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” Quoting from my book Power Plays : “The group’s work culminated in the release of the National Energy Policy (NEP) in May of 2001. oil and naturalgas production, a dramatic drop in U.S. The report warned that in the years ahead, America would face the most serious energy shortages since the 1973 oil embargo.
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