The Energy Secretary’s 2018 quote takes on new meaning
Tom KirkmanIndependent Project Manager
Viewed in hindsight after Nord Stream gas pipelines were blown up by “unknown parties”, this 2018 quote from the U.S. Energy Secretary below takes on additional significance.
I did roll my eyes at Perry’s “no strings attached” political nonsense.
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“During the Trump administration, then U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry said in 2018 that the nation’s energy policy would be a deterrent against Russia.
● “An energy policy where we can deliver energy to Eastern Europe, where we are a partner with people around the globe, where they know that we will supply them energy and there are no strings attached is one of the most powerful messages that we can send to Russia,” Perry said.
It was in large part LNG that helped Europe in 2022 deal with the loss of Russian products due to Western-backed sanctions.
● Recent analysis from consultant group Wood Mackenzie, meanwhile, finds that the United States is on pace to be the world leader in LNG exports this year. …”
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/ Side note: my personal view is the world needs *more* oil & gas, not less.
Blowing up the Nord Stream gas pipeline has caused economic and energy chaos globally, and was not in the best interests of the world.
At what point might the world start seeing other natural gas pipelines being blown up for political warfare reasons, as copycat justifications?
Or bombing of LNG tankers at sea in retaliation for Nord Stream bombings?
Energy warfare is highly destructive and nonproductive.