In light of the Dept. of Energy’s announcement commemorating the 10th anniversary of the first export cargo of U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG), I’m linking a 16 year old BOE post asking why we weren’t celebrating the emerging natural gas bonanza. Keep in mind that 20 years ago we were planning for LNG import facilities in the Gulf!
Quote from DOE about the transformation of the US into the world’s leading LNG exporter:
“This transformation was made possible by the Shale Revolution, an era of breakthrough technologies including horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing that unlocked vast domestic oil and natural gas resources.”
The “Natural Gas Revolution” (Yergin) is an important part of our history that deserves national attention.
Bud's Offshore Energy (BOE) 
The Heartland Institute’s cost numbers you show (Natural Gas $40/MWh, Nuclear $122, Wind $291, Solar $413) do not match any recognized dataset from EIA, Lazard, NREL, IEA, or academic literature. They are off by factors of 3× to 10× for wind and solar, and 2× to 4× for nuclear. They appear to be internally constructed by whomever made the chart rather than sourced from standard LCOE studies. Before I would deem them to be credible, I would need to see the backup data. I DO support natural gas as at least an intermediate-term essential energy source. At least 15 years. But I can see the bias in the numbers you present here.
Thank you. I will forward your comment to the authors and share any response.