How American energy helped build 250 years of freedom and opportunity
Energy companies describe booming business, but highlight the need for stable prices to protect consumers. 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. 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.
- ▪Energy companies describe booming business, but highlight the need for stable prices to protect consumers.
- ▪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.
- ▪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.
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Opinion How American energy helped build 250 years of freedom and opportunity Energy has been essential to US prosperity from the first oil well to the newest data center By Mike Wirth Fox News Published July 1, 2026 5:00am EDT Facebook Twitter Threads Flipboard Comments Print Email Add Fox News on Google close Video Texas oilmen discuss Iran war impacts, US energy independence Fox News' Brooke Taylor reports the impact of the Iran war on Texas oil producers. Energy companies describe booming business, but highlight the need for stable prices to protect consumers.
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