re: Fossil fuel use to zero

My point is that permits are a product of having those other things lined up. Permits have expiration dates. Only companies with those lined up would request permits. Including those other factors just tells you if companies are likely to request permits.

Back to my original point, if you want to know if there are any barriers to any of those things (land leases, infrastructure, distribution, refineries, PVC pellets) then you look at permits. There isn’t any truth to the statement that “companies are being blocked from drill” since the total permits granted is greater than the average of the previous four years and greater than totals for three of the four years.