Why it matters: Adapted from a new Energy Information Administration primer, the above graphic showing the U.S. producing more than any country in history is kind of an ink-blot test.
Backers of the U.S. industry see an economic driver that provides global leverage as exports rise too.
But climate groups are dismayed by growing fossil fuel development and say it cuts leverage in pushing other countries on energy transition.
What's next: Don't expect anyone to catch up in the foreseeable future, EIA notes, because no other country has so much production capacity.