U.S. Department of Energy Now Calling Fossil Fuels 'Freedom Gas'

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Fossil fuels are apparently getting a bit of rebranding by President Donald Trump's administration after a Department of Energy release referred to natural gas exports as "freedom gas" and "molecules of U.S. freedom."

A release from the U.S. Department of Energy touting the approval of increased domestic exports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the Freeport LNG terminal in Texas, said the new order would allow more "molecules of U.S. freedom" to be produced and exported worldwide at the facility.

"I am pleased that the Department of Energy is doing what it can to promote an efficient regulatory system that allows for molecules of U.S. freedom to be exported to the world," said Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy Steven Winberg, who signed the export order.

"Increasing export capacity from the Freeport LNG project is critical to spreading freedom gas throughout the world by giving America’s allies a diverse and affordable source of clean energy. Further, more exports of U.S. LNG to the world means more U.S. jobs and more domestic economic growth and cleaner air here at home and around the globe," said U.S. Under Secretary of Energy Mark W. Menezes.

'Freedom gas' and 'molecules of freedom' appear to have grown out of an off-the-cuff comment by Secretary of Energy Rick Perry after he signed an order that doubled America's exports of natural gas to Europe. At the time, Perry told reporters that the increased exports of natural gas to Europe would help the continent diversify their energy supplies and allow them to rely less on Russia, who has traditionally provided much of Europe's natural gas needs.

"The United States is again delivering a form of freedom to the European continent,” he said. “And rather than in the form of young American soldiers, it’s in the form of liquefied natural gas," Perry told reporters.

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