The Economics and Geopolitics of Fracking w/ Bethany McLean (Perch Pod Repost)
The Jacob Shapiro Podcast
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The Myth of Self-Reliance
There's something in the American psyche about wanting that self-reliance, not having to depend on anyone. So maybe you can be energy independent technically but you're never going to be independent for everything that you need. You can't really disconnect yourself from the global economy and not completely transform the way things are going. And so there's no such thing as energy independence because the price that Americans pay at the pump is always going to be dependent on something happening around the world.
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