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U.S. Oil Demand Grew Faster Than China’s in 2013. That Won’t Last
Production has been booming for awhile, but last year American demand for the black stuff grew by 390,000 barrels a day
More Oil, More Gas and Less Driving: Predicting America’s Energy Future
A new report is optimistic about continued growth in U.S. oil and natural gas production. But the future of energy is hard to predict
US Oil Dominance Will Be Short Lived
The International Energy Agency says North America’s shale boom doesn’t diminish the supremacy of the Middle East in the global oil market
40 Years After the 1973 Oil Embargo, the U.S. Is Stronger on Energy — but So Is the Middle East
The OPEC oil embargo marked the end of American dominance on energy. Four decades later, the shale boom and efficiency has U.S. oil imports down — but the Gulf states are still sitting pretty
Next-Generation Biofuels Are Inching Towards Reality, Gallon by Gallon
Advanced biofuels have been on the cusp of commercialization for years, but high prices and technological challenges have held them back. Is that starting to change?
The U.S. Is an Energy Superpower
New technologies have enabled the U.S. to become the world’s top producer of oil and natural gas by energy content.
The Benefits and Perils of Energy Abundance
40 years after a Mideast oil embargo decimated the U.S., the country is awash in new supplies of energy, from oil to natural gas to solar. But that abundance could make fighting climate change harder
It’s Not Just Obama’s Carbon Rules That Are Killing Coal. It’s Cheap Gas
New regulations from the EPA will make it almost impossible to build a new coal plant. But cheap natural gas was doing that already
Innovating Our Way to Energy Abundance—and Climate Change
A simply bet made nearly 25 years ago demonstrated the power of human ingenuity to overcome material scarcity. But that won’t be enough to save us from global warming