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> When heating your home suddenly costs four times as much you can't just use a quarter of the gas, or you'll freeze. Maybe this is an aside to you, but would

> When heating your home suddenly costs four times as much you can't just use a quarter of the gas, or you'll freeze. Maybe this is an aside to you, but would you expect heating cost to increase or decrease if you are using fossil fuels for heating, and the government has promised to end fossil fuels? I guess we can point all fingers to Putin, but decreasing the supply of fossil fuels seems to be an implicit campaign promise of the Biden administration, and he has the most popular administration in history, so I'm not sure why people are upset with paying more for heating and gas.

sokoloff 4y ago
> [Biden] has the most popular administration in history. I see the data quite differently. No President since World War II ended has a lower approval rating on day 523 of their administration. https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/biden-approval-rating/ https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/biden-approval-rating/
- wronglyprepaid 4y ago
  But his low poll numbers is mainly because the media won't give him credit for the good things he did and because of republican rhetoric.
  - djbebs 4y ago
    How is that different from literally any other president?
    - wronglyprepaid 4y ago
      It is different because the media has not been as right wing as this before.
      - krapp 4y ago
        Why does the media's political bias always seem to be the antithesis of the party in power? To scapegoat the failures of each administration to actually use their power for the public good. I mean, the same media that was apparently run by a vast left-wing conspiracy for years is suddenly right-wing? Did they just change hats? What accomplishment does Biden have that's going to counterbalance how pathetic his administration's response to the repeal of Roe v. Wade appears? It's become a meme among the left that the only thing the Democrats had prepared in response were fundraising letters.
        sokoloff 4y ago
        I think you're being trolled. I admit that I can't be fully sure of it, but I seriously doubt GP believes that Biden has the most popular administration in history; I don't believe Biden has the most popular administration among just the last three, a sentiment that I suspect GP shares.
        wronglyprepaid 4y ago
        > I don't believe Biden has the most popular administration among just the last three, a sentiment that I suspect GP shares. Well he is not if you take the poll numbers, but as Biden has said, the low poll numbers are mainly a side effect of the negative sentiment for his administration in the right wing media. You will need to compensate for this to get an accurate picture.
        sokoloff 4y ago
        If you're trying to measure popularity ("the state or condition of being liked, admired, or supported by many people") of someone in an important job, it seems like asking many people whether they approve of the job being done is a primary measurement. "Compensating" for perceived reasons why a President is not liked, admired, or supported seems antithetical to the goal of measuring popularity. That would seem to me more like "fudging the data" (if I'm being polite) or "making shit up" (if I'm going for clarity).
adrianN 4y ago
I don't think many people expected the price to rise quite as quickly as it did. Demand for heat pumps and rooftop solar currently outstrips supply by far, at least here in Germany.

sokoloff 4y ago

> [Biden] has the most popular administration in history. I see the data quite differently. No President since World War II ended has a lower approval rating on day 523 of their administration. https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/biden-approval-rating/ https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/biden-approval-rating/

wronglyprepaid 4y ago
But his low poll numbers is mainly because the media won't give him credit for the good things he did and because of republican rhetoric.
- djbebs 4y ago
  How is that different from literally any other president?
  - wronglyprepaid 4y ago
    It is different because the media has not been as right wing as this before.
    - krapp 4y ago
      Why does the media's political bias always seem to be the antithesis of the party in power? To scapegoat the failures of each administration to actually use their power for the public good. I mean, the same media that was apparently run by a vast left-wing conspiracy for years is suddenly right-wing? Did they just change hats? What accomplishment does Biden have that's going to counterbalance how pathetic his administration's response to the repeal of Roe v. Wade appears? It's become a meme among the left that the only thing the Democrats had prepared in response were fundraising letters.
      - sokoloff 4y ago
        I think you're being trolled. I admit that I can't be fully sure of it, but I seriously doubt GP believes that Biden has the most popular administration in history; I don't believe Biden has the most popular administration among just the last three, a sentiment that I suspect GP shares.
        wronglyprepaid 4y ago
        > I don't believe Biden has the most popular administration among just the last three, a sentiment that I suspect GP shares. Well he is not if you take the poll numbers, but as Biden has said, the low poll numbers are mainly a side effect of the negative sentiment for his administration in the right wing media. You will need to compensate for this to get an accurate picture.
        sokoloff 4y ago
        If you're trying to measure popularity ("the state or condition of being liked, admired, or supported by many people") of someone in an important job, it seems like asking many people whether they approve of the job being done is a primary measurement. "Compensating" for perceived reasons why a President is not liked, admired, or supported seems antithetical to the goal of measuring popularity. That would seem to me more like "fudging the data" (if I'm being polite) or "making shit up" (if I'm going for clarity).

adrianN 4y ago

I don't think many people expected the price to rise quite as quickly as it did. Demand for heat pumps and rooftop solar currently outstrips supply by far, at least here in Germany.