Trump plans to declare a ‘national energy emergency.’ What does that mean?

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1. Some of the key issues:

   >The regional emergencies in the ’70s were responding to a fossil fuel shortage, driven in large part by price controls, as the energy historian Daniel Yergin has noted.
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   >But the U.S. is not currently facing a fuel shortage. The U.S. is a net exporter of fossil fuels, producing more oil and gas than any other country in the world, at any point in history, and production is growing slightly. Meanwhile many analysts currently project that the world as a whole is facing a near-term oversupply of oil and natural gas, where supply will increase faster than demand.
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   >Trump, however, has consistently said he wants to increase drilling for oil in the U.S. He is expected to roll back regulations, promote more leasing on federal lands and vocally encourage companies to drill.
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   >While oil and natural gas are abundant, there are concerns that mounting demand for electricity, driven primarily by data centers and increased manufacturing, could strain the electrical grid in the years ahead.
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   >Trump did not specifically focus on this concern in his speech, but he could use emergency authorities to try to keep open power plants that are slated to close for economic or environmental reasons. He has historically expressed support for coal plants in particular.
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   >In the 1970s, the federal response to the national energy crisis included a strong emphasis on conserving energy through better efficiency.
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   >Trump, in contrast, is vocally opposed to laws mandating that appliances be more efficient.
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   >The Trump official told reporters early Monday that the order declaring an emergency will also end “efforts to curtail consumer choice” on things like shower heads, gas stoves and dishwashers.

   It’s pretty clear that this will be a significant number of steps backwards for the nation should they all be implemented as anticipated. Hopefully there will be enough people who want to do better who will still be pushing forward, but without government support it’s likely that the hard work of shifting the public’s habits to more sustainable ones will stall.

2. Since we (the U.S.)are the largest petroleum producer in the world it means that he’s a clueless moron.

3. National energy crisis actors…

4. Money grab by a bunch of idiots.

5. A bullshit excuse for material law probably

6. it means the petroleum industry lined his pockets

7. It is just his excuse for higher gas prices at the pump – “It’s not me, it was the one-armed National Emergency “

8. China understands that renewables are the greatest form of energy independence. It’s literally electricity produced in your backyard, how does that not represent conservative values

9. It means that they can suspend or waive environmental review for new projects.

10. It means he’s an idiot.

11. shut down the wind farms

12. Trump doesn’t understand that oil companies only drill when it’s profitable for them.

13. “War on wind” and “to drill” per his speech.

14. The Orange pervert’s goons may actually be thinking ahead. If he imposes 25% tariffs on Canadian goods that could include Canadian crude which the US is dependent on. Or Canada could show some balls and threaten to withhold crude of he imposes tariffs.

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