00:09:57] America leads the next two largest energy producers, Russia and Saudi Arabia. And as you expect, you'd expect fossil fuel companies are making record profits as well. They're raking it in. Okay. They're not hungry. They're not looking for their next meal. [00:10:14] The profits of the top five publicly traded oil companies BP, shell, Exxon, Chevron and Total Energies amounted to $410 billion during the first three years of the Biden administration, a 100% increase over the first three years of Donald Trump's presidency, [00:10:34] according to data compiled by Reuters. Still, doesn't matter what the evidence is, doesn't matter what the truth is, you're going to hear the same lie repeated over and over and over again. The big problem in America is that we're not energy independent. [00:10:51] We could be. But drilling more, fracking more isn't going to make us energy more energy independent. Not unless we are willing to nationalize these fossil fuels as resources for the American people. And no presidential candidate and no member of Congress [00:11:09] would ever even consider that. So that's where we are. And that's what the truth is. Just something to keep in mind as our politicians continue attempting to lie to you about what the reality is. Thanks for watching the video, guys. We also love it if you hit the join button below, because that makes you a member [00:11:26] and members allow us to be independent, honest. We can be as progressive as we want, no corporate media influence. And that's all because of you guys. We love doing the show with our members. Hit the join button and become one of the Young Turks.