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handle is hein.amenin/aeiaekd0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Key Points Unlike tradiornial enorgy sources such as oil and coal, cleaner enrc.y soures such as natural ;as, hyorogen and electricity depend or building long-distance linear infra- str uctu;re: pipellin nd power .ines. State and local governments continue to prevent the construction or cruciai infrastruc- ture f.r energy transport, including cy blocking key permits and preventing the use of erinen doman. Congress and the courts must act to ensure ccrnmonsense development of energy infra: trture by secu ring tree trade in the energy market. In the years leading up to the 2o aindamic, the United States experiencec the largest energy bonanza the world has ever sen, powered by three silta neous bonms in oil, natural gas, and renewable parver production. New technology anlocked abun- dant and affordable energy-so affordable that natural gas and wind power are often free at the wellhead and wind trbine, American companies are now producing so much natural gas and power that at tires they even pay to have it taken away . Historically, the global economy relied mostly on ol and coal for energy Oil is still the world's largest energy source overall, and coal is still the largest electricity source T'he great advantage of oil and coal is that they are easy and affordable to transport: Ihey can be shipped by maWy dilferent means, including ship and rail But the world is moving tovward new energy sources, such as clean- burning natural gas and solar and wind power, Unfortunately, these cle anr energy sources are much more expensive to transport, re uiring pipe- lines and power lines that often cost billions to build. So with the transmiton to natural gas and renewable energy, the central challenge in energy law is no longer how to extract nergy at an afford- able price; it is how to transport this abundant energy to the consumers who need it at an afford- able price. How can we build the pipelines, power lines, and lheefied natural gas terminals to ensure tnat all consumers benefit from this American bounty At this crucial moment, state and local govern- ments are ererting new roadblocks to energy transport, preventing these new resourceS from reaching the consumers who need them. These governments are denying permits for transporting energy sources to assert their authority over other states' and countries' production and consump- tion decisions. And they are increasingly denying

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