The future of energy security

In this bleak context, it is easy to understand why powerful and technologically advanced nations such as the US, Japan, and the UK. have such an abysmal record when it comes to long-term energy planning or alternative energy. In fact when the major industrial nations speak of energy policy, about energy for the future, or about energy security, they are not talking about depletion curves, fuel cells, or a hydrogen economy. They are also not talking about fuel efficiency or solar power or any of the potentially significant but speculative sources of energy. Rather when they discuss energy security, what they are really talking about is the geopolitics of energy, and specifically the actions, money, and alliances necessary to keep oil flowing steadily and cheaply through the next fiscal quarter.
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