America’s Shale Revolution and the Dangerous Myth of Energy Independence
By Flynt Leverett and Hillary Mann Leverett
Proponents
of energy independence enshrine America’s so-called “shale revolution”
as a geopolitical game changer, enabling the United States to leverage
its prospective exports of
shale oil and gas to weaken uncooperative hydrocarbon powers. Below,
Flynt Leverett and Hillary Mann Leverett argue that the shale revolution
will not give the United States anything close to meaningful energy
independence—something America shouldn’t seek
anyway. The authors suggest that embracing the mythology of energy
independence reinforces official Washington’s aversion to serious
diplomacy with strategic rivals, thereby exacerbating America’s
self-damaging and unnecessary confrontations with countries
like Russia and Iran.
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