INSTITUTE FOR ENERGY RESEARCH: NORTH AMERICA HAS WORLD'S LARGEST COMBINED INVENTORY OF OIL, NATURAL GAS, AND COAL -- ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE ENERGY IS LIMITED BY OUTDATED GOVERNMENT POLICIES

摘要

According to a new report from the nonprofit Institute for Energy Research (IER), a misleading understanding of North America's energy wealth, combined with pessimistic assumptions about technology use, has led to a worse energy situation, thanks in part to -bad federal policies" governing federal lands that are limiting energy production. -North America is blessed with enough energy supplies to promote and sustain economic growth for many generations," the report said. -The government's own reports detail this, and Congress was advised of our energy wealth when the Congressional Research Service of the Library of Congress released a report showing that the U.S.' combined recoverable oil, natural gas, and coal endowment is the largest on Earth. The question Americans therefore need to ask is whether government officials throughout North America will embrace this enormous opportunity or scorn it."