Suppose your country were offered unlimited energy for the rest of your lifetime (and beyond). What would it be worth to you?<\/p>\n
The recent discovery of a way to extract<\/span> natural gas<\/span> trapped within layers of rock has the energy industry and the politicians excited. In just the past five years, thousands of gas wells<\/span> have sprung up<\/span> above shale<\/span> fields in a giant V shape that covers the entire United States, from New York state down to Louisiana and Texas and back up to Colorado and Wyoming.<\/p>\n This is the fast ticket out of the energy crisis. Natural gas burns cleanly, and we already have a lot of experience with it. The fact that it’s also a greenhouse<\/span> gas doesn’t bother many Americans. The talk is of 100 years’ worth of energy for the United States. Goodbye, OPEC!<\/p>\n So where’s the catch<\/span>? Well, see for yourself.<\/p>\n