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the Bush boys and the Texas oil tycoons always were blamed for high gas prices and wars

can't just blame Biden & Russia this time 

Trump will run, hopefully he's soundly defeated within the Red party

If he runs, he immediately clears the field on the GOP side. And the only way he doesn't run is if he's dead.

sure you can cause thats where the blame lies

Brandon is doing everything he can to drive up the price of gas

Russia has some blame but mostly its King Brandon

Mostly?  No.  Some, yes.
I am sure that you can cite the Keystone pipeline as the catalyst that started this mess, but the truth is, the US is going to be producing just about as much crude oil this year as we did in 2019.  Unless you are trying to claim that Biden is the reason for Russia invading the Ukraine (you'd be wrong, but there is at least some convoluted logic path that can get you there).

For the record, you don't just flip a switch and suddenly we start pumping out a million more barrels of oil per day.  Before the pandemic hit, we were pumping about 12.3 million barrels per day.  At the height of the pandemic (August, 2020), we dropped down to about 10 million, because the demand had fallen to the point where we didn't need to produce as much.  Since that time, we have been slowly ramping back up (ie. replacing the workers who were all layed off in 2020) and we are now back up to 11.9 million barrels per day (and it is expected to grow to be 12.8 million in 2023).  This administration is going to be pumping more oil next year than when Trump was president.  Yet the narrative is going to be from Republicans that Biden is killing the oil industry.

So if you were to look at the gas prices in the US in a bubble, the prices should only have increased 12.3/11.9=about 3%.  Yet gas prices have gone up about 75%-100%.  This is mostly on the gas companies who are exploiting the market instability to price gouge us.  The gas companies can claim that the lack of oil coming from Russia is causing a shortage, therefore they can raise the prices accordingly (simple supply and demand!).  Yet only 2% of our oil comes from Russia.  Europe gets about 20% of their oil from Russia.  So where does the other 50% to 80% in cost increase come from?  If you can point to a specific Biden administration decision that did that, feel free to show me.  I'll put 100$ down right now that 2022 is going to be a record earnings year for every oil company.


Short-Term Energy Outlook - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)

Data: How much of U.S. oil comes from Russia? (nbcnews.com)

I hear everything you guys are saying but never the less the fact is as soon as Trump gets elected the price of gasoline will start to fall and will return to normal within 6 months

You can call it magic or whatever but as long as it happens I dont care why

Inflation will go down and our southern boarder will be secure

We will stop giving money to Ukraine

all will be good

If we have a deep recession, the price of oil will indeed fall, no matter who is President.

Even a moderate recession will cause that as well.  So, that's one way to reduce demand.

If we have a recession it will end as soon as Mr Orange is sworn in

You honestly should be exhausted from carrying so much water for the dems

The oil problem was brought about on purpose by Brandon to push his green agenda

there is a lot of evidence of this including his self admission

the most useful EV charger for home use today takes an 80amp circuit

the 110 chargers can take 30-40 hours to charge a vehicle

Not sure this is correct, most home chargers require 30-50 amps IIRC.