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>"The United States is sitting on over 100 years of gas supply at the current rates of consumption," he said. Because natural gas emits half the greenhouse gases of coal, he added, that "provides the United States with a unique opportunity to address concerns about energy security and climate change."

>Recoverable U.S. gas reserves could now be bigger than the immense gas reserves of Russia, some experts say.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/02/AR2009120204305.html


>U.S. is Saudi Arabia of coal

>According to the U.S. Energy Department, the United States has 267.3-billion short tons of coal reserves, or 26.8 percent of the world total.

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2008/jan/25/rudy-giuliani/us-is-saudi-arabia-of-c
oal/

>The U.S. is sitting on the world's largest, untapped oil reserves

>untapped reserves are estimated at about 2.3 trillion barrels, nearly three times more than the reserves held by Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) nations and sufficient to meet 300 years of demand -- at today's levels --

http://www.kiplinger.com/businessresource/forecast/archive/The_U.S._s_Untapped_Bounty_080630.html