Oil has to be compared with nuclear, hydroelectric, gas, and renewable power rather than with one universally clean alternative. The hard part is replacing an energy system built around one model for nearly a century. Environmental and air-quality gains matter, while the strongest strategic argument is national resilience. A state that can meet more of its own energy demand is less vulnerable to the prices, disruptions, and political leverage of the global energy market.
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Energy transition as strategic self-sufficiency
Changing energy systems is difficult because a century of infrastructure supports the present model, but domestic supply can reduce exposure to global market coercion and shocks.