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	Mar. 31, 2023 USD ($) MMBTU $ / shares $ / MMBTU	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($)
Fair Value, Recurring [Member] \| Equity Investments [Member]
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Equity investments \| $	$ 51,014	$ 54,284
Fair Value, Recurring [Member] \| Equity Investments [Member] \| Level 3 [Member]
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Equity investments \| $	51,014	$ 54,284
Fair Value, Recurring [Member] \| Minimum [Member] \| Market Approach [Member] \| Equity Investments [Member]
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Equity investments, comparable enterprise values \| $	$ 130,000
Equity investments, time to liquidity event	0 years
Equity Investments, probability weighting	25.00%
Fair Value, Recurring [Member] \| Minimum [Member] \| Market Approach [Member] \| Equity Investments [Member] \| Issuance Price Per Share [Member]
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Equity Investments, issuance price per share \| $ / shares	$ 4.42
Fair Value, Recurring [Member] \| Maximum [Member] \| Market Approach [Member] \| Equity Investments [Member]
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Equity investments, comparable enterprise values \| $	$ 388,600
Equity investments, time to liquidity event	2 years
Equity Investments, probability weighting	75.00%
Fair Value, Recurring [Member] \| Maximum [Member] \| Market Approach [Member] \| Equity Investments [Member] \| Issuance Price Per Share [Member]
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Equity Investments, issuance price per share \| $ / shares	$ 5.52
Fair Value, Recurring [Member] \| Weighted Average [Member] \| Market Approach [Member] \| Equity Investments [Member]
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Equity investments, comparable enterprise values \| $	$ 246,000
Fair Value, Recurring [Member] \| Weighted Average [Member] \| Market Approach [Member] \| Equity Investments [Member] \| Issuance Price Per Share [Member]
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Equity Investments, issuance price per share \| $ / shares	$ 5.06
Natural Gas Exchange Agreements [Member] \| Purchase [Member] \| Minimum [Member] \| Internally Derived Weighted Average Cost Of Gas [Member]
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Derivative, Forward Price \| $ / MMBTU	2.29
Transaction/Delivery Volumes \| MMBTU	130,000
Natural Gas Exchange Agreements [Member] \| Purchase [Member] \| Maximum [Member] \| Internally Derived Weighted Average Cost Of Gas [Member]
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Derivative, Forward Price \| $ / MMBTU	3.95
Transaction/Delivery Volumes \| MMBTU	321,500
Natural Gas Exchange Agreements [Member] \| Purchase [Member] \| Weighted Average [Member] \| Internally Derived Weighted Average Cost Of Gas [Member]
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Derivative, Forward Price \| $ / MMBTU	3.17
Natural Gas Exchange Agreements [Member] \| Sales [Member] \| Minimum [Member] \| Internally Derived Weighted Average Cost Of Gas [Member]
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Derivative, Forward Price \| $ / MMBTU	2.95
Transaction/Delivery Volumes \| MMBTU	75,000
Natural Gas Exchange Agreements [Member] \| Sales [Member] \| Maximum [Member] \| Internally Derived Weighted Average Cost Of Gas [Member]
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Derivative, Forward Price \| $ / MMBTU	9.48
Transaction/Delivery Volumes \| MMBTU	310,000
Natural Gas Exchange Agreements [Member] \| Sales [Member] \| Weighted Average [Member] \| Internally Derived Weighted Average Cost Of Gas [Member]
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Derivative, Forward Price \| $ / MMBTU	7.18
Natural Gas Exchange Agreements [Member] \| Fair Value, Recurring [Member]
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Derivative Liability \| $	$ 11,062