re: How would your State fare as an independent nation?

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Do you realize how bad the market is for natural gas? So bad that companies are starting to burn it without use to keep the market alive

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If your country was a major producer of natural gas and and was selling their refining capacity to other countries to maintain some semblance of an economy, I imagine your country would start converting to the cheap arse commodity that's plentiful within your borders.