On Election Day, voters delivered at least one clear message: Remove the policy roadblocks standing in the way of greater fossil energy production, American oil and natural gas in particular. The reason is obvious: The efficient production of more fossil energy yields huge economic benefits for millions of working Americans and for the productivity of the economy as a whole.
Voters focused on energy policies played a central role in this election, particularly in such battleground states as Pennsylvania and Michigan. Pennsylvania is second only behind Texas in natural gas production among the states. The Biden administration has worked against the expansion of natural gas exports, and Vice President Harris’ attempt to reverse her earlier pledge to ban fracking was less than wholly convincing.
Pennsylvania voters could easily see that even without a “ban” little would prevent a President Harris from unleashing the regulators, the net effect of which would be severe constraints on domestic energy production. And the pause on new LNG export projects would be likely to continue, justified on whatever shifting and inconsistent rationales for a........