Comments on: The Wall Street Journal on the 100 Year Supply of Natural Gas http://www.pickensplan.com/news/2009/04/30/the-wall-street-journal-on-the-100-year-supply-of-natural-gas/ It's time to stop America's addiction to foreign oil. T. Boone Pickens has a plan. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:29:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: John T http://www.pickensplan.com/news/2009/04/30/the-wall-street-journal-on-the-100-year-supply-of-natural-gas/#comment-7548 John T Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:48:27 +0000 http://www.pickensplan.com/news/?p=2944#comment-7548 Interesting, we have 100 years of natural gas. Does that mean we go burn it all up? I know people don\'t care much about future generations, but considering this is a very valuable resource and could help us if we ever get into an oil crisis like the 70\'s, I would suggest we consider conserving it, using it wisely. Interesting, we have 100 years of natural gas. Does that mean we go burn it all up? I know people don\’t care much about future generations, but considering this is a very valuable resource and could help us if we ever get into an oil crisis like the 70\’s, I would suggest we consider conserving it, using it wisely.

]]> By: Mark Bremer, NY 25th District Leader http://www.pickensplan.com/news/2009/04/30/the-wall-street-journal-on-the-100-year-supply-of-natural-gas/#comment-7257 Mark Bremer, NY 25th District Leader Fri, 05 Jun 2009 19:11:29 +0000 http://www.pickensplan.com/news/?p=2944#comment-7257 I think it is a major misrepresentation to say the supplies of natural gas under our lands are enough to supply ALL of our energy needs for upwards of 100 years. The article says 2,200 cubic feet of gas is enough to meet our CURRENT gas needs for NEARLY 100 years. Nowhere does it say that our gas needs are in fact increasing each year. Doesn\'t it follow that if we\'re using the resource more rapidly each year, it won\'t last as long as using the same amount year after year? Plus, the whole point of the article was suggesting that we should tap into this great resource and use it even faster! This cherry-picking of facts out of context is misleading because it gives us a false sense of security that our energy problems can be solved just by using more natural gas. It is also dangerous because we are trying to formulate a new energy policy based on using natural gas to power more of our vehicle fleet. The reality is we will be increasingly dependent on a fuel which has supplies being used at a faster rate. Should we even trust the INDUSTRY FIGURES telling us everything is going to be fine if we just use more of their natural gas? We have heard this argument before about oil and there is no escaping the reality of exponential consumption of a finite resource. Everyone should read the article link below about the forgotten fundamentals of the energy crisis. http://www.npg.org/specialreports/bartlett_index.htm I think it is a major misrepresentation to say the supplies of natural gas under our lands are enough to supply ALL of our energy needs for upwards of 100 years. The article says 2,200 cubic feet of gas is enough to meet our CURRENT gas needs for NEARLY 100 years. Nowhere does it say that our gas needs are in fact increasing each year. Doesn\’t it follow that if we\’re using the resource more rapidly each year, it won\’t last as long as using the same amount year after year? Plus, the whole point of the article was suggesting that we should tap into this great resource and use it even faster!

This cherry-picking of facts out of context is misleading because it gives us a false sense of security that our energy problems can be solved just by using more natural gas. It is also dangerous because we are trying to formulate a new energy policy based on using natural gas to power more of our vehicle fleet. The reality is we will be increasingly dependent on a fuel which has supplies being used at a faster rate.

Should we even trust the INDUSTRY FIGURES telling us everything is going to be fine if we just use more of their natural gas?

We have heard this argument before about oil and there is no escaping the reality of exponential consumption of a finite resource. Everyone should read the article link below about the forgotten fundamentals of the energy crisis. http://www.npg.org/specialreports/bartlett_index.htm

]]> By: Natural Gas For America http://www.pickensplan.com/news/2009/04/30/the-wall-street-journal-on-the-100-year-supply-of-natural-gas/#comment-6844 Natural Gas For America Thu, 30 Apr 2009 18:30:05 +0000 http://www.pickensplan.com/news/?p=2944#comment-6844 This is an exciting and great article. Natural gas is power we can count on. Curious to find out down the road if the experts have underestimated the amount of natural gas found in the Haynesville Shale. One thing missing in this article is mention of a junior independent oil and gas exploration, development and production company called Mainland Resources Inc. (www.mainlandresources.com) that is playing with the big boys in the shale play in Louisiana. C. Keddy www.naturalgasforamerica.com This is an exciting and great article. Natural gas is power we can count on. Curious to find out down the road if the experts have underestimated the amount of natural gas found in the Haynesville Shale. One thing missing in this article is mention of a junior independent oil and gas exploration, development and production company called Mainland Resources Inc. (www.mainlandresources.com) that is playing with the big boys in the shale play in Louisiana.

C. Keddy
http://www.naturalgasforamerica.com

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