Reporter asks bidenfail's Energy Secretary how much oil the U.S. consumes every day. Too hard, right?

Pictured below is the person bidenfail hand-picked to head the Department of Energy.  Since all modern nations are totally dependent on a plentiful supply of energy, this is an important post.  In theory, no one in the administration should know more about the production and use of energy in the U.S.

See if you can spot Jennifer Granholm's qualifications for this critical position.

• Does she have a degree in, say, nuclear engineering?  (No.)
• Former governor of a major oil or coal-producing state?  (No.)
• Former CEO or CFO of a major energy-producing company?  (No.)
• PhD from the London School of Economics?  (Ha!  Good one!  No.)
• PhD from MIT, dissertation on economics of energy?  (This just gets better and better.  No.)

There are lots of smart women in the U.S.  Granholm isn't one of them, and apparently her sole "qualification" for the post of Secretary of Energy is that she's female.

Wait, maybe she's been secretly studying national energy sources and uses at night for the past dozen years.  It should be easy to find out.  Let's have a reporter ask her about the most basic question the U.S. Secretary of Energy should have at her fingertips, updated every day in her morning briefing:  Roughly how many million barrels of oil does the U.S. use every day?

She had no idea.

Competence is a great thing, especially in rulers.  Damn shame the biden regime doesn't have any.

 But shortly thereafter all is made clear:  bidenfail's energy czar doesn't know how much oil the U.S. uses because...wait for it...she's "working through an energy transition...off of oil and gas."

 

Ah, that explains why she doesn't have even a vague idea about daily U.S. oil use..  She may well think oil and gas aren't the main sources of both transportation and electrical generation, so aren't worth encouraging.  And of course, being a Democrat we know she doesn't believe in the laws of supply and demand.

A clever reporter could have fun by asking her, what do all economists agree happens to the price of something when supplies decrease.  It would be a hoot listening to Jenny hem and haw and temporize as she tries to remember what the right answer is.

For any college-age readers out there:  Ask your parents, and see how long it takes 'em to come up with the answer.