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Shale Snapshot: Shale’s Positive Economic Impact


Catch a glimpse of what you missed from “Where the Good Money Is: How the US Economy Benefits from Shale.” Up for Consideration: How does shale benefit the US economy? The Skinny: Using traditional cost benefit analysis, “The Arithmetics of Shale Gas” by Yale University grads concludes that, for the year 2010, the consumer surplus…

Catch a glimpse of what you missed from “Where the Good Money Is: How the US Economy Benefits from Shale.”

Up for Consideration: How does shale benefit the US economy?

The Skinny: Using traditional cost benefit analysis, “The Arithmetics of Shale Gas” by Yale University grads concludes that, for the year 2010, the consumer surplus from shale gas was “in excess of $100 billion to the US economy.”

What it Means: The cumulative fiscal impact of shale IHS Change in disposable inc 4 bars reduceddevelopment affects all Americans, not just energy workers or those who live in a producing region.  Shale production leads to:
• Cheaper over-all fuel costs
• Less-expensive consumer products
• An approximate savings of $50 billion annually to the national natural gas bill


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