Elixir Energy Ltd (ASX:EXR) believes that ‘unlocking’ gas resources in the Taroom Trough could help to alleviate the ongoing energy crisis in Australia’s east coast. Managing director Neil Young told an audience at RIU’s Essential Energy conference on Wednesday that depletion in the Bass Strait – in conjunction with increasing demand – meant that news solutions needed to be found for gas supply. “Our assets are on the east coast, and I’m sure that even in Perth you’ve heard that the gas crunch there is now upon us,” he said. “Government intervention has actually put a floor on gas prices of ab…