Lack of an energy policy is placing the United States at “high risk.” For more than three years, T. Boone Pickens has been hammering home exactly this point since he launched the Pickens Plan. Now his warning is being echoed by an arm of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
The Institute for 21st Century Energy, has developed a rating called the Index of Energy Security Risk, which ties directly to America’s energy security. It considers this index “a tool to regularly measure our nation’s progress and thus assess the impact of policy decisions on America’s energy security.”
This year’s index – 98 – is near an all-time.
“The message I think this sends to policy makers is that we’ve got to get more serious about getting a vibrant and viable domestic energy policy, and that the time to do it is not today, but yesterday,” says Karen Harbert, president and CEO of the Institute for 21st Century Energy. “The time to do that is now.”
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is the world’s largest business federation. Founded in 1912, it represents the interests of more than 3 million businesses of all sizes, sectors, and regions, as well as state and local chambers and industry associations.
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