Slide 2. Global Energy Mix

The U.S. economy and energy, here represented by oil, are inextricably linked. Energy independence, depending upon how it is defined, must be couched in today’s energy, economy and infrastructure realities:

• we import over 1/3 of our energy.
• fossil fuels represent over 85% of the energy mix.
• healthy economies require stable and reasonably affordable energy to compete.
• the transportation sector is dependent upon oil and will take time to transition.