What’s Wrong With the SAFE Report?

Securing America's Energy Future (SAFE), a group of corporate CEOs and active and retired military officers with concerns about oil released a report entitled "The New American Oil Boom, Implications for Energy Security" via Its Energy Security Leadership Council.[ia] The report applauds increasing U.S. oil production (96% of which is occurring on non-federal lands) but concludes more supply will not sufficiently enhance energy security. Instead, the report concludes that real security comes from reducing dependence on oil as a transportation fuel, regardless of its source. The study promotes energy security through the following: