Today, LT (for Little Timer, my 5 yr old grandson) asked me what’s happening on the news, as I turned the channel from news back to PBS when he entered the room. I don’t shield him 100%, but I do make it age appropriate. He asked me if Russia was still being mean to Ukraine and I told him yes. From previous conversations, he knew about NATO and how oil/gas had inadvertently played a role in this conflict, so he asked me if we were still getting gas from Russia. I told him no. LT looked puzzled then asked if we would get our own gas. Again, I said no. He looked incredulously at me and said, “why?” I told him joe wouldn’t allow it. Again, “why?” SHEESH!!!I wish joe was here to answer LT’s question. All I could tell LT was for some reason joe would rather Americans pay $5,6,7+ at the pump than the $2-3 we were spending before he took over. LT asked why it cost so much – then came an object lesson.
I showed LT where we lived – USA. Then he chose the names of the other three countries, Turnip, Okra, and Carrot (we were cooking previously), with a big ocean in between. I explained when our oil/gas drillers got oil it cost $5 (that was a lot to LT) and it didn’t have to be put on a ship to anywhere. However, when Turnip, Okra, and Carrot drillers got oil it cost $5 but it has to be put on a ship and go ALLLLLL the way to America, costing an extra $50. So the same gas cost $55 from those country’s drillers instead of $5 from our country’s drillers. LT looked up me and said, “that’s ridiculous. Why does President Biden do that?”
Can you answer that one?
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