For the US, the shale oil and gas boom is like a lottery win: exciting, but also unsettling.
Other countries are envious, while at home there is squabbling over how the bonanza should be used and anxiety over how long it will last. In the excitement, self-destructive behaviour can seem dangerously appealing.
Those are not bad problems to have; it is easier to manage an energy surfeit than a shortage. Yet the potential pitfalls are real.
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