Posted on 02/02/2013 9:53:34 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
When it comes to reversing the economy’s fourth-quarter growth decline, shale gas is the answer, says Wilbur Ross, chief of private equity firm WL Ross.
“The best way to overcome the negative gross domestic product figures that were just released would be to encourage the exploitation of shale gas both for domestic and for international purposes,” he tells Fox Business Network.
The clean energy concerns that have stifled permit issuance for shale gas extraction can easily be solved, Ross notes.
“The greenies worry that shale gas would drive the price of electricity down and make sun power and wind power even more uneconomical than they are,” he says.
“But both could co-exist. You could use the natural gas to be very economical for your base power load, and then to the degree that wind power available, let that be your supplement.”
Meanwhile, when it comes to the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), Ross it nonplussed by the $27 billion loss estimate for it. “TARP, in its original structure, was never set up to be on a commercially normal basis,” he explains.
“If you look at what Warren Buffett charged Goldman Sachs for convertible preferred, the coupon is something like twice what the government was charging the banks in TARP and he had 100 percent equity convertibility, not just a few warrants. So it was fated not to be structured in a way that you could make a profit.”
Many have complained about the fact that a bank bailout wasn’t accompanied by any financial or legal penalties on top executives...
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...which would be nice, if the administration’s idea of success was to turn the economy around. But since they aren’t finished wrecking it yet, that’s the furthest thing from their minds. So, don’t be expecting to see much activity in natural gas production any time soon.
The good news is that the new oil boom will bring America massive prosperity. The bad news is that Obama will take all the credit, the media will back him up, and the Sheeple will believe it all.
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