U.S. Department Of Energy Announces Increase In Exports Of “Freedom Gas”

On Tuesday, 28 May, 2019, the United States Department of Energy released a press statement regarding the increase in exports of natural gas from a facility located on Quintana Island, Texas. In the statement, natural gas was referred to as ‘freedom gas’ and ‘molecules of freedom,’ alongside claims that this “furthers this Administration’s commitment to promoting energy security and diversity worldwide,” as stated by U.S. Under Secretary of Energy, Mark W. Menezes. The term came about from Secretary of Energy Rick Perry, who stated earlier in May that “the United States is again delivering a form of freedom to the European continent and rather than in the form of young American soldiers, it’s in the form of liquefied natural gas,” referencing World War II, according to Euractiv. Additionally, with its intention to double liquified natural gas exports by next year, the release claims that the increase will result in the creation of some 3,000 jobs, yet it does not comment on the fact that the positions are in a field that is inherently unsustainable.