Energy

Graph Heading: Total U.S. Primary Energy Consumption & Production (Quadrillion BTU)Graph Sub Heading: Between 2005 and 2014, U.S. net energy imports fell from 30 percent to 13 percent of total U.S. energy consumption.Policy Resources: 19246204957Landing Page Icon: Outro Heading: Adopt a National Energy Strategy that Capitalizes on America's StrengthsOutro Content:

Pursuing a coherent, national energy strategy that leverages U.S. advantages will ensure ample supplies of reliable affordable energy and strengthen America's national and economic security.
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North America is in the midst of an energy renaissance and energy self-sufficiency is now within our reach.
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Heading: 2020Fact: Year analysts expect North America will become a net energy exporter. Source Text: (1) Wood Mackenzie (September 2013). "Geopolitical Implications of North American Energy Independence". Prepared for Global Horizons Service - Risks & Uncertainties Insight. (2) ExxonMobil (2012). "The Outlook for Energy, a View to 2040".

Heading: 3,500Fact: The increase in U.S. real disposable income per household in 2020, due to increased oil and natural gas production. Source Text: Harold Sirkin et. al, The Boston Consulting Group (August 2013). "The U.S. as one of the Developed World's Lowest-Cost Manufacturers: Behind the American Export Surge".

Heading: 1 MillionFact: New manufacturing jobs in 2025 due to the benefits of cost-competitive domestic energy supplies. Source Text: American Chemistry Council (March 2011). "Shale Gas and New Petrochemicals Investment: Benefits for the Economy, Jobs, and U.S. Manufacturing".

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Teaser: Implement an effective national energy strategy that addresses both energy supply and energy efficiency.Full Summary:

America needs a coherent and comprehensive energy policy that ensures access to affordable and reliable sources of energy, which is key to GDP growth and job creation.

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Teaser: Allow the market, not the government, to make decisions regarding the appropriate mix of different energy resources and energy efficiency technologies. Technology neutrality is the key.Full Summary:

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Teaser: In the event that Congress adopts or extends renewable tax incentives in future years it should ensure that such measures are designed to address well-documented market inefficiencies, are applied only to those fuels and technologies with a credible path to unsubsidized competitiveness and are finite in duration and eventually phased out in a predictable fashion.Full Summary:

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Teaser: Properly incentivize energy efficiency to ensure widespread deployment.Full Summary:

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Card Logo: Main Heading: Traditional Energy SourcesTeaser: On the production side of the equation, breakthroughs in technology are unlocking traditional energy resources that were considered technically and economically inaccessible just a generation ago.Infographic: Infographic Title: Total U.S. Crude Oil Production, Million Barrels per DayInfographic Summary:

Recent crude oil production reached nine million barrels per day in 2014 - volumes not observed since the mid 1980s.
Source Text: (1) Energy Information Administration (January 2015). Monthly Energy Review, Table 1.2. (2) Energy Information Administration (May 2014). Annual Energy Outlook 2014, Table 11.Infographic Mobile:

Card Logo: Main Heading: Energy IntensityTeaser: On the consumption side of the equation, energy efficiency technologies and structural shifts in the U.S. economy have been steadily driving improvements in U.S. energy intensity for the past four decades.Infographic: Infographic Title: U.S. Energy Intensity, Thousand BTU per Dollar of GDP* Infographic Summary:

Energy intensity - the nation's energy consumption per dollar of GDP - has declined by almost 60 percent since its peak in 1970.
Source Text: Energy Information Administration (November 2014). Monthly Energy Review, Table 1.7. Infographic Mobile:

Card Logo: Main Heading: GHG EmissionsTeaser: Recent advances in technology and improvements in energy efficiency have helped reduce U.S. GHG emissions as the economy grows.Infographic: Infographic Title: U.S. Gross Domestic Product & GHG Emissions (Index: 2000=100)Infographic Summary:

Between 2000 and 2011, the U.S. economy grew by 20 percent while the nation's total GHG emissions decreased by 6 percent.
Source Text: (1) U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, National Income and Product Accounts Tables, Table 1.1.5. (2) World Resource Institute, CAIT 2.0 (2011), Country GHG Emissions.Infographic Mobile:

Source Text: Energy Information Administration (January 2015). Monthly Energy Review, Tables 1.2, 1.3, & 1.4b.Graph Image Mobile: