Down in Texas, we have a soon-to-be Re-elected governor who has fast-tracked the construction of 17 coal fired power plants to service North Texas.  I could not for the life of me figure out why coal fired plants were being constructed when so many people are lighting their cigars with $100 bills paid from their gas royalties.  I finally had an Ah-hah when I looked into North American reserves/production.  It is shocking to see that NG reserves are forecasted to supply betwen 7 and 10 years at cuurent consumption rates for NA.  Yet, the US derives approx. 30% of its energy from NG.

Why is this not getting any publicity?  What can possibly reduce this problem to a manageable level?  How can't this send teh region into total chaos?

i'm going to rock myself asleep in the fetal position until this all passes.