Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) announced his energy policy strategy Wednesday in Midland, Texas, vowing to undo the Biden administration’s actions on climate change and ramp up domestic fossil fuel production.

His plan, dubbed the “Freedom to Fuel” plan, consists of six major tenets, including restoring U.S. energy dominance, “saving” the U.S. automobile industry, and reforming the permitting process.

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If elected, DeSantis said he would unleash U.S. fossil fuel production and lower gas prices to $2 per gallon.

"We will be energy dominant again in this country," the Republican presidential candidate said ahead of a speech in Midland, Texas, an oil-rich town in the Permian Basin, which accounts for roughly 40% of all U.S. oil production.

"And let's get back to $2 a gallon gas. That's what the American people need," he added.

DeSantis said he would “unleash oil and gas exploration and development” to bolster domestic fossil fuel production. He also pledged to restore the nation's depleted emergency oil stockpile and revitalize the nation's nuclear sector as a means of carbon-free electricity generation.

He would also repeal the Biden administration’s electric vehicle targets, walk back consumer tax credits for electric vehicle purchases, and prevent California from setting ambitious auto emissions targets that are passed on to more than a dozen U.S. states. And he would remove the U.S. from the Paris climate agreement, following in the footsteps of former President Donald Trump.

DeSantis’s plan represents a stark departure from the Biden administration's ambitious clean energy and renewable energy targets, which seek a 50% emissions reduction by 2030.

"People are hurting," DeSantis said of Biden's policies. "His policies are driving your grocery bills to be more expensive, your gas going up."

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DeSantis is hoping to use his energy pitch to appeal to Republicans in the run-up to the Iowa caucuses and help close the gap between himself and former President Donald Trump, who continues to hold a dominant lead in primary polls.

Doing so might be difficult, however. Trump increased his lead among GOP voters this week, according to a new Harvard CAPS-Harris poll, with 57% of Republicans now saying they support the former president, while just 10% said the same of DeSantis, who holds second place.