Apparently no one bothered to read the story......(a dynamic on the upswing)
I read the story. It puts all of the eggs into one basket; development and exploitation of the Monterrey shale. Not gonna happen while the usual inmates run the asylum in Sacramento. The shale will only be developed when the Chinese have purchased all the mineral rights for nothing, then bribed the politicians in the Assembly to lift the government ban. Then the Chinese Shanghai all the oil.