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Trump wants to increase oil and gas production, slow down wind power and e-mobility.

(dpa) The USA is the largest gas and oil producer in the world. Trump wants to increase production even further and lift existing regulations to achieve this. Climate protection does not seem to play a role in this. Nor do the business areas of his partner Elon Musk. E-mobility should no longer be promoted.

Logically doesn't fit together: Elon Musk is a pioneer of electromobility, Donald Trump wants to increase oil production again and lower fuel prices. | Photo: dpa/Alex Brandon
Logically doesn't fit together: Elon Musk is a pioneer of electromobility, Donald Trump wants to increase oil production again and lower fuel prices. | Photo: dpa/Alex Brandon
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The new US President Donald Trump wants to ensure that the USA produces even more oil and gas. "We will be a rich nation again, and it is the liquid gold beneath our feet that will help us," said the Republican in his inaugural address after being sworn in at the US Capitol. Trump has not yet issued any specific directives. However, the White House announced that the Republican would streamline approval processes and eliminate regulations that excessively hinder energy production and use. The energy policy measures would also end the leasing of areas for use as 'massive wind farms' that destroyed the landscape and did not benefit consumers.

Energy costs to decrease - E-mobility is "out"

Trump also announced that he would declare a national energy emergency. The measure is intended to help expand production quickly, thereby reducing high energy costs for consumers and industry, said a government official. Domestic energy production is also crucial for the technology race with China. More detailed specifics were not initially provided. The 78-year-old spoke of an inflation crisis caused by "massive overspending and escalating energy prices." Again he used the call: "We will drill, baby, drill!" — in the USA, drilling (for oil) should continue unabated. US energy should be exported worldwide. Trump announced he would no longer rely on electromobility. Everyone would be able to buy the car they want. He would save the automotive industry.

"We will build cars in America again, and at a pace that no one could have dreamed of just a few years ago," said Trump.

Focus on Alaska

In the expansion of oil and gas production, but also in the extraction of critical raw materials, the Trump administration has Alaska particularly in view. Trump will sign a decree to this effect, said the government official. "Alaska has an incredible wealth of natural resources," he added. However, the previous administration of Joe Biden had restricted the state's ability to create wealth for Americans.

World's largest producer of oil - thanks to fracking

The USA was also under Biden, who had made climate protection a priority, the world's largest producer and consumer of oil. Biden even boasted of record figures in production — and defended against the portrayal that his government was slowing domestic production through bans. He pointed to thousands of permits that were not being used by the industry.
 

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Protected Areas

Shortly before the end of his term, Biden placed areas of the outer continental shelf off the east and west coasts of the USA, the eastern Gulf of Mexico, and other parts of the northern Bering Sea in Alaska under protection from future oil and gas extraction. He did this based on a law that grants the president extensive powers to exclude certain waters from future leasing for the development of gas and oil resources or for extraction. 

However, the law does not automatically give the president the authority to revoke exclusions like these. If Trump were to attempt this, he would likely need to go through Congress, for example, by amending the underlying law to grant the president the authority to release protected areas again. The issue could ultimately end up in court.

«Drill, baby, drill»

During the election campaign, Trump spoke about expanding oil and gas extraction and adopted the slogan «Drill, baby, drill». He repeated this expression at his inauguration. In the USA, oil should be drilled for relentlessly. US energy should be exported all over the world. Biden accused the new US government of «climate extremism». Trump also wants to lead the USA out of the Paris Climate Agreement again.

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