President Donald Trump’s Tuesday speech in Iowa made one thing abundantly clear: it is urgent that we get American energy policy right.

The American way of life has always depended on abundant, affordable energy. When energy is accessible at fair prices with minimal overhead, businesses and families thrive—and America can compete globally.

Trump’s policies on trade, taxes, and deregulation are setting the stage for an AI and robotics-fueled manufacturing boom. But that boom won’t happen without reliable, affordable energy to meet the rapidly increasing demand. (RELATED: Greenies And Democrats At Each Other’s Throats As Climate Change Talking Point Evaporates)

History tells us that energy scarcity is the biggest threat to the American economy. Americans understand this instinctively. A recent poll from America’s New Majority Project, an initiative of Gingrich 360, revealed that 74 percent of Americans understand that electricity demand is rising, 95 percent say it is important to update the country’s electrical grid, and 71 percent support building more power plants. These numbers represent massive majorities of Americans. In our deeply divided political environment, this level of consensus is remarkable.

However, that consensus begins to fracture when Americans are asked to choose between reliability and renewable energy. When........

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