There is no question that oil and gas produced from shale holds the potential for a transformation of the energy landscape in the United States.
By then, the energy landscape could look dramatically different.
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While shale efforts have been kicking around for decades in the United States, recent years have seen new studies and discoveries transform the energy landscape, reversing entire infrastructures as study after study hint at the enormous, world changing potential set in shale rock, deep below our feet.
The cleantech subsidies provided by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA), which are now winding down, are not only the target of withering scorn from the opponents of President Obama, but also generally tend to be viewed differently than fossil fuel subsidies, which have been around so long as to have become an accepted feature of the energy landscape.
The transportation-energy landscape of two decades hence will require all of the above, and electrons, too.
The Environment Agency chairman also gave his backing to nuclear power, saying "it has to be part of the overall landscape of the provision of energy".
Shale gas already contributes to around 35% of U.S. dry gas production and is becoming a mainstay in the U.S. energy landscape.
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That would instantly change the landscape for any energy producer.
The investment landscape for clean energy looks very different in a Gridder region, where investors are looking for projects that can compete with (or complement) the established energy infrastructure.
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The bigger problem: Despite being the cleanest energy available, some environmental groups object to large wind turbines spoiling the landscape, as well as the impact on migrating birds.
Does this mean that energy policy will soon fade from the political landscape?
Though Israel has been long dependent on foreign energy sources, the discovery has the potential to redo the entire geopolitical landscape of the Middle East.
Matthew Evans is an 18-year old who had the vision to create a non-profit called Discover Green, which is based in Pflugerville, Texas, raises awareness around energy and water conservation, and constructs sustainable landscape models throughout the community.
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