the energy available to any nation, within its own borders is fixed.
they can of course thrust outwards an steal it from elsewhere, but this in turn burns limited energy---which what the Americans have been doing for decades---taking energy-soaking wars outside their borders while neglecting internal problems.
this initiative has been driven by the banking/military complex--ie the profits generated by constant warfare, dead soldiers being of no consequence. Jobs making munitions are critical at the polls
we remain convinced that energy resources are infinite--they are not