A Letter to the President
To: President Donald Trump The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20500 Dear Mr. President, I am writing to express my concerns regarding the current trajectory of American energy policy and the heavy emphasis on fossil fuel expansion. While the pursuit of energy independence is a vital national interest, the continued deep investment in oil—and the geopolitical conflicts often required to secure its flow—appears to be a strategy with a rapidly approaching expiration date. The logic of aggressive oil investment rests on the idea of long-term stability, yet the data suggests otherwise. Current geological and consumption studies indicate that global oil reserves will be significantly depleted or in a state of terminal decline by the 2070s. If oil were truly a sustainable "collective endeavor" for the future of the human race, our strategies would be focused on preservation and transition rather than rapid extraction and the defense of dwindling supplies thro...