I take it that you don’t care much about reducing our Trade Imbalances or getting more Oil&Gas and Pipeline workers employed?
I think making stuff here is the way to address our trade imbalance. Selling a valuable finite resource to foreigners does not strike me as a good idea. That is what third world countries do. They sell natural resources so they can afford to buy manufactured goods. But then we are just about a third world country thanks to our insane trade policy so no doubt we will sell off what is left of our natural gas, coal and oil to first world countries in short order.