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WH Cleans Up Another Biden Gaffe After He Wildly Overstates Savings From Renewable Energy

by Bradley Cortright
April 1, 2022 at 2:49 pm
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WH Cleans Up Another Biden Gaffe After He Wildly Overstates Savings From Renewable Energy

WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 31: U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on gas prices in the United States fromthe South Court Auditorium of the White House on March 31, 2022 in Washington, DC. During his remarks President Biden announced that he is authorizing the release of barrels of oil from oil reserves over the next six months in an attempt to help ease the price of gas. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

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In what has become a fairly regular occurrence, the White House is yet again having to clean up a mess made by President Joe Biden.

The latest example comes after the president outlined several steps he plans to take to help alleviate rising gas prices.

And, of course, it wouldn’t be a proper Biden event about energy if he didn’t take time to push Americans to switch to renewable energy.

“If your home is powered by safer, cheaper, cleaner electricity, like solar or heat pumps, you can save about $500 a month,” he said.

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Without thinking about the actual average costs of electric bills, that sounds like a great deal.

Five hundred dollars saved every month for twelve months would mean Americans who use renewable energy would save $6,000 per year.

But there’s one problem: his statement was way off base.

The Associated Press fact-checked Biden’s claim and noted, “The average person in the U.S. spends far less than that every month on electricity.”

“The average electric bill for homeowners was $115 per month in 2019, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Between 2009 and 2019, the average monthly electric bill for a U.S. homeowner never surpassed $120,” it explained.

Later, the White House released a transcript of his remarks with a correction.

“If your home is powered by safer, cheaper, cleaner electricity, like solar or heat pumps, you can save about $500 a month [year] on average,” the transcript reads.

So that’s $5,500 less per year than what Biden said.

While the White House corrected the president’s error, the AP reports, “Even yearly savings, though, would take years for homeowners to realize, given the upfront cost of installing solar panels and heat pumps in homes.”

This is just the latest in a string of gaffes from Biden.

Last week, he appeared to suggest that U.S. troops would be sent to Ukraine, which the White House had to clarify they would not be.

“You’re going to see when you’re there – some of you have been there – you’re going to see women, young people, standing in the middle, in front of a damn tank, saying, ‘I’m not leaving,'” the president said.

Then there was the moment when Biden seemed to call for regime change in Russia, which officials also sought to clarify.

White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain re-tweeted a claim that Biden’s line about Putin “represented a significant lapse in discipline.”

While this latest gaffe had nowhere near the potential ramifications of his gaffes last week, it does beg the question, why are they happening so frequently?

And why does he continue to issue such statements with such confidence and gusto?

Perhaps it is time to hire someone to coach both Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris on public speaking to help limit embarrassing gaffes in the future — if that’s possible.

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Bradley Cortright

Bradley Cortright

IJR, Senior Writer He's written for Independent Journal Review since 2019.

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