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That mindset of "non-free air" reminds me of a plot twist from this publication: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Golden_Helmet Where Donald would own the atmosphere, and bill everyone 1¢ for a breath, and 5¢ for a sigh. This was one of Carl Barks' strongest stories, centered about human greed.

When all those European leasing contracts expire a financial blood bath will have dire effects on there economy. Quite sad is it not. Speaking of leasing and the future of EV'S Tesla Pulling Out of Supercharger Leases After Firing Entire Supercharger Team Earlier this week, news emerged that Musk was conducting yet another round of layoffs, including senior director of EV charging Rebecca Tinucci — alongside her 500-person-strong team https://finance.yahoo.com/news/tesla-pulling-supercharger-leases-firing-141228830.html Elon Musk Slams Tesla With Fresh Round of Layoffs And now many of their teams are also being let go, with rumors suggesting the total number of workers affected by the layoffs could amount to around 20 percent of Tesla's total headcount. The company's already in for a "nightmare" year, with year-over-year sales dropping precipitously. Its rapidly shrinking workforce likely won't help that situation in the short run, apart from slowing down the company's spending. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/elon-musk-slams-tesla-fresh-141146990.html

But of course... supply chain's,low end cost utilization endless supply..Norway comes to mind..

You could get off your lazy ass and look it up yourself. <<Shoccckk and HORROR>> People have posted it multiple times. USA has so much NG they stopped counting after 2015 time period. The Haynesville alone has 200 years of USA NG consumption(100Bcf/d) and had 100 years of NG consumption before counting the advances in shale fracking. Here is the 1990's Haynesville assessment: https://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2017/3016/fs20173016.pdf With advances in recovery due to Fracking it is several times higher now. In case you can't do the simple google search, it is NOT tied to the Permian basins or other Texas fields which is providing near all of the NG currently forcing NG prices into the NEGATIVE over the last couple months in Texas. Marcellus/Utica NG fields have at least 10X more than the Haynesville. USGS quit tabulating it nearly a decade ago. New York Banned exploration, new pipe networks etc so how far north it goes... Unknown, but Ohio, Pennsylvania, W. Virginia, Kentucky, and more than likely Tennessee as well. NG is flooding out of Bakken ND with no end in sight and the stated "reserves" are conventional and low, but if you add Fracking, the reserves are at this point effectively infinite as no one knows due to the economic concerns for tabulating "reserves" are transport, though they are currently capturing ~90+++% of the NG now and actively creating giant NG storage fields due to ever increasing recovery ratio's. NG currently sends ~1Trillioncf/year only limited by pipeline capacity. How much is there? No one knows. Other than it is a by product of oil and no one is looking for NG. It extends fully under Montana into VERY rugged territory where not even roads for the most part exist and only a rare few wells have been drilled in the South Eastern portion of the state. NG was found, but no oil and the entire blocks were written off. Once the Marcellus/Utica NG fields/ were realized, the gargantuan NG fields under pretty much the entire state of Michigan ceased operations(Edit: not quite true). How much is there? No one knows other than it exists and have been slowly using it for several decades. In short, the ENTIRETY of the Eastern USA has NG under it is the short answer. Volcanic West... not so much though Utah is increasing NG exploration and hitting NG pretty much everywhere. North Slope of Alaska, like North slope of Russia has vastly more. So much more it is inconceivable. USA literally has THOUSANDS of years of NG even if ALL industry and transportation switched to NG and there was nothing other than NG. There is a reason Ron wants NG vehicles etc. It is a rational product for EVERYTHING and EVERYONE.

Agreed had the EU leadership only listened, below a news release...Quite illuminating, for your viewing pleasure. https://youtu.be/1JpwkeTBwgs?feature=shared

A thought towards your mindset,even the air you breathe is not free. It does require energy...Yet they say air you breathe is free do they not? The liberal mindset is a dichotomy in terms.

I look at my gas bill, and see a charge for the amount of NG I used. An Energy charge. ...AND, I am still paying a couple bucks a month to payoff some Wall Street firm that took advantage of the the NG supply issue from the Texas Freeze a couple years ago. Even though my gas supply isn't from Texas. ...and I will be paying that "payoff" for years. Free? My ass. Feel free to share a residential gas bill that indicates a zero or negative amount for energy. Until I see such evidence, Natural Gas is not free.