What are the new energy innovations that will keep the US from falling behind economically?

The only long-term solution for this would be successful fusion reactor technology. Unfortunately, the vast amounts of money needed to complete the research and successfully develop such technology are not currently being provided by the governmental funding agencies (or anyone else in the US). This will likely require on the order of $50 billion - $100 billion.

I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.