Energy Critical to Growing Economy, Creating American Jobs

Mary Schaper
Posted November 21, 2014

Five Numbers Reveal Our Energy Future

USA Today (Manhattan Institute’s Mark Mills): When the newly elected Congress convenes in January, energy will be a priority. In fact energy is the "foundation" action item according to the just-released roadmap from Speaker of the House John Boehner. So this is a particularly good time to map out just how different the energy world is today, and will be in the future.

Four decades ago, when America's extant energy policy paradigm was forged, the U.S. was the world's fastest growing major energy user in an environment of resource dependency and depletion. The facts have since flipped: America is now the fastest growing energy producer, while nearly all net new demand takes place elsewhere.

In this context, consider the implications for America, and the world, of five key numbers.

Read more: http://usat.ly/1Hvq7EN

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