A national energy council should be established in the US to develop a 50-year energy strategy, with the council developing benchmarks to monitor progress and making regular public reports, said economist Joseph Stanislaw.In a proposal released Dec. 10 by Deloitte LLP at its annual energy conference, Stanislaw said the US must change the way it uses energy if the nation’s citizens are to avoid being buffeted in the future by rising and falling energy costs.“With the historic election of Barack Obama to president, our nation enjoys new opportunities to confront monumental challenges, especially the convergence of energy, climate change, and security,” said Stanislaw.The c...