Energy Security And The United States

In todays world the demand for more energy to power peoples electronic filled lives is ever growing. Nations around the world are looking for ways to supply this much called for energy and are asking the question “should they make the move from traditional energy sources and turn to more renewable alternatives?” American has answered this question and is among the nations pursuing alternative energy sources.

In 2004 according to a report America’s imported as much as Japan, Germany, China and India combined.

We all know that the United States of America is one of the top powerful countries. As a powerful nation we need a strong army, fierce military forces and the enough power to use international seas and air. Also, our country must be able to protect us in any case and protect us from enemies that want to challenge our interests. According to the 2015 Index, USA can not face two major regional contingency (MRC) because we don't have the sufficient strength to face it and we are not ready to do our duties productively. Military power is about the people and the equipment necessary to control including weapons, airplanes, ships and communication systems. If the US is not able to use all this with objective and competency, we will lose. In order to

The Unites States and The People’s Republic of China have been ever growing superpowers on the world scene since the last century. Their economies, military and social policies have been models and adapted by other nations on Earth and their present day influences in these same criteria seem to have no end. The driving force behind China’s industrialization and the United State’s global influence are one in the same; Energy. Both these nations have been fortunate enough through their geological locations to be able to find and harvest different sources of energy to propel their governments, economies, militaries, ect and with the help of harvesting the ingenuity of their respective populations to drive the discovery of more efficient and productive technologies in aspects of economics, home life and energy. This essay will go on to illustrate what energy sources either nations use and why they use them, what sources of energy they are trying to further develop and what sources of energy they import as well as export. Finally, We will touch upon the energy relationship between the US and China and compare this relationship through one or more international relations theories.

The United States of America is suffering from a downward trend in competitiveness. From a policymaker’s standpoint, it makes sense for a focus to be on the events most pressing. It could be conceded, however, that a continued dependence on nonrenewable energy could create unwanted ties with extremist nations in the Middle East, while also being a silent killer on the home front. When lawmakers do not take the initiative to make changes in an effort to improve the quality of life and the life expectancy for individuals in a society, it is up to the general public to make this change.

In the first place, our need to obtain energy independence has never been as important as it has been in recent years.in source two it states “we are now paying out $25 billion a year for foreign oil. Five years ago we only paid out $3 billion.” This clearly demonstrates how our energy

Subsequent to the British withdrawal “east of the Suez,” the United States (US) assumed the mantle of guarantor of Middle East stability. In furtherance of that stability, prior to the Islamic Revolution, Iran, along with Saudi Arabia, was considered one of the “Twin Pillars” of American support aimed at limiting Soviet access to Middle East Oil. As a result of the revolution in Iran, President Jimmy Carter, in his 1980 State of the Union Address, defined what came to be called The Carter Doctrine: “An attempt by any outside force to gain control of the Persian Gulf region will be regarded as an assault on the vital interests of the United States of America, and such an assault will be repelled by any means necessary, including military force.” A new Iran, hostile to America, threatened American interests by potentially allying itself with the Soviet Union and placing the vital Strait of Hormuz at risk to commercial shipping carrying oil to the United States. Now, after nearly four decades of American provided security in the Arabian Gulf, the Soviet threat is gone and a highly integrated global oil market is swamped with excess supply. However, the Strait of Hormuz, and the Arabian Gulf, remains of vital interest to the US and events there continue to threaten global maritime security.

So how much energy did you use today? Probably you have little or no idea. You are not alone. Unfortunately, this is just one of many resource-related questions that require our attention yet receive little of it. Others include: Which energy sources did you use?; What was the price of the energy per kilowatt-hour produced?; Where did this energy originate from both geologically and geopolitically?; Is the energy source that you used exhaustible?; What social and ecological damage can result from the use of this energy source and how does this compare with other available ones? All of these questions require our attention if we are going to contribute to the dialogue concerning our national energy policy.

Energy has fast become an issue of critical importance for leaders across the globe. In his book, ‘The End of Oil’, Roberts (2005) describes energy as an important factor in geopolitical issues, defining it as “the currency of political and economic power, the determinant of nations, and a new marker, even for success and material advancement.” As a result of this currency, the access to clean, reliable and affordable sources of energy has become the overriding imperative of our time.

Nowadays, energy security has turned out to be a very important area under discussions regarding foreign policy ("Energy Security: Advancements in Cooperation in the East Asian Region", 2011). The reliance on foreign energy turns into a compulsion with the globalization of the trade and industry of any country that does not possess adequate resources for its engine to continue working. However, such sort of energy-reliance shall be a combination of the "energy aid" from affluent countries and the domestic industrial sector and consumer demands. For that reason, this modus operandi has set a number of countries in motion in order to search for the different energy suppliers beyond their areas (Barbieri).

The fragile dynamic between a country’s energy security and the state of our world’s climate is something that faces every nation on this planet. It is especially difficult for countries still in the process of development because they need more than anyone to be able to make use of petroleum energy, which in a relative sense, is currently the most efficient and easily accessible. The issue herein is that petroleum energy releases large amounts of carbon-dioxide into the atmosphere warming the planet with devastating effects. The small South American country of Ecuador is rich with petroleum resources. For it, this created a vulnerability known as the Dutch Disease. A condition characterized by a country’s sudden influx of foreign investment, it is often due to discovery of natural resources like petroleum. Usually what occurs after such investment is either severe mismanagement of the funds or overinvestment into one particular sector of the economy. This lack of economic diversity would be problematic in the event of a market collapse of that sector and it is what we see in Ecuador as a result of the effects of the world oil price collapse.

To meet China's fast rising energy demands, Chinese leaders exerted great effort with a market-oriented approach and a state-centered approach. The market-oriented approach look for energy safety by better assimilation of national and international markets …state intervention would be restricted to the dispersal of data in a multilateral context, the help of innovation, and, for few management of a strategic oil reserve which would be applied in case of fleeting supply interruption.

Secure energy supply is vital to our modern world. As the economy and world population grow, the consumption of energy is larger than ever. Energy shortage is one of the most concerned social and economical issues to our society. Both industrial and domestic lives rely on the energy provided by energy sources from one form or anther. Petroleum, coal and natural gas are the most produced and used energy sources. Mining technologies are required to obtain the raw materials of these energy sources from nature. The energy crisis is due to the limited amount of the natural storages of the energy resources. A higher production rate of the raw materials is desired so that more resources can be extracted to meet the demand. There have been conventional technologies for gas drilling for over 100 years. However the conventional method of drilling places limitations on how much material can be extracted. Until early 1940s, a new technique of extracting oil and natural gas was experimentally carried out and it soon became commercially implemented. This drilling technique is commonly known as hydraulic fracturing or fracking. Fracking is widely used in the industry, because it allows the maximum extraction of oil and gas. As of now, more than 90 percent of the natural gas mining sites in the States operates on fracking. Fracking will double the nation’s natural gas production in the next two decades. As attractive as fracking is to the energy industry, there are side

According to world energy organization (2014), “This is a time of unprecedented uncertainty for the energy sector. Secure, reliable, affordable, clean and equitable energy supply is fundamental to global economic growth and human development and presents huge challenges for us all.”

Energy is an essential material basis for human survival and development. As the world biggest developing country, China’s demand for energy will experience a steady increase with the development of the economy . However, many problems are facing the energy security in rural China. At the early state of energy shortage, state policy indicated that the rural energy needed to be self-reliance. Actually, rural energy is a buffer of China’s energy system . With the development of the China’s economy, the government begun to realize the importance of energy security in rural China. As the important sector of national energy policy, the energy development of the rural area is guided by the sustainable energy strategy in China. Meanwhile, environmental issues were induced by massive fossil energy consumption. Most of energy is generated by non-renewable fossil resources in China. These resources will be exhausted in the following couple of decades. Otherwise, the environmental issues were also exposed, most of greenhouse gas and pollutants emission are generated during the process of fossil energy production and use. Renewable energy resources, due to their zero or near-zero emissions of GHGs and air pollutants, are progressively becoming a greater part of the global energy sector . In the national level, Chinese government planned non-fossil fuel energy to reach 11.4 percent and 15 percent of the total energy consumption by 2015 and 2020 .