And
nowhere
more
so
than
in
the
US,
where
the
price
of
natural
gas
has
conveniently
plummeted
to
below
$2
per
British
thermal
unit
(BTU).
Back
in
July
2008,
before
the
“shale
revolution”,
the
price
was
more
than
five
times
higher.
Now
virtually
every
country
—
especially
Japan
and
China,
where
the
price
can
still
be
as
high
as
$18/BTU
—
is
wondering
whether
it
can
find
its
own
shale
reserves.
Gas
has
been
seized
on
by
climate
change
deniers
as
an
alternative
to
more
expensive
and
slower-to-build
wind
and
solar
schemes.
And
it…
