[epithermal]

"Shale gas, which accounted for only 1 percent of the U.S. natural gas supply in 2000, represents 20 percent today and could grow to 50 percent by 2035, according to a March report by IHS-Cambridge Energy Research Associates."

[Eric in the Ozarks]

And, the outlook for anything but $4 gas is pretty bleak.
Good if you’re a consumer or manufacturer. Not so good if you’re selling gas.
Terrible if you have a replacement product.

[seanhackbarth]

Even the Obama administration backs increased domestic natural gas production. But what's happening now is regulators at all levels are putting up barriers to technology--"fracking"--that has been used safely for decades.

[Wurlitzer]

NYS Governor Patterson, in his last few days in office, has issued a ban on this type of drilling.

Too bad the news of environmentally friendly drilling fluid did not reach his desk or maybe it did and like a good communist democrat (redundant I know) chose to ignore it.

[Army Air Corps]

Ping.