Two hundred and fifty years ago, a brave group of risk-takers believed that liberty was worth the cost and declared their future would rely not on the rule of a distant king but instead on the courage of free people.They had no guarantee of success.
But they had conviction.And that conviction built a great nation.As we celebrate America's 250th anniversary, it is worth asking what transformed a revolutionary idea into the most prosperous country the world has ever known.
The answer has many parts: the rule of law, free enterprise and the ambition of generation after generation.Yet America’s story is not simply one of ideas.It is also a story of turning ideas into progress and achievement.
And running through every chapter of that success is an often-overlooked force: abundant, affordable and reliable American energy.SENATE REPUBLICAN PUSHES OVERHAUL TO CUT RED TAPE AND SPEED UP AMERICAN ENERGY PROJECTSTime and again, ingenuity has transformed that energy into greater opportunity, greater prosperity and greater security.Ford family and friends out for a drive on Detroit street in the 1906 Model K-6 cylinder auto in Detroit, Mich.Left to right: Henry Ford, Leroy Pelletier, Clara Ford, Edsel Ford and a telephone operator.
(Getty Images)Energy is not a sidebar to the American story.It is one of the foundations.
Throughout history, Americans have found new ways to harness energy for the benefit of our society.When Edwin "Colonel" Drakedrilled the world’s first commercial well in Titusville, Pa., in 1859, he did not simply strike oil.He unlocked a new source of human possibility.
Within a few short years, kerosene refined from American crude replaced whale oil in lamps, lit homes and streets, and helped drive an industrial expansion unlike any the world had seen before.The age of American energy had begun, and our nation would never be the same.ANTARES REACHES REACTOR CRITICALITY UNDER TRUMP PILOT PROGRAM, MARKING MAJOR NUCLEAR MILESTONEHenry Ford put ordinary ...