This opinion piece presents the opinions of the author. It does not necessarily reflect the views of Rigzone. Back in 2011, at a fundraiser in San Francisco, President Obama remarked that “We have lost our ambition, our imagination, and our willingness to do the things that built the Golden Gate Bridge.” Since his comments there has no doubt been a dramatic increase in domestic production of oil, natural gas and renewable energy. Through the combined power of state-level regulatory regimes, technologies like deepwater drilling and hydraulic fracturing, and private-land ownership the United States has become one of the world’s leading oil and natural gas producers. But we should recognize that the majority of this progress has taken place despite action or inaction from the federal government, not because of it. Many worthy, large-scale energy projects on par with the achievement of the construction of the Golden Gate Bridge […]