Energy Secretary Chris Wright spoke to the National Petroleum Council on Dec. 3 at its presentation of two studies offering solutions for increasing energy production and electricity reliability. These are excerpts from his remarks:

I always say to people — I can say without a doubt — energy is the most important industry in the world by far, because every other industry wouldn’t be remotely close to what it is today without energy. Affordable, reliable, secure energy literally makes the world go ’round, allowing us to live long, healthy, opportunity-rich lives.

So, I’ve been frustrated most of my career to see politics — and not just looking at math and numbers — seep into energy, leading to tremendous destruction to the quality of life.

We spent 25 years not growing our electricity pr

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