Trump signs the Defense Production Act. We now will drill baby drill.
Posted by Dobrien 2 days, 23 hours ago to Government
Official White House links (posted April 20, 2026):
Domestic Petroleum Production, Refining, and Logistics Capacity:
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidenti...
Natural Gas Transmission, Processing, Storage, and Liquefied Natural Gas Capacity:
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidenti...
Coal Supply Chains and Baseload Power Generation Capacity:
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidenti...
Grid Infrastructure, Equipment, and Supply Chain Capacity:
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidenti...
Development, Manufacturing, and Deployment of Large-Scale Energy and Energy-Related Infrastructure:
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidenti...
the Defense Production Act (a 1950 law) lets the president require companies to prioritize certain contracts, provide federal loans/guarantees/purchase commitments, expedite permitting, and allocate scarce materials — all framed as national-security needs. Here, the administration is applying it across five specific areas via the Department of Energy:
More drilling, faster refinery expansions/upgrades, and better pipelines/storage to increase crude and product supply.
Expanded transmission pipelines, processing plants, storage, and LNG export/import capacity.
Support for mining, transport, and coal-fired generation to keep reliable, low-cost electricity online.
More transformers, high-voltage transmission lines, and related equipment to reduce congestion and outages.
Broader manufacturing and deployment support.
more supply → lower pricesEnergy prices are driven by supply and demand. Right now, prices are elevated due to geopolitical disruptions reducing available supply. By using federal funding (from recent legislation) and removing regulatory friction, the orders aim to:
Boost physical supply of oil, gas, coal, and electricity capacity over time.
Reduce infrastructure bottlenecks (e.g., grid constraints that force expensive workarounds or blackouts).
Signal to markets that more supply is coming, which can immediately pressure futures prices downward as traders price in future abundance.
In theory, greater domestic output means less reliance on volatile imports, more competition among producers, and downward pressure on wholesale prices — which eventually flows to gasoline, diesel, natural gas bills, and electricity rates.Important reality check on timing
The biggest immediate effect is likely psychological — markets may price in future supply, and energy stocks are already reacting positively to the headline. Actual new barrels or megawatts don’t appear overnight.
Domestic Petroleum Production, Refining, and Logistics Capacity:
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidenti...
Natural Gas Transmission, Processing, Storage, and Liquefied Natural Gas Capacity:
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidenti...
Coal Supply Chains and Baseload Power Generation Capacity:
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidenti...
Grid Infrastructure, Equipment, and Supply Chain Capacity:
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidenti...
Development, Manufacturing, and Deployment of Large-Scale Energy and Energy-Related Infrastructure:
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidenti...
the Defense Production Act (a 1950 law) lets the president require companies to prioritize certain contracts, provide federal loans/guarantees/purchase commitments, expedite permitting, and allocate scarce materials — all framed as national-security needs. Here, the administration is applying it across five specific areas via the Department of Energy:
More drilling, faster refinery expansions/upgrades, and better pipelines/storage to increase crude and product supply.
Expanded transmission pipelines, processing plants, storage, and LNG export/import capacity.
Support for mining, transport, and coal-fired generation to keep reliable, low-cost electricity online.
More transformers, high-voltage transmission lines, and related equipment to reduce congestion and outages.
Broader manufacturing and deployment support.
more supply → lower pricesEnergy prices are driven by supply and demand. Right now, prices are elevated due to geopolitical disruptions reducing available supply. By using federal funding (from recent legislation) and removing regulatory friction, the orders aim to:
Boost physical supply of oil, gas, coal, and electricity capacity over time.
Reduce infrastructure bottlenecks (e.g., grid constraints that force expensive workarounds or blackouts).
Signal to markets that more supply is coming, which can immediately pressure futures prices downward as traders price in future abundance.
In theory, greater domestic output means less reliance on volatile imports, more competition among producers, and downward pressure on wholesale prices — which eventually flows to gasoline, diesel, natural gas bills, and electricity rates.Important reality check on timing
The biggest immediate effect is likely psychological — markets may price in future supply, and energy stocks are already reacting positively to the headline. Actual new barrels or megawatts don’t appear overnight.
Baseline manufacturing and agriculture to secure continental economic stability. Service sector will suffer the most and lag 5 to 10 years behind tangible goods.
Need a stuffed goat or sheep? I don't mean in the Arabic sense.
125 years ago, Nikola Tesla solved the energy dilemma. He was punished severely for it.
Henry Morray and countless others have either replicated Tesla's work or discovered their own way of tapping into the Ether (or ZPE, as it is now called)
Other murdered inventors were simply finding ways to stretch a gallon of gas or run your current car on other liquids (i.e. Stanley Myers Water Car)
Each one was harassed, bought off, disappeared or out-right murdered.
In 1951 the cabal running our country made a law, anything that disrupts the money/oil flow is considered a threat to national security.
Fun Fact: The oil industry is the largest single industry on the planet.
I get it.
There are lots of very rich people getting richer by the second.
Any disruption of that money flow will never be tolerated. Ever.
To that point:
"Invention Secrecy Act of 1951"
Specifically electric motors may not achieve more than 90% efficiency.
Solar panels were originally not allowed more than 20% (now raised to 26%) etc, etc.
This also applies to anti-gravity, beam weapons, highly advanced computers... the types of things that make perfect sense to limit public excess to.
All the wars, all the blood and treasure spent fighting over it, is the cruelest joke ever played on humanity.
We didn't need oil. They Do.
If you ever invent a disruptive energy technology, don't try to patent it, you will be punished.
Give it away before you're found out.