American Greatness by Edward Ring
Arecent article in the New York Post nicely encapsulates the latest developments in the ongoing debate over climate and energy. In his article âIf the Ukraine war hasnât scared the West straight on energy, nothing will,â Rich Lowry reminds us âThe world hasnât embraced fossil fuels out of hatred of the planet but because they are so incredibly useful.â He goes on to observe accurately that fossil fuels are used to produce 84 percent of global energy.
While there is merely an alleged consensus on the potentially catastrophic threat represented by fossil fuel, there is widespread agreement on the direct connection between energy and prosperity. With that in mind, and to make clear how critical it is to produce more energy worldwideâmuch moreâhereâs an immutable fact, courtesy of data in the 2021 edition of the British Petroleum (BO) Statistical Review of World Energy: For everyone on earth to have access to half the energy, per capita, that Americans consume, global energy production will have to double…
