This week on LinkedIn, I share my “Big Idea” for 2013: The development of new sources of energy – at the state level.

Whether there is a grand bargain, a petite bargain, or no bargain at all on ways to decrease the national debt and avoid the fiscal cliff, one thing is clear: The American spirit will not be dampened by the inability of elected and appointed officials in Washington to get the economy moving.

The move in both intellectual energy and fossil energy from Washington to the states – fueled by natural gas – will be the big idea for 2013. Read the full article here.

-Boone