Manchin calls on Biden to be 'open-minded' about fossil energy

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Manchin calls on Biden to be 'open-minded' about fossil energy
by Jeremy Beaman, Energy and Environment Reporter |
 | April 05, 2022 10:32 AM

Sen. Joe Manchin expressed frustration over slow gas pipeline approvals and asked the Biden administration to be more "open-minded" in its energy policy response to the war in Ukraine.

Manchin, speaking to a meeting of gas industry players and top European officials on Tuesday, said he is pressing the Biden administration to approve pipeline infrastructure more swiftly to grow U.S. gas output and help European allies.

"The president has to be open-minded. His team has to be open-minded," Manchin said during the meeting, hosted by gas industry group LNG Allies. "You've got to find that centrist, that middle. You don't run your life and you don't run your companies from extremes. It just doesn't work."

He also knocked fellow lawmakers whom he deemed overly "aspirational" in their push to cut the use of fossil fuels and pointed to Germany, which is operating under a gas emergency plan. Germany "missed the boat" on LNG, he said, and is paying for it as it worries about short-term cutoffs of Russian gas and plans with fellow EU members for a progressive exit from its energy relationship with Russia.

"We have a lot of good, quality legislators in Congress here that are aspirational," Manchin said, later mentioning his disagreements with Sens. Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren. "I just always said you can't be the superpower of the world if you have your own energy independence."

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[catfish1957]

@mountaineer

Manchin isn't really this gullible and naive is he?

[DefiantMassRINO]

Biden would rather allow continued sale of Russian oil to finance their war in Ukraine than build a pipeline in the United States.

[mountaineer]

Manchin isn't really this gullible and naive is he?

He's not the sharpest knife in the drawer, but I doubt he truly believes the Biden administration will change on fossil fuels. I guess he's just saying stuff like this to point out that Biden's being unreasonable.

[Killer Clouds]

Traitor Joe doesn't have a mind to begin with. Manchin is setting up his POTUS run in 2024. He'll get the DCP disciples and Never Trumpers.

[Cyber Liberty]

What a dumbass.

[Smokin Joe]

"Aspirational"?

Does that mean they suck?

[libertybele]

I'm sure Manchin must have noticed that Joe doesn't have much of a mind left and he's full of crappola. Anything Joe says isn't exactly what he does.

[mountaineer]

I doubt Manchin will run for president. He hoped to be Hillary's VP in 2008, but he'll be looking toward retirement in 2024 (I hope).

[Fishrrman]

"Manchin calls on Biden to be 'open-minded' about fossil energy"

Before one can be "open-minded", one must have possession of a functioning mind...

[christian]

JOE is very open minded about energy and oil, create severe shortages in America and the world, then tell village idiots to believe blame cast in every direction to take the heat off of Joe.  This is proof of how the democrats jihad on Americas school children combined with the dumbing down of public schools education has been an enormous success for democrats.  Every American threatening, world threatening crisis invented in the last several years by democrats has taken most fools a year or two to be convinced that political liars actually lie to them!  Despite years of being made fools of every time, they don't even show a shred of shame for being such fools!  Incredible!  NO SHAME!  Will it ever be so?