What are we waiting for?

OPINION:

Now we have a fiasco with Saudi Arabia, and President Biden has nowhere left to run to save face over his failed energy policy (“Biden demands reevaluation of U.S.-Saudi relationship after OPEC cuts,” Web, Oct. 11). The truth is self-evident: Mr. Biden’s executive order banning production of fossil fuels is the single greatest cause of spiraling inflation. And the fix is easy even if we omit the name Trump. End the ban.   

Petroleum and natural gas provide about 70% of our energy. Fossil-fuel production is the backbone of our economy. Mr. Biden has crippled this most essential industry only to replace it with limited green energy still in its infancy. A strong case could be made that Mr. Biden’s ban is oppressive and retrogressive.   

The ban has left us at the mercy of the dirty fossil fuels of our adversaries. Is the ecology any better for drilling in Russia, Saudi Arabia or anyplace other than America? Is their oil any better at saving the world’s environment? If not, then whose side is Mr. Biden on?

Through its system of checks and balances, the Constitution provides alternatives. Consider that the federal courts have the power to declare as illegal or unconstitutional an executive order such as Mr. Biden’s. Once the courts act to override his catastrophic ban and enable the resumption of full fossil-fuel production, consumers will be freed from Mr. Biden’s misguided policy and provided a welcome jolt toward economic recovery.  

What are we waiting for?  

CHARLES BUTERA
East Northport, New York