European allies, who had famously tied their fortunes against wise counsel to the contrary, to the Russian fossil fuel industry by buying into the Nord Stream pipeline...
Donald Trump previously warned Germany about their energy supply reliance on Russia. On this one, he has been proved right.#Nordstream pic.twitter.com/5yIwHQoBMy
— James Melville 🚜 (@JamesMelville) September 28, 2022
...suffered greatly for their arrogance when that same pipeline mysteriously and spectacularly went POOF!
The Nord Stream pipeline suffered unprecedented damage, the operator said. Danish authorities spotted a gas leak near the island of Bornholm in the Baltic Sea.
— RT (@RT_com) September 27, 2022
Meanwhile the Danish military have released a video of the suspected location of the leakage. pic.twitter.com/GN33tjeZaf
SO SAD - WHAT TO DO
The answer, obviously, was to sell the Europeans our own liquified natural gas (LNG), of which we have an abundance.
As they were also embroiled in the middle of what we were constantly reminded was a Russian war of aggression against Ukraine, Europe, and the Biden administration needed to do everything they could to support our allies while keeping the Russians poor for lack of income through sanctions on their fuel industry.
LNG quickly became darn near one of the most valuable commodities in the world.
Europe is significantly boosting imports of liquefied natural gas as an alternative to Russian pipeline gas
— Stephen Stapczynski (@SStapczynski) June 14, 2022
🇪🇺❤️🚢
There is no end in sight as the EU fast-tracks new floating import terminals in a bid to curb Russian imports pic.twitter.com/JudgU4sNM9
Now POTATUS had always been hostile to fossil fuels, campaigning on the same and plaguing the industry with proposed regulations and restrictions from day 1.
*BIDEN TEAM TO PROPOSE SUSPENDING LNG BY RAIL SHIPMENTS
— zerohedge (@zerohedge) June 11, 2021
Are they trying to start hyperinflation?
Ukraine at war and Europe in an energy hurt locker was a horse of a different color, one would have thought.
Inexplicably, in January of last year, POTATUS caved to environmentalists and suddenly paused American LNG shipments to the continent.
The Europeans talked bravely but had a serious case of 'WTFO, dude!'
U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday paused approvals for pending and future applications to export liquefied natural gas (LNG)from new projects, a move cheered by climate activists that could delay decisions on new plants until after the Nov. 5 election.The Department of Energy (DOE) will conduct a review during the pause that will look at the economic and environmental impacts of projects seeking approval to export LNG to Europe and Asia where the fuel is in hot demand.The review will take months and then will be open to public comment which will take more time, Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm told reporters in a teleconference.Biden said in a statement: "During this period, we will take a hard look at the impacts of LNG exports on energy costs, America's energy security, and our environment."The pause "sees the climate crisis for what it is: the existential threat of our time," said Biden, a Democrat.
GULP
...Companies and countries in Europe rely on steady supplies of LNG from the U.S., which became world's top LNG exporter last year, as the region tries to wean itself off pipelined gas from Russia after its 2022 invasion of Ukraine. U.S. allies in Asia also covet LNG as they seek to slow coal consumption.
A spokesperson for the European Commission, noting the exemption for national security emergencies, told Reuters, "This pause will not have any short- to medium-term impacts on the EU's security of supply."
Never fear, though. The Europeans have always been flexible. Can't get enough American LNG for their needs?
No worries. They'll say, 'Putin is Satan! FREE UKRAINE!' out of one side of their mouths while asking, 'Please, sir - may we have another shipment?' of his LNG with the other.
They've been doing it the whole time.
Fraud alert. In 2024, the EU imported a record 16.5 million metric tons of LNG from Russia, surpassing the 15.2 million in 2023.
— Nicholas Giordano (@PasReport) March 4, 2025
Europe spent $255B on Russian energy and totalled $893B since the start of the invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
On the other hand, Europe has…
...Europe spent $255B on Russian energy and totalled $893B since the start of the invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
On the other hand, Europe has provided Ukraine $73B in aid, of which 35% are loans, and $53B in military aid.
At what point does the level of absurdity reach a tipping point? Europe has funded both sides of the war.
They virtue signal over Ukraine while simultaneously bankrolling Russia’s war machine.
Biden's craven cave to the cultists gave them even more leeway to do so.
It took six months, and the harm was already done when a federal judge in Louisiana stepped in with an injunction after 16 states banded together to fight the freeze.
A federal judge in Louisiana on Monday put the Energy Department’s pause on natural gas export permits on hold, dealing another legal blow to the Biden administration’s climate agenda.
Judge James Cain of the Western District of Louisiana, a Trump appointee, granted a request for a stay from 16 red states that had challenged the pause, arguing it will harm their economies.
The decision to stay the LNG pause upends one of Joe Biden’s major policy nods to climate-focused activists who have accused the president of not doing enough to mitigate planet-warming emissions despite Democrats passing the largest investment in climate in history via the Inflation Reduction Act.
Cain ruled that DOE failed to justify why it needed to pause approvals to review the process by which it permits projects.
The November 5th election sounded the death knell for the LNG pause.
How soon could they get things ramped back up? How soon could they get the LNG processing plants that had been planned but put on hold because of it cranking?
They went into overdrive.
The US just cemented itself as the world’s top LNG exporter 🇺🇸 🚢
— Stephen Stapczynski (@SStapczynski) December 26, 2024
📈 The eighth facility, Plaquemines, began exports today
🇪🇺 First shipment is on its way to Germany. European buyers are turning to US LNG to replace Russian pipeline gas pic.twitter.com/nMXVO7dNr4
Russia is being put on notice that its dominance in the region is coming to an end as American exports of LNG to Europe surge.
After declining sales to Europe during the second half of 2024, LNG from the U.S. is again in high demand on the continent.
In February, 82 percent of U.S. exports, equivalent to 6.82 million tonnes, went to Europe, Reuters reports. This follows an even higher figure of 7.25 million tonnes, accounting for 86 percent, during the previous month.
Strong prices and persistent cold temperatures help explain the demand push.
The U.S. continues to solidify its position as the world’s largest exporter of the supercooled gas, just a decade or so after entering the market in earnest.
The first two months of 2025 may signal a trend reversal for European imports. In 2024 U.S. deliveries to the continent fell by 18 percent in contrast to supplies from Russia, which surged an equal 18 percent, primarily from the Yamal LNG plant.
Things were starting to look up in January.
Gas burn for electricity generation is through the roof due to the low wind generation and colder temperatures. Inventories have dipped below the 5yr average for the time of year. These cargos are much needed
— Kathryn Porter (@KathrynPorter26) January 22, 2025
In February, Trump signed a deal with the Japanese for Alaskan LNG, too.
Alaska is set to play a key role in a new liquefied natural gas export deal with Japan, which will see the U.S. ally importing shipments of Alaskan LNG. pic.twitter.com/FhJwmgRzQf
— Alaska's News Source (@AKNewsNow) February 10, 2025
The Secretaries of Energy and Interior were in Louisiana today to wish a Germany-bound tanker bon voyage.
This is insane.
— johnny maga (@_johnnymaga) March 6, 2025
Doug Burgum and Energy Secretary Chris Wright are in Louisiana sending off a tanker to Germany with enough natural gas to heat 100,000 homes for a year.
Joe Biden paused these exports. Trump brought them back. pic.twitter.com/2rOw2p58P5
It's kind of ironic about that German destination, considering who the president of the US is now.
That snotty Teutonic bunch is always lecturing and virtue signaling while doing the dirtiest deals under the table.
Maybe Germany should stop buying LNG from Russia and fueling the war?
— Paul Seale (@paulvseale) March 4, 2025
In fact, much of Russia’s funding for the war comes from Europe buying gas to heat its self.
There are alternatives. Europe did use nuke reactors at one point. They could buy LNG from the US. There are ways… https://t.co/c1ECkM9PBW
...There are alternatives. Europe did use nuke reactors at one point. They could buy LNG from the US. There are ways to strangle Russia economically.. But nope..
So who is trying to bring about peace?
Trump's got their number now, and I think I can hear him in my head.
He's going to send them the biggest, most beautiful boats full of the best, purest gas they've ever seen - American gas.
He's going to flood them with it.
We are SO back
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