Daniel Yergin

Even Silicon Valley investors have put well over a $1 billion in new energy technologies. ”

But that's not enough: To maintain energy security, one needs a supply system that provides a buffer against shocks. It needs large, flexible markets. And it's important to acknowledge the fact that the entire energy supply chain needs to be protected. ”

People always underestimate the impact of technology. To give you an example: In the 1970s the frontier for offshore development was 200 meters, today it is 4,000 meters. ”

So the major obstacle to the development of new supplies is not geology but what happens above ground: international affairs, politics, investment and technology. ”

I think the producers, for the most part, don't want to see prices skyrocket because that will only create problems for them down the road and would also be a, you know, would be a very serious shock for a world economy that can't afford serious shocks right now. ”