Not a bad idea.
There’s a LOT of NG in our country.
(and I believe the earth is generating more all the time)
I’m just happy to see someone taking a practical approach that might work instead of the pie-in-the-sky govt. greenie approach.
Agreed. Most people have no clue that in the past 5 years America has become #1 in nat gas production and #1 in reserves. This is all due to horizontal drilling and Texan George Mitchell’s efforts. He sold his company to Devon Energy for $8 billion.
This is also helping Poland, Germany and other allies. The states need to use the tenth amendment to take back all the land the Feds have stolen because there is tons and tons of nat gas there.
The United States Four Quadrilioon Trilion tons of Natural Gas, More than all other nations combined.
We should absolutely exploit this resource for it’s more economical burning qualities and sheer volume.
It would take us hundreds of years to burn our proven reserves and give us a huge, No, Gigantic advantage in the cost of production and transport of goods and services.
You’re correct, the Earth is producing NG 24 hours a day. A great byproduct from NG is methane, which has even less Carbon Dioxide ouput, which should make the lefties drool all over themselves. The reason I mention Methane is because it contains far more BTU’s than NG, and is, literally, everywhere. Once we start a serious program of harvesting NG, then industry will find a safe and profitable way to use and market Methane. I can see a lawn blower or weed eater using 2 oz. Methane and running for hours, or an emergency lift (think accident victim extraction) that needs an immediate high torque burst of power lasting only a minute or two.
Damn! Where has our National “can do” attitude and creativity gone?