[conservatism_IS_compassion]

This is pretty much redundant now that the price of natural gas is driven down by the huge increment of supply due to the shale fracking revolution.

OTOH it seems according to the WSJ today that liquid rather than gaseous fuel is dramatically more valuable because of its superior portability for transportation/mobile power.

[neverdem]

This is pretty much redundant now that the price of natural gas is driven down by the huge increment of supply due to the shale fracking revolution.

The environazis are causing all sorts of ignorant opposition to fracking.

OTOH it seems according to the WSJ today that liquid rather than gaseous fuel is dramatically more valuable because of its superior portability for transportation/mobile power.

Ethanol has more energy density as a liquid, and it's a chemical commodity. It can be used as a solvent or reagent for making other molecules, e.g. ethanol will react with organic acids to make esters as in polyester.

Cheap energy, the opposite of Obama's stated desire, will help getting out of the Great Recession.