The U.S. is trying to achieve ‘energy dominance.’ What does that mean for Canada? [Video]

Speaking in front of thousands of energy executives and global political leaders gathered in Houston, the new U.S. energy secretary rhapsodized about the many conveniences of modern life that are powered by fossil fuels.

Airplanes. Air conditioning. Washing machines. Dryers. Television.

Going forward, said Chris Wright, the U.S. government isn’t asking for people to make “sacrifices” in a bid to fight climate change. Instead, he said, it’s entering a new era of “energy dominance,” in which the United States ramps up energy production to bring cheap power to more Americans and to consumers around the world.

“We are unabashedly pursuing a policy of more American energy production and infrastructure, not less,” Wright said on Monday, speaking at the CERAWeek by S&P Global conference, which has been described as the Super Bowl of energy.

“Our goal is to reindustrialize America, not deindustrialize America.”

While Wright said he isn’t opposed to clean power (he expressed a fondness for geothermal and nuclear, in …