Do you want to think positive today? Do you want to feel good about this country’s economic prospects? All right. Let’s go for it. Are you ready? Let’s think oil and gas.

Little Wow? Hey! I suggest you think Big Wow. And here is why.

Whether you like it or not, energy rules. When I was a kid, coal was king. Coal being a form of energy. This country was endowed with zillions of tons of coal. That coal allowed us to create gas (from coal). That coal fueled the steel mills of Carnegie. And those steel mills turned this country into an industrial power like the world had never known.

Those steel mills and rubber plants turned this country into an auto giant. They helped us to build a ship a day (or more) during World War II. The coal fueled the power plants that gave us the electricity to create an industrial behemoth.

Next, we discovered this land was also endowed with oil. Then natural gas. They too helped us continue to grow industrially.