At the same time, while America may no longer be the international actor that it once was, domestic production of shale oil and gas appears set to re-write the US energy equation – as it could for France and other Western countries, which may one day be able to do without the energy supplied by the Middle East.
与此同时，尽管美国也许不再能够像以前那样在国际舞台上一言九鼎，但页岩油气的国内产量也许能够重写美国的能源方程——对法国和其他西方国家也是如此，有朝一日它们或许能够彻底告别能源由中东供应的历史。