Griswold

All we need is some competition, which we do not currently have.

Yes indeed. Monopolies used to be illegal, but now governments have judged that they are not. If the vast supplies of natural gas were up to the free market, the entire economy would get a massive boost by lower prices for energy, namely natural gas. Instead, governments allowed very few companies to acquire a virtual monopoly over this vast resource, to the detriment of all. Your argument is self-defeating.

There are really preposterous amounts of natural gas "in reserve." Under the normal law of supply-and-demand, it should be cheap and affordable to all. But instead, governments have judged that the market is best served by big companies who limit supply to increase prices. I think the economy would get a much larger boost from affordable gas than from any tax revenue from monopolistic companies.