The issue focused on the role of the United States' role as the principal supplier of energy to Europe and the world's second-largest energy exporter in terms of both production and consumption, with energy demand growing faster than the nation's ability to produce it, the report said. The report noted that the United States was not a "energy superpower," but rather "sustained energy demand growth is slowing and, therefore, will slow further." However, energy production was still the most important source for energy in