Macro Trends Advisors LLC founding partner Mitch Roschelle weighed in on soaring gas prices on Monday, arguing that “we have to unlock our energy.”
“Right now Saudi Arabia is exporting $1 billion a day of profit on their oil so it’s not just economy, it’s the national security threat that this poses,” he told Fox News.
Roschelle provided the insight on “Fox & Friends” on Monday as economy and gas prices hit a fresh record.
The national average for a gallon of gas on Sunday was $4.61, slightly higher than the week before and 44 cents higher compared to the month before, according to AAA.
“The reality is, they’re [the Biden administration is] doing very little, and Americans are getting fed up,” Roschelle argued.
In a series of orders aimed at combating climate change, President Biden cancelled the Keystone XL oil pipeline project on his first day in office and temporarily suspended the issuance of oil and gas permits on federal lands and waters.
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The administration resumed the new leasing last month following court challenges against the ban. The administration is appealing a ruling in which Judge James Cain, a Trump appointee, struck down the ban.
The White House has blamed Russian President Vladimir Putin for the record-high gas prices in the U.S., even coining the surge as the “#PutinPriceHike” and vowing that President Biden will do everything he can to shield Americans from “pain at the pump.”
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Biden, last month, announced that the executive” target=”_blank”>Environmental Protection Agency<
Speaking from Tokyo on Monday, President Biden said, “When it comes to the gas prices, we are going through an incredible transition that is taking place that God willing, when it is over, we’ll be stronger and the world will be stronger and less reliant on fossil fuels.”
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“One thing I’ve observed studying 50 years of business and failures in different kinds of administrations, when you have long-term solutions to short-term problems, that never works – and that’s exactly what this administration is doing,” Roschelle argued in response.
“Yes, everybody can drive an energy-efficient car and have energy-efficient appliances in the house, but if you can’t get that energy-efficient washer and dryer, what good is it? It does not keep your electric bills down.”
FOX Business’ Tyler O’Neil contributed to this report.
