Ron DeSantis Pledges $2 Gasoline, More U.S. Fuel Production

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

54% : Oil surged to a 10-month high on Tuesday, with futures for global benchmark Brent crude briefly nearing $96 - amid a flurry of predictions that the world could see the return of $100 oil.
54% : DeSantis is calling for overhauls to a series of policies he says limit consumer choice and hike energy costs.
54% : domestic extraction of fossil fuels - including oil, natural gas, coal and uranium - by approving mining and development on federal lands-Expedite the energy project permitting process-Establish a new "critical mineral strategic reserve" and reduce U.S. reliance on China for the raw materials used in semiconductors, batteries and military planes-Refill
52% : The industry is also increasingly reluctant to chart new spending and drilling plans based on policies that can shift on four-year election cycles.
49% : It also can take years for federal agencies to repeal existing regulations, given requirements to fully justify those changes and subject the decisions to public review.
48% : Republicans have seized on rising gasoline and crude prices as a political vulnerability for President Joe Biden, who has championed renewable energy and curtailed oil leasing.
45% : the nation's emergency oil stockpile, which Biden has drawn down to combat high energy costsMany of the changes would require action from Congress.
21% : Investors are loath to overspend on new drilling, and oil executives have spurned many of Biden's exhortations to produce more crude, citing longer-term economic forecasts and trends beyond Washington that favor sustainability and electric vehicles.

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