New discoveries and production of resources like shale oil and gas are dramatically altering our energy supply outlook and the entire global geopolitical landscape. And the pace of change - particularly in the past few years - continues to accelerate.

We are living in a new age of energy supply anxiety.

I support renewable energy.

But that's not enough: To maintain energy security, one needs a supply system that provides a buffer against shocks. It needs large, flexible markets. And it's important to acknowledge the fact that the entire energy supply chain needs to be protected.

In spite of all the natural energy which keeps our universe in activity, man still resorts to the most primitive of methods; digging up things and burning them.

Winners must learn to relish change with the same enthusiasm and energy that we have resisted it in the past.