But if left in the ground is security in the future. You don’t have to spend it RIGHT NOW.
We can get it later when we it’s likely more valuable , or we can use it to fund or fuel (literally) future capital improvements.
If we are just converting energy into more fiat currency, what good is that doing us in the long run?
You can either allow Middle Eastern countries to maximize their income and use the excess cash flow to sponsor terrorism and pursue nuclear weapons while allowing Russia to use it’s excess cash flow to modernize its military while using aggressive actions against neighbors or get out of the way and allow capitalism to stop all of the above without spending a dime of taxpayer money. One leads to a better future by using LNG as an economic weapon. The other leads to a much more risky future.
Choose wisely.
