SHALE AND WALL STREET: WAS THE DECLINE IN NATURAL GAS PRICES ORCHESTRATED?

Technological advances (such as horizontal drilling and fracturing) have enabled natural gas and oil companies to increase production levels.  But since natural resources are finite, the increased productions rates don't automatically increase reserves--and won't extend their production lives.  In other words, production forecasts will proven to be overly optimistic.

Hence, the thesis of a renaissance in US energy production will be short-lived.  Which means our debts and deficits still have to be addressed, because energy production alone will not improve our economy in the long-term, as the cheerleaders insist.  We won't magically grow our economy from increased energy exports--because there isn't as much oil as the pundits have glowingly predicted.

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