Joe Biden is not good at being president. The reasons for this are as numerous as the day is long, but the most recent example involves his administration’s approach to energy policy. “Approach” is being pretty generous, as it’s more akin to a continuous string of pratfalls a la Buster Keaton.

Since taking office, Biden and his band of bumblers have taken every action possible to crush American energy independence. From killing the Keystone XL pipeline to canceling oil leasing in Alaska and on federal land, in addition to increasing idiotic fuel-mileage standards and ludicrously invoking the Endangered Species Act, Biden has undone years of progress toward American energy sufficiency in a matter of mere months. Before the pandemic, the United States had become the world’s largest oil producer. Now, Biden has reduced the greatest country on Earth to Oliver Twist: begging the OPEC oil cartel, “Please, sirs, can we have some more?”