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Amount of investment in equity security measured at fair value with change in fair value recognized in net income (FV-NI).

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Amount of realized gain (loss) from sale of investment in equity security measured at fair value with change in fair value recognized in net income (FV-NI).

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Investments - Investments in Equity Securities Narrative (Details) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands, € in Millions		3 Months Ended				12 Months Ended
	Dec. 14, 2021 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($) $ / shares	Sep. 30, 2022 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2022 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2021 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2022 EUR (€)	May 04, 2022 EUR (€)	Mar. 31, 2022 EUR (€)	Sep. 07, 2021	Mar. 31, 2021 USD ($)
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI
Investments in equity securities		$ 96,500				$ 96,500	$ 77,800	$ 73,600
(Decrease) increase in fair value of investments in equity securities						13,100	3,200
Payments to acquire investments						9,900	103,900	50,800
Realized gain on investment in equity securities	$ 2,600					0	2,600	0
Reclassification from investments in equity securities to equity method investments							36,800
Payments to acquire equity securities						9,400	45,200
McPhy
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI
Investments in equity securities		17,200				17,200	31,300
(Decrease) increase in fair value of investments in equity securities						(11,800)	(19,700)	17,000
Stabilis Energy, Inc.
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI
Investments in equity securities		7,800				7,800	6,200
(Decrease) increase in fair value of investments in equity securities						1,600	2,200	$ (2,900)
Transform Materials
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI
Investments in equity securities		25,100				25,100	25,100						$ 25,100
Shares owned (shares)													5.00%
Svante Inc.
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI
Investments in equity securities		38,500				38,500	15,100						$ 15,100
Shares owned (shares)				10.00%							10.00%
Earthly Labs Inc.
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI
Shares owned (shares)					15.00%
Payments to acquire investments					$ 5,000
Equity investments, ownership interest	85.00%
HTEC
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI
(Decrease) increase in fair value of investments in equity securities							$ 20,700
Equity investments, ownership interest								15.60%				25.00%
HTEC \| Nonconsolidated Investee or Group of Investees
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI
Reclassification from investments in equity securities to equity method investments						20,700
Hy24
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI
Investments in equity securities		900		$ 2,400		900			€ 0.9	€ 0.9	€ 2.2
Cemvita Factory Inc., Gold Hydrogen LLC
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI
Investments in equity securities		2,000				2,000
Payments to acquire equity securities			$ 1,000	$ 1,000
Avina
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI
Investments in equity securities		5,000				$ 5,000
Payments to acquire equity securities		$ 5,000
Avina \| Series A Preferred Stock
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI
Additional number of shares (in shares) \| shares						294,627
Shares price per share (usd per share) \| $ / shares		$ 16.97				$ 16.97