Energy Secretary Rick Perry told Newsmax TV on Friday that "American energy is in a revolution."
"That's the real story out there," Perry, the former 14-year Texas Republican governor, told "The Joe Pags Show" in an interview.
He noted that innovations in hydraulic fracturing and directional drilling have "together revolutionized energy in the world and in America — and Texas, in particular, has been a great beneficiary."
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Perry also noted that "geopolitics have been changed for the last decade.
"Think about how much the world has changed from the standpoint of who holds the cards, if you will, from Saudi Arabia in the Middle East back a decade ago to today.
"OPEC's out there," Perry told Pags. "They're a player, they matter — but they're not driving the train.
"America is in the driver's seat," the energy secretary said. "Using American energy for our best interest and our allies' best interest has literally changed the world."
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