Robert Samuelson, Washington Post
WASHINGTON -- Preoccupied by the election, Americans may be under the delusion that most major social and economic changes proceed from the ballot box. Not so.The latest reminder of this comes from a surprising source: the annual World Energy Outlook report from the Paris-based International Energy Agency (IEA). In the report, the IEA comes to the startling conclusion that, by 2020, the United States will displace Saudi Arabia -- albeit temporarily -- as the world's largest oil producer. Even more astonishing, the United States is projected by 2035 to be virtually self-sufficient in oil,...
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