The article argues that recent executive overreach and politicization have severely undermined established norms of U.S. civil-military relations. To restore professional standards, the incoming Congress must actively exercise its oversight powers, moving beyond mere criticism to demanding transparency in defense policy and personnel decisions. Key reforms include enforcing meritocratic promotion processes, requiring documented justification for senior officer removals, and preventing the partisan use of the military. These actions are crucial for bolstering public trust and ensuring the military remains a nonpartisan instrument of civilian control.
Sec. Wright: "We Will Never Come Remotely Close to Running Out of Hydrocarbons," Oil, Coal, Natural Gas
English Summary
Energy Secretary Chris Wright argues that hydrocarbons (oil, gas, and coal) are 'massively abundant' and will not run out due to human ingenuity and technological advances. The argument is supported by current reserve estimates, which often fail to account for new extraction methods like horizontal drilling, a pattern proven repeatedly over the last century when doomsayers have consistently mispredicted resource depletion. For policy, this suggests that rather than focusing on immediate scarcity or rapid transitions away from fossil fuels, strategic efforts should instead prioritize technological innovation within oil, gas, and coal sectors to power future energy revolutions.
中文摘要
能源部長克里斯·賴特主張，碳氫化合物（石油、天然氣和煤炭）的儲量是「極度豐富」的，並且由於人類智慧和技術進步，不會耗盡。此論點得到現行儲量估計的支持，這些估計往往未能充分考慮到水平鑽井等新的開採方法。歷史經驗一再證明，過去一個世紀中，預測資源枯竭的人士始終做出誤判。因此，在政策層面，這表明我們不應將重點放在眼前的稀缺性或快速脫離化石燃料的過渡期上，而應轉向戰略性的努力，優先投入石油、天然氣和煤炭部門的技術創新，以驅動未來的能源革命。
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