White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki invoked an oft-repeated Democratic talking point about oil and gas exploration last week. In the course of defending the Biden administration’s refusal to issue new oil and gas leases on federal land, Psaki said that there are over 9,000 unused leases already. So, why issue new ones?

You might be fooled into thinking this is a valid point, but only if you know nothing about the energy industry, in which I have worked for 23 years.