{"id":31942,"date":"2017-11-11T18:24:27","date_gmt":"2017-11-11T23:24:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=31942"},"modified":"2017-11-11T18:24:27","modified_gmt":"2017-11-11T23:24:27","slug":"why-american-energy-matters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=31942","title":{"rendered":"Why American Energy Matters"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Thursday The Daily Signal<\/a> posted a story about American coal imports to Ukraine<\/a>. One of the problems in the attempted Russian takeover of Ukraine is the dependence of the country on Russian energy imports.<\/p>\n

The article reports:<\/p>\n

\u201cIn recent years, [Kyiv] and much of Eastern Europe<\/a> have been reliant on and beholden to Russia<\/a> to keep the heat on. That changes now,\u201d U.S. Secretary of Energy<\/a> Rick Perry<\/a> said in July, announcing an $80 million deal to ship more U.S. coal to Ukraine.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThe United States<\/a> can offer Ukraine an alternative,\u201d Perry said.<\/strong><\/p>\n

…Since the breakup of the Soviet Union<\/a> in 1991, Russia has often leveraged its power over Ukraine through the energy economy. Particularly, by cutting off gas supplies in winter. Consequently, energy security remains a linchpin for Ukraine\u2019s fight for sovereignty from Moscow.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cEnergy for years has been and continues on a daily non-military basis to be the prime Russian instrument for corrupting and subverting Ukraine,\u201d Stephen Blank, senior fellow for Russia at the American Foreign Policy Council<\/a>, told The Daily Signal.<\/strong><\/p>\n

American energy independence (and the ability of America to export energy sources) can play an important part in determining world politics. As America becomes more energy independent, the hold that OPEC has had over the American economy lessens. As America becomes more energy independent, we are free to choose our friends and allies on the basis of their commitment to freedom and democracy rather than having to support dictators and tyrants because they supply the oil our economy needs. Green energy is not the solution to this problem–the technology is not yet developed enough to be practical and cost efficient. At this time, the world runs on fossil fuel, and we need to make sure that we can power our economy with our own resources.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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