ECONOMY IF THE EPA IS ALLOWED TO
GO THROUGH WITH ALL THIS?
JOINING ME NOW IS LIGHT POWER
DIRECTOR WITH TEXAS PUBLIC
POLICY FOUNDATION JASON ISAAC.
JASON, GREAT TO SEE YOU.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
IT’S HARD TO UNDERESTIMATE THE
DAMAGE THAT THIS RULING, IF IT
PASSES, IF THAT THAT THIS RULING
WOULD DO TO THE UNITED STATES.
JUST TO PUT IT IN MORE
PERSPECTIVE, 5 MILLION OF THE
NATION’S DAILY OUTPUT OF 11.6
MILLION BARRELS OF OIL, COME
FROM THIS BASIN.
I MEAN, THIS COULD REALLY
CRIPPLE AMERICAN ECONOMY,
COULDN’T IT?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
THE PERMIAN BASIN IS PRODUCING
THE ENERGY THAT’S BEING EXPORTED
AROUND THE WORLD LIFTING
MILLIONS OUT OF POVERTY, AND IS
WE PRODUCE THAT ENERGY MORE
PONCE BY THAN ANYWHERE ON THE
FACE OF THE EARTH.
BUT THE EPA WANTS TO REALLY PROP
UP RUSSIA AND OPEC+ TO THE
DETRIMENT OF AMERICAN ENERGY
PRODUCERS AND THE AMERICAN
FAMILIES THAT ARE FEELING THE
PUMP -- THE FEELING THE PAIN AT
PUMP NOW.
ESPECIALLY COST OF ELECTRICITY
IS UP TREMENDOUSLY THROUGHOUT
THE COUNTRY BECAUSE OF THIS
CURRENT ADMINISTRATION’S ATTACKS
ON AMERICAN ENERGY PRODUCTION.
DAVID: JUST TO GET INTO A LITTLE
BIT OF DETAIL HERE, WHAT’S
HAPPENING, THE PERSIAN EPA WOULD
LABEL PARTS OF THE BASIN AS
MONOATTAINMENT, THAT’S A
BUREAUCRATIC PHRASE,
NONATTAINMENT OF ITS OZONE
STANDARD.
THEY’RE CLAIMING THAT PARTS OF
THE WAY THAT THE OIL IS DRILLED
IN THE BASIN IS VIOLATING THEIR
OZONE STANDARDS.
WHY ARE THEY JUST DOING IT NOW
IF THESE STANDARDS HAVE BEEN IN
EXISTENCE FOR A WHILE?
IF.
>> WELL, THEY GOT THEIR HANDS
SLAPPED LAST WEEK BY THE SUPREME
COURT SAYING THAT THEY LACK
CLEAR DIRECTION FROM CONGRESS TO
IMPLEMENT REGULATIONS ON
GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS FROM
CONGRESS.
AND SO WHAT THEY’RE DOING IS NOW
THEY’RE GOING TO GO AFTER THE
SIX CRITERIA POLLUTANTS THAT
THEY DO UNDER THE CLEAN AIR ACT
HAVE AUTHORITY TO REGULAR A
REGULAR A LATE ALTHOUGH THIS
WOULD ABSOLUTELY -- REGULATE
ALTHOUGH THEY WOULD NOT IMPROVE
THE AIR QUALITY WHATSOEVER.
WE’RE ALREADY WORLD LEADERS IN
THIS COUNTRY, AND THE COVID SHUT
DON’S -- SHUT DOWN’S PROVEN
THAT.
THEY’RE JUST ATTACKING AMERICAN
ENERGY PRODUCERS AGAIN TO THE
BENEFIT OF OUR FOREIGN
ADVERSARIES.
DAVID: BY THE WAY, WE’RE GOING
BACK TO COAL AS A RESULT OF
THEIR ATTACKS ON NATURAL GAS,
AND THAT’S CREATING MORE
PROBLEMS, WE’LL TALK ABOUT THAT
IN A SECOND.
I WANT TO PUT A FACE TO A NAME
BECAUSE SO OFTEN THESE DECISIONS
ARE MADE BY FACELESS
BUREAUCRATS.
JOE GOLFMAN -- GOFFMAN IS IN
CHARGE OF THIS NEW RULING.
HE WAS ONE OF THE CHIEF
ARCHITECTS OF PRAM PRESIDENT
OBAMA’S CLEAN POWER PLAN.
SO COULD IT BE THAT THE SAME
REASONS THEY HAD TO GO AFTER
WEST VIRGINIA V. EPA APPLY HERE;
THAT IS, COULD THE SUPREME COURT
STOP THEM FROM DOING THE DAMAGE?
>> ABSOLUTELY, THE SUPREME COURT
COULD STOP THEM, AND THEY COULD
HAVE LAST WEEK, BUT THEY DIDN’T.
BUT YOU’RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO
SEE THIS FROM THE FOURTH BRANCH
OF GOVERNMENT, THE DEEP STATE,
THIS BUREAUCRATIC LEVEL OF
PEOPLE THAT YOU AND I NEVER
VOTED FOR.
WE ELECT PEOPLE TO REPRESENT US
AND SERVE US IN CONGRESS, SERVE
US IN THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH AND
NOW IT’S THE JUDICIAL BRANCH
THAT’S HAVING TO SLAP THEIR
HANDS BECAUSE IF IT’S PEOPLE WHO
ARE UNELECTED DRIVING UP THE
COST OF EVERYTHING THAT WE DO.
EVEN STEVE FORBES WROTE ABOUT
THIS TODAY ON FOX BUSINESS
TALKING ABOUT YOU’VE GOT
DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS
WORKING TOGETHER TO IMPLEMENT
THIS BORDER ADJUSTMENT FEE WHICH
IS ESSENTIALLY ANOTHER CARBON
TAX WHICH WILL DO NOTHING TO
IMPROVE THE ENVIRONMENTAL
QUALITY, NOTHING TO MITIGATE ANY
CHANGING OF THE CLIMATE, BUT IT
WILL INCREASE THE COST OF EVERY
SINGLE THING THAT WE DO.
DAVID: THE COST, AND NOT JUST
THE MONETARY COST, BUT AGAIN, WE
WERE TALKING ABOUT IT BEFORE,
THE COST IN TERMS OF CLEAN AIR.
I MEAN, THE NATURAL GAS THAT
WE’VE BEEN USING, A LOT OF WHICH
HAS BEEN CUT OFF OR AT LEAST
DELAYED NOW IN DRILLING BECAUSE
OF THESE NEW IF ENVIRONMENTAL
REGULARS FROM THE IF -- REGS
FROM THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION,
THAT HAS FORCED COMPANIES TO GO
BACK TO COAL.
EUROPEANS ARE OPENING OLD COAL
PLANTS AS WELL.
SO THE AIR IS ACTUALLY GETTING
DIRTIER.
IT MAKES NO SENSE AT ALL.
>>, NO IT DOESN’T MAKE ANY
SENSE.
JUST ASK BORIS JOHNSON WHO’S
EMBRACED THIS NET ZERO.
YOU’VE GOT THE CHINESE THAT ARE
PROPPING UP AND BUILDING MORE
COAL-FIRED POWER PLANTS.
JUST TWO WEEKS AGO I WAS WITH
SEVERAL MEMBERS OF CONGRESS, AND
I TOLD THEM OF ALL THE
TECHNOLOGY THE CHINESE STEAL
FROM US, IT’D BE NICE IF THEY’D
USE THAT CLEAN AIR TECHNOLOGY.
THE ONLY THING THAT COMES OUT OF
KO2 WHICH IS NECESSARY FOR LIFE
ON -- CO2 WHICH IS NECESSARY FOR
LIFE ON EARTH, THE LAST THING WE
WANTED TO DO IS TAX TAX THE LIFE
ON EARTH, BUT THE LEFT WANTS TO
GET RID OF HUMANS, SO THAT’S WHY
THEY’RE TRYING TO REGULATE CO2,
BECAUSE IT’S NECESSARY FOR LIFE
ON EARTH.
DAVID: FINAL HE, I’M GETTING THE
WRAP, BUT CO2 WAS DESIGNATED, I
THINK DURING THE OBAMA
ADMINISTRATION, AS A POLLUTANT
EVEN THOUGH IT IS A
NATURALLY-OCCURRING GAS IN THE
WORLD ECOLOGICAL ECONOMY,ING IF
YOU WILL.
SO IS THERE ANY WAY THAT THAT
CAN BE CHANGED MAYBE WITH A
DIFFERENT ADMINISTRATION IN
WASHINGTON, THAT THAT FINALLY
CAN BE ADDRESSED, THE FACT THAT
CO2 IS NOT NECESSARILY A
POLLUTANT?
BECAUSE IF IT’S DESIGNATED AS A
POLLUTANT THE, HELL, THEY COULD
OUTLAW COWS.
>> OR US.
[LAUGHTER]
I MEAN, THINK ABOUT IT,
EVERYTHING THAT WE DO, WE’RE
PRODUCING CO2.
WE WE DEFINITELY NEED A NEW
CONGRESS WITH BOLD LEADERSHIP TO
STEP BACK AND TO TO PUSH FOR
AMERICAN ENERGY DOMINANCE.
WE’VE REDUCE HARMFUL POLLUTION
78% OVER LAST FIVE DECADES,
WE’RE NUMBER ONE WHEN IT COMES
TO ACCESS TO CLEAN AND SAFE
DRINKING WATER, AND THESE
POLICIES THAT DRIVE UP THE COSTS
OF ENERGY HURT WOMEN THE MOST
AROUND THE WORLD.
EXTREME POVERTY COULD BE
COMPLETELY ELIMINATED WITH
ACCESS TO ENERGY, AND I SAY
LET’S USE AMERICAN ENERGY.
DAVID: I’VE SEEN THE DRILLING
THEY DO IN VENEZUELA, IT AIN’T