Barack Obama, January 2008.
“Under my plan of a cap and trade system, electricity rates would necessarily skyrocket… Coal-powered plants, you know, natural gas, you name it, whatever the plants were, whatever the industry was, they would have to retrofit their operations. That will cost money. They will pass that money on to consumers.”
Democrats have been pushing policies to raise energy prices for every American for decades. Why? Because they believe you’re killing the planet by heating your home in winter and cooling it with air conditioning in summer. They believe your car is killing mother Earth.
Steven Chu (Obama’s Energy Secretary)
In a 2008 Wall Street Journal interview (before joining the administration), Chu said:
“Somehow we have to figure out how to boost the price of gasoline to the levels in Europe.”
The context was gradually raising gasoline taxes over ~15 years to push people toward more efficient cars and living closer to work. European prices were then roughly $7–10/gallon.
Joe Biden (2022)
In May 2022, with national average gas prices near record highs (~$4.50–$5+), Biden said at a press conference in Japan:
“Here’s the situation. And when it comes to the gas prices, we’re going through an incredible transition that is taking place that, God willing, when it’s over, we’ll be stronger and the world will be stronger and less reliant on fossil fuels when this is over.”
High prices are part of a DELIBERATE DEMOCRAT energy transition.