Eight years.
A lot can happen in eight years.
During this time, America has gone from exporting almost no natural gas to becoming the biggest gas supplier on the planet.
Source: The New York Times
This is a staggering achievement. You might argue that it’s completely unmatched in the entire history of the industrialised world. Here’s why it matters:
- In a blink, the United States has gone from being a net importer of energy to becoming a net exporter. By doing do, it has cut itself free from hostile nations abroad. This means that the risk of geopolitical blackmail (like what the Arab-dominated OPEC inflicted in the 1970s) could be a thing of the past.
- Today, America’s energy independence is starting to transform the global landscape in very surprising ways. We’re seeing a new kind of muscular diplomacy in action. A new way of doing business.
- Because of this, contrarian investors are now increasing their stakes in the oil-and-gas sector. The capital inflows here are growing.
Could this be the biggest power shift in a century?
- I believe that this current state of play has far-reaching consequences for all of us.
- Right now, here are 4 Urgent Signals that you really need to pay attention to…
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