In your editorial “Mr. Biden Will ‘Transition’ You Now” (Oct. 24), you observe the number of oil and gas jobs in Texas, Alabama and New Mexico which would be threatened by Mr. Biden’s proposed ban on “drilling leases and development on federal land.”
In my state, Louisiana, economist Loren Scott reports that the oil-and-gas industry supports 260,000 jobs in the state, and each industry job generates 3.4 Louisiana jobs in other sectors, accounting for almost 11% of the state’s population—a huge portion of the economy. Regardless...