{"id":336751,"date":"2024-07-17T15:28:43","date_gmt":"2024-07-17T13:28:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=336751"},"modified":"2024-07-17T15:28:45","modified_gmt":"2024-07-17T13:28:45","slug":"gop-energy-platform-make-america-the-dominant-energy-producer-in-the-world-by-far","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=336751","title":{"rendered":"GOP Energy Platform (\u201cMake America the Dominant Energy Producer in the World, by Far\u201d)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Aerial view oil terminal is industrial facility for storage tank of oil and petrochemical industry products ready for transport to further storage facilities.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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From Master Resource<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Robert Bradley Jr.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cRepublicans will increase Energy Production across the board, streamline permitting, and end market-distorting restrictions on Oil, Natural Gas, and Coal.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

In the approximately 5,000-word platform<\/a> of the Republican Party, some 400 (8 percent) explicitly deals with energy. All of the statements (below) are pro-consumer, pro-taxpayer, pro-economy, and pro-environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nary a mention of the tired, half-century alarm of a \u2018climate crisis\u2019. No mention of forced energy transformation to dilute, intermittent, land-intensive wind and solar. No mention, logically, of a new energy tax domestically or at the international border. Free and open markets are strongly implied.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c<\/strong>MAKE AMERICA THE DOMINANT ENERGY PRODUCER IN THE WORLD, BY FAR!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cUnleash American Energy. Under President Trump, the U.S. became the Number One Producer of Oil and Natural Gas in the World \u2014 and we will soon be again by lifting restrictions on American Energy Production and terminating the Socialist Green New Deal. Republicans will unleash Energy Production from all sources, including nuclear, to immediately slash Inflation and power American homes, cars, and factories with reliable, abundant, and affordable Energy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reliable and Abundant Low Cost Energy<\/strong>. \u201cRepublicans will increase Energy Production across the board, streamline permitting, and end market-distorting restrictions on Oil, Natural Gas, and Coal. The Republican Party will once again make America Energy Independent, and then Energy Dominant, lowering Energy prices even below the record lows achieved during President Trump\u2019s first term.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe commit to unleashing American Energy\u2026.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cCommon Sense tells us clearly that we must unleash American Energy if we want to destroy Inflation and rapidly bring down prices, build the Greatest Economy in History, revive our Defense Industrial Base, fuel Emerging Industries, and establish the United States as the Manufacturing Superpower of the World.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOur America First Economic Agenda rests on five pillars: Slashing Regulations, cutting Taxes, securing Fair Trade Deals, ensuring Reliable and Abundant Low Cost Energy, and championing Innovation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe will DRILL, BABY, DRILL and we will become Energy Independent, and even Dominant again. The United States has more liquid gold under our feet than any other Nation, and it\u2019s not even close. The Republican Party will harness that potential to power our future.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cRepublicans will reduce the Regulatory burden, lower Energy costs, and promote Economic Policies that drive down the cost of living and prices for everyday goods and services.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAmerica needs determined Republican Leadership at every level of Government to address the core threats to our very survival [including] \u2026 crippling restrictions on American Energy Production\u2026.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cRepublicans will revive the U.S. Auto Industry by reversing harmful Regulations, canceling Biden\u2019s Electric Vehicle and other Mandates, and preventing the importation of Chinese vehicles.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBy protecting American Workers from unfair Foreign Competition and unleashing American Energy, Republicans will restore American Manufacturing, creating Jobs, Wealth, and Investment.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cCANCEL THE ELECTRIC VEHICLE MANDATE AND CUT COSTLY AND BURDENSOME REGULATIONS\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Media Reaction<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Bill McKibben, with the Amway look in his eye, states<\/a> that the GOP plan is \u201cway worse than the Taliban\u2019s.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Paul Krugman \u2018gaslights\u2019 his audience by insinuating that Biden is not against oil and gas:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The G.O.P. platform also pledges to \u201cMAKE AMERICA THE DOMINANT ENERGY PRODUCER IN THE WORLD.\u201d The subtext here is the pervasive belief on the right that woke environmentalists have undermined the U.S. energy sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Given how often one hears this asserted, it\u2019s a bit shocking to look at the data<\/a> and learn that America produced more energy in 2023 than ever before. In fact, we\u2019ve become a major energy exporter, for example selling Europe vast quantities of liquefied natural gas<\/a> that helped it reduce dependence on Russian supplies after Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Krugman does not understand opportunity cost<\/em>\u2013what the domestic energy industries could have done in a free-market environment. Without 225 government impediments<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A more sober assessment from the Left was provided by Ben Geman of Axios, \u201cPondering Trump\u2019s \u2018Dominance\u2019 Goal<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The new GOP platform<\/a><\/strong> is two things at once on energy: an aspirational document yet one that arguably describes present reality, too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why it matters:<\/strong> The Trump-y document calls for the U.S. to be energy \u201cdominant\u201d and to \u201cdrill, baby, drill\u201d and end \u201ccrippling restrictions\u201d on production and \u2026 you get the point. Missing from the platform is any mention of climate change. It calls for \u201cterminating the Socialist Green New Deal,\u201d which exists only as a resolution and has never moved legislatively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The intrigue:<\/strong> It comes as the U.S. is already the world\u2019s largest oil producer \u2014 it\u2019s not close anymore, as you can see above \u2014 the largest gas producer, and the largest LNG exporter. The Energy Department\u2019s independent stats arm sees U.S. oil production growing to an average of almost 13.8 million barrels per day in 2025. LNG exports are also slated to keep rising based on projects approved and under construction. Looking at all energy sources together, production now outpaces consumption<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yes, but:<\/strong> Republicans and some industry officials argue the U.S. isn\u2019t reaching its full potential and that President Biden closed off exploration that would help sustain future production and investment. They point to steps like barring development on huge swaths of Alaskan federal lands and the pause on new LNG export licenses to major markets, to name just two. Critics essentially argue the White House is sowing the seeds for reduced geopolitical leverage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The bottom line:<\/strong> \u201cDominance\u201d is a relative term.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Final Comment<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Much has to be done to reverse the forced energy transformation of Biden and Obama administrations. Executive orders and major budget cuts in federal energy programs are just the beginning. Existing regulations and edicts need legal challenges with a guilty-until-proven-innocent orientation (recent legal rulings observed). The Deep State that infests the U.S. Department of Energy must be eradicated with major (not minor) earmark and personal reductions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mere downsizing and partial measures will not hunt. Fundamental change is upon us for fiscal reform and unleashing consumer-chosen, taxpayer-neutral energies. Freed resources from unproductive or counterproductive activity will accrue to the private sector to meet consumer demand. A win-win for everyone except for the Climate Industrial Complex.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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