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He really does think the whole world is just like ordering a Big Mac.
Honestly the jawboning works way better than it should.
Thank Big Tech/social media, I guess?
“To The Department of Energy: DRILL, BABY, DRILL!!! And I mean NOW!!!” he added on Truth Social.
Fun fact #1: The department of energy does not control oil drilling. Sorry Donald, they can't unilaterally make it happen.
Fun fact #2: Not all oil is equal. Refineries are designed to process certain grades of oil into specific products, and different parts of the world have different grades. Refineries also often blend oils from different parts of the world to get the characteristics they need for their process.
Fun fact #3: Moving domestic petroleum products between the west coast and the rest of the US is an expensive pain in the ass. There is a distinct lack of pipelines, so you need to ship it through the Panama canal. But shipping is expensive thanks to the Jones Act. So California, Oregon, and Washington would get particularly screwed in a domestic-only oil market.
"Drill, baby, drill!" has always been an immensely stupid rallying cry, even if you don't care about the environment.
"Drill, baby, drill!" has always been an immensely stupid rallying cry, even if you don't care about the environment.
But a funny one, if it was in an Austin Powers movie.
Fun fact #2: Not all oil is equal. Refineries are designed to process certain grades of oil into specific products, and different parts of the world have different grades. Refineries also often blend oils from different parts of the world to get the characteristics they need for their process.
And the infrastructure to do that doesn't currently exist. Even if they could drill overnight, they don't have the pumps, platforms, and refineries set up.
Right, IIRC correctly the US mostly produces the heavy stuff and mostly consumes the light stuff.
You've got that backwards. US consumes the heavy stuff because it is cheap and they have the ability to refine it. They sell the light stuff to places that do not have the refining capacity to refine the heavy stuff.
For the crude certainly but I was thinking about end products, being as our cars are mostly gassers and our home heating is pretty much entirely methane, electric of course being the exception but I don't think I've ever seen an oil burner outside of the context of kitchens and mechanic's shops.
If only there could be any alternative sources of energy out there to discover and develop to diminish the dependence on petroleum. If only :(
Oh well, at least there's an infinite supply of crude oil along with an atmosphere fully capable of absorbing all that liberated carbon without any adverse effects.
this post was submitted on 23 Jun 2025
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