It needs to be broadcast loud and clear: energy crises are the result of 'above the ground geopolitics' not a lack of global resources. When it comes to supply, as the latest U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) report assessing recoverable shale deposits in 14 regions/32 countries outside North America makes clear, we need to ditch the alarmism of the doom and gloom-mongers once and for all. While talk of energy crises sell books and make eye catching headlines, the fact is that current circulating maps of global energy reserves have been rendered meaningless.
