• ?US LNG exports on track to top 120 million tonnes in 2026, Energy Secr

    From Lynn McGuire@3:633/10 to All on Wed Sep 23 14:41:53 2026
    Subject: ?US LNG exports on track to top 120 million tonnes in 2026, Energy Secretary says?

    ?US LNG exports on track to top 120 million tonnes in 2026, Energy
    Secretary says?

    https://www.ogj.com/general-interest/economics-markets/news/55407251/us-lng-exports-on-track-to-top-120-million-tonnes-in-2026-energy-secretary-says

    ?US LNG exports continue to expand rapidly, further solidifying its
    position as the world's largest LNG supplier.?

    The USA is the world's largest energy supplier in every category:
    diesel, gasoline, LNG, CNG, natural gas, etc. No one else is even close.

    As far as exporting LNG, we still flare about 40% of the natural gas in
    the USA since it is so expensive to recompress it and inject it back
    into the ground when the producer can only process crude oil and there
    are no gathering pipeline networks close by. It is far better to
    liquefy the excess natural gas and sell it to Europe and Asia.

    Lynn


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  • From Nuno Silva@3:633/10 to All on Thu Sep 24 00:09:40 2026
    Subject: Re: ?US LNG exports on track to top 120 million tonnes in 2026, Energy Secretary says?

    On 2026-09-23, Lynn McGuire wrote:

    ?US LNG exports on track to top 120 million tonnes in 2026, Energy
    Secretary says?
    https://www.ogj.com/general-interest/economics-markets/news/55407251/us-lng-exports-on-track-to-top-120-million-tonnes-in-2026-energy-secretary-says

    ?US LNG exports continue to expand rapidly, further solidifying its
    position as the world's largest LNG supplier.?

    The USA is the world's largest energy supplier in every category:
    diesel, gasoline, LNG, CNG, natural gas, etc. No one else is even
    close.

    As far as exporting LNG, we still flare about 40% of the natural gas
    in the USA since it is so expensive to recompress it and inject it
    back into the ground when the producer can only process crude oil and
    there are no gathering pipeline networks close by. It is far better
    to liquefy the excess natural gas and sell it to Europe and Asia.

    Let me see if I'm understanding this, the US has enough LNG to export
    *and* is using coal power?

    --
    Nuno Silva

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  • From Lynn McGuire@3:633/10 to All on Wed Sep 23 18:45:37 2026
    Subject: Re: ?US LNG exports on track to top 120 million tonnes in 2026, Energy Secretary says?

    On 9/23/2026 6:09 PM, Nuno Silva wrote:
    On 2026-09-23, Lynn McGuire wrote:

    ?US LNG exports on track to top 120 million tonnes in 2026, Energy
    Secretary says?
    https://www.ogj.com/general-interest/economics-markets/news/55407251/us-lng-exports-on-track-to-top-120-million-tonnes-in-2026-energy-secretary-says

    ?US LNG exports continue to expand rapidly, further solidifying its
    position as the world's largest LNG supplier.?

    The USA is the world's largest energy supplier in every category:
    diesel, gasoline, LNG, CNG, natural gas, etc. No one else is even
    close.

    As far as exporting LNG, we still flare about 40% of the natural gas
    in the USA since it is so expensive to recompress it and inject it
    back into the ground when the producer can only process crude oil and
    there are no gathering pipeline networks close by. It is far better
    to liquefy the excess natural gas and sell it to Europe and Asia.

    Let me see if I'm understanding this, the US has enough LNG to export
    *and* is using coal power?

    The USA is exporting crude oil, diesel, gasoline, LNG, CNG, natural gas,
    and other distillates to Canada, Mexico, Asia, the Caribbean, Europe,
    and other places.

    I am not sure about coal. We had 650 coal power plants around 2000, we
    are down to about 300 coal power plants now. The cheap coal to mine in
    the USA is gone, most of the remaining coal require 50 feet or more of overburden (dirt and clay) to be removed first which is expensive.

    China has 1,195 coal power plants mostly use Australian coal sent via
    barge daily. So Australia is probably the number one supplier of coal
    in the world.

    Lynn


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  • From Titus G@3:633/10 to All on Thu Sep 24 13:01:03 2026
    Subject: Re: ?US LNG exports on track to top 120 million tonnes in 2026, Energy Secretary says?

    On 24/09/2026 11:09, Nuno Silva wrote:
    On 2026-09-23, Lynn McGuire wrote:

    ?US LNG exports on track to top 120 million tonnes in 2026, Energy
    Secretary says?
    https://www.ogj.com/general-interest/economics-markets/news/55407251/us-lng-exports-on-track-to-top-120-million-tonnes-in-2026-energy-secretary-says

    ?US LNG exports continue to expand rapidly, further solidifying its
    position as the world's largest LNG supplier.?

    The USA is the world's largest energy supplier in every category:
    diesel, gasoline, LNG, CNG, natural gas, etc. No one else is even
    close.

    As far as exporting LNG, we still flare about 40% of the natural gas
    in the USA since it is so expensive to recompress it and inject it
    back into the ground when the producer can only process crude oil and
    there are no gathering pipeline networks close by. It is far better
    to liquefy the excess natural gas and sell it to Europe and Asia.

    Let me see if I'm understanding this, the US has enough LNG to export
    *and* is using coal power?

    The USA has replaced Russia as the main supplier of LNG to Europe
    following the successful replacement of the pro-Russian Ukrainian
    hierarchy. This has resulted in increased world environmental damage as
    does burning coal but the most important consideration is short term
    profit for those willing to share profits with politicians or their
    parties. On behalf of Israel, US$38 billion spent on bombing energy rich
    Iran is considered necessary and the Houthis have the OK to bomb US
    energy competitor, Saudi Arabia. These activities probably do more
    damage than burning coal.


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  • From BobbieSellers@3:633/10 to All on Wed Sep 23 18:48:14 2026
    Subject: Re: ?US LNG exports on track to top 120 million tonnes in 2026, Energy Secretary says?

    On 9/23/26 16:09, Nuno Silva wrote:
    On 2026-09-23, Lynn McGuire wrote:

    ?US LNG exports on track to top 120 million tonnes in 2026, Energy
    Secretary says?
    https://www.ogj.com/general-interest/economics-markets/news/55407251/us-lng-exports-on-track-to-top-120-million-tonnes-in-2026-energy-secretary-says

    ?US LNG exports continue to expand rapidly, further solidifying its
    position as the world's largest LNG supplier.?

    The USA is the world's largest energy supplier in every category:
    diesel, gasoline, LNG, CNG, natural gas, etc. No one else is even
    close.

    As far as exporting LNG, we still flare about 40% of the natural gas
    in the USA since it is so expensive to recompress it and inject it
    back into the ground when the producer can only process crude oil and
    there are no gathering pipeline networks close by. It is far better
    to liquefy the excess natural gas and sell it to Europe and Asia.

    Let me see if I'm understanding this, the US has enough LNG to export
    *and* is using coal power?


    Well you know the President has his preferences which would go back to his childhood (physically and chronologically) which would be
    Coal and steam-powered catapults to launch planes from USN Carriers.
    Maybe he would like to go straight back to Steam Powered Battle Ships.
    But basically he wants to keep the workers employed in the Coal mines.
    He loves pretending that he cares about the workers. Meantime just
    because he likes doesn't mean he gets to keep old mines open.

    The Department of Energy declared an ?emergency? when none existed.

    https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/09/court-rejects-governments-energy-emergency-that-kept-coal-plant-open/>

    bliss

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  • From Scott Dorsey@3:633/10 to All on Thu Sep 24 08:38:10 2026
    Subject: Re: Re: ?US LNG exports on track to top 120 million tonnes in 2026, Energy Secretary says?

    Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
    The USA is exporting crude oil, diesel, gasoline, LNG, CNG, natural gas,
    and other distillates to Canada, Mexico, Asia, the Caribbean, Europe,
    and other places.

    I am not sure about coal. We had 650 coal power plants around 2000, we
    are down to about 300 coal power plants now. The cheap coal to mine in
    the USA is gone, most of the remaining coal require 50 feet or more of >overburden (dirt and clay) to be removed first which is expensive.

    There's still coal being mined in West Virginia and every morning and
    evening trains carry it by my house down to the Newport News marine
    terminal where it's put on ships to various places including China.

    But we do use an awful lot of coal for power generation, even though it's mostly not very clean-burning. It's no fun living near a coal plant (and apparently living near the marine terminal is not much fun either because
    of the coal dust wash).

    Coal is generally a pretty poor chemical precursor, even if the North
    Koreans do still make plastics from it (because they still have coal
    reserves and have to import petroleum).

    China has 1,195 coal power plants mostly use Australian coal sent via
    barge daily. So Australia is probably the number one supplier of coal
    in the world.

    China has a lot of local coal production too, almost all high-sulfur
    lignite crap. Very stinky to burn without scrubbing, but they do. The Australian coal is still mostly bituminous but nowhere near as bad. There
    is some good hard coal in Australia but most of that is gone (just like
    in West Virginia and Wales).

    This is why the air in Beijing today is like it was in Pittsburgh when I was
    a kid... and the Chinese government isn't happy about it and is trying to do something about it.
    --scott

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  • From James Nicoll@3:633/10 to All on Thu Sep 24 13:59:01 2026
    Subject: Re: Re: ?US LNG exports on track to top 120 million tonnes in 2026, Energy Secretary says?

    In article <11935ji$fbf$1@panix2.panix.com>,
    Scott Dorsey <kludge@panix.com> wrote:

    (Coal use)

    This is why the air in Beijing today is like it was in Pittsburgh when I was >a kid... and the Chinese government isn't happy about it and is trying to do >something about it.

    London air was still pretty crunchy when I lived there. One of the
    little things that surprised me when we moved back to Canada was that
    when I blew my nose, it didn't come out black.



    --
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  • From Dimensional Traveler@3:633/10 to All on Thu Sep 24 08:32:10 2026
    Subject: Re: ?US LNG exports on track to top 120 million tonnes in 2026, Energy Secretary says?

    On 9/23/2026 6:48 PM, BobbieSellers wrote:
    On 9/23/26 16:09, Nuno Silva wrote:
    On 2026-09-23, Lynn McGuire wrote:

    ?US LNG exports on track to top 120 million tonnes in 2026, Energy
    Secretary says?
    ˙ https://www.ogj.com/general-interest/economics-markets/
    news/55407251/us-lng-exports-on-track-to-top-120-million-tonnes-
    in-2026-energy-secretary-says

    ?US LNG exports continue to expand rapidly, further solidifying its
    position as the world's largest LNG supplier.?

    The USA is the world's largest energy supplier in every category:
    diesel, gasoline, LNG, CNG, natural gas, etc.˙ No one else is even
    close.

    As far as exporting LNG, we still flare about 40% of the natural gas
    in the USA since it is so expensive to recompress it and inject it
    back into the ground when the producer can only process crude oil and
    there are no gathering pipeline networks close by.˙ It is far better
    to liquefy the excess natural gas and sell it to Europe and Asia.

    Let me see if I'm understanding this, the US has enough LNG to export
    *and* is using coal power?


    ˙˙˙˙Well you know the President has his preferences which would go back
    to his childhood (physically and chronologically) which would be
    Coal and steam-powered catapults to launch planes from USN Carriers.
    Maybe he would like to go straight back to Steam Powered Battle Ships.
    But basically he wants to keep the workers employed in the Coal mines.
    He loves pretending that he cares about the workers. Meantime just
    because he likes doesn't mean he gets to keep old mines open.

    His motivation seems to mostly be to kill "green" energy. He goes out
    of his way to kill solar, wind farm and tidal power projects. As far as anyone can tell because he doesn't like the wind turbines near one of
    his golf courses because they spoil the view.

    Well, that and because the oil industry has been paying him massive bribes.

    --
    I've done good in this world. Now I'm tired and just want to be a cranky
    dirty old man.

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  • From BobbieSellers@3:633/10 to All on Thu Sep 24 08:58:27 2026
    Subject: Re: ?US LNG exports on track to top 120 million tonnes in 2026, Energy Secretary says?

    On 9/24/26 08:32, Dimensional Traveler wrote:
    On 9/23/2026 6:48 PM, BobbieSellers wrote:
    On 9/23/26 16:09, Nuno Silva wrote:
    On 2026-09-23, Lynn McGuire wrote:

    ?US LNG exports on track to top 120 million tonnes in 2026, Energy
    Secretary says?
    ˙ https://www.ogj.com/general-interest/economics-markets/
    news/55407251/us-lng-exports-on-track-to-top-120-million-tonnes-
    in-2026-energy-secretary-says

    ?US LNG exports continue to expand rapidly, further solidifying its
    position as the world's largest LNG supplier.?

    The USA is the world's largest energy supplier in every category:
    diesel, gasoline, LNG, CNG, natural gas, etc.˙ No one else is even
    close.

    As far as exporting LNG, we still flare about 40% of the natural gas
    in the USA since it is so expensive to recompress it and inject it
    back into the ground when the producer can only process crude oil and
    there are no gathering pipeline networks close by.˙ It is far better
    to liquefy the excess natural gas and sell it to Europe and Asia.

    Let me see if I'm understanding this, the US has enough LNG to export
    *and* is using coal power?


    ˙˙˙˙˙Well you know the President has his preferences which would go
    back to his childhood (physically and chronologically) which would be
    Coal and steam-powered catapults to launch planes from USN Carriers.
    Maybe he would like to go straight back to Steam Powered Battle Ships.
    But basically he wants to keep the workers employed in the Coal mines.
    He loves pretending that he cares about the workers. Meantime just
    because he likes doesn't mean he gets to keep old mines open.

    His motivation seems to mostly be to kill "green" energy.˙ He goes out
    of his way to kill solar, wind farm and tidal power projects.˙ As far as anyone can tell because he doesn't like the wind turbines near one of
    his golf courses because they spoil the view.

    Well, that and because the oil industry has been paying him massive bribes.


    Well he believes or says that he does that many things
    ordinary folks like us believe in like human-caused climate
    change and the dangers of AI are "Hoaxes". He also says that
    many other things which he find inimical to the world view
    and wallets of his paymasters are hoaxes as well. But if you
    have a million to spare no matter how you got it you can get
    a pardon for the crimes that you have done. Not a hoax.

    Also this tiny bit of good news. This time no hoax.

    This video looks at a new battery from BEI, it uses a relatively normal lithium-ion chemistry and a liquid electrolyte - but one thing is very different... it has no anode during manufacturing! This is the secret to getting the cells over 500 Wh/kg, and unlike some manufacturers, we have
    3rd party tests to prove it.

    <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ty1lVZ9JOw>

    bliss - shocking ain't it?




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  • From Scott Lurndal@3:633/10 to All on Thu Sep 24 16:45:09 2026
    Subject: Re: Re: ?US LNG exports on track to top 120 million tonnes in 2026, Energy Secretary says?

    BobbieSellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.invalid> writes:
    On 9/24/26 08:32, Dimensional Traveler wrote:


    Also this tiny bit of good news. This time no hoax.

    This video looks at a new battery from BEI, it uses a relatively normal
    lithium-ion chemistry and a liquid electrolyte - but one thing is very
    different... it has no anode during manufacturing! This is the secret to
    getting the cells over 500 Wh/kg, and unlike some manufacturers, we have
    3rd party tests to prove it.

    <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ty1lVZ9JOw>

    On their website, they do show a very thin anode, with a protective
    layer preventing dendrite formation.

    https://beilab.ai/technology/


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  • From William Hyde@3:633/10 to All on Thu Sep 24 14:47:19 2026
    Subject: Re: ?US LNG exports on track to top 120 million tonnes in 2026, Energy Secretary says?

    Lynn McGuire wrote:


    As far as exporting LNG, we still flare about 40% of the natural gas in
    the USA

    You only do that because deep-state Canadians make it happen.

    You see, if you had that gas you could smelt much more aluminum, rather
    than depend on those nasty Canadians or Hormuz-blocked Arabs.

    This wouldn't be such a problem except that you are still buying
    Aluminum from those Canadian ripoff artists, and as a result of the
    tariffs, aluminum is far more expensive in the US than in Europe, Japan,
    or China.

    And hence American exports of aluminum products are suffering, as people
    turn to cheaper suppliers.

    In Jan 2025 every aluminum can in Canada was either imported from the US
    or made in Canada from US rolled aluminum. Now people are turning to China.

    For example, a micro brewery in which I once held stock estimates that
    the price of buying American aluminum will be a million dollars more
    than it was two years ago. The company philosophy is to source
    everything from as nearby as possible, but the price advantage of the
    Chinese product is too great to resist.

    And all because you waste that natural gas.

    Well, and those evil Canadians with their so-called "hydro power".
    Everyone knows that the only real power comes from carbon or uranium!

    William Hyde




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  • From Lynn McGuire@3:633/10 to All on Thu Sep 24 14:58:57 2026
    Subject: Re: ?US LNG exports on track to top 120 million tonnes in 2026, Energy Secretary says?

    On 9/24/2026 7:38 AM, Scott Dorsey wrote:
    Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
    The USA is exporting crude oil, diesel, gasoline, LNG, CNG, natural gas,
    and other distillates to Canada, Mexico, Asia, the Caribbean, Europe,
    and other places.

    I am not sure about coal. We had 650 coal power plants around 2000, we
    are down to about 300 coal power plants now. The cheap coal to mine in
    the USA is gone, most of the remaining coal require 50 feet or more of
    overburden (dirt and clay) to be removed first which is expensive.

    There's still coal being mined in West Virginia and every morning and
    evening trains carry it by my house down to the Newport News marine
    terminal where it's put on ships to various places including China.

    But we do use an awful lot of coal for power generation, even though it's mostly not very clean-burning. It's no fun living near a coal plant (and apparently living near the marine terminal is not much fun either because
    of the coal dust wash).

    Coal is generally a pretty poor chemical precursor, even if the North
    Koreans do still make plastics from it (because they still have coal
    reserves and have to import petroleum).

    China has 1,195 coal power plants mostly use Australian coal sent via
    barge daily. So Australia is probably the number one supplier of coal
    in the world.

    China has a lot of local coal production too, almost all high-sulfur
    lignite crap. Very stinky to burn without scrubbing, but they do. The Australian coal is still mostly bituminous but nowhere near as bad. There
    is some good hard coal in Australia but most of that is gone (just like
    in West Virginia and Wales).

    This is why the air in Beijing today is like it was in Pittsburgh when I was a kid... and the Chinese government isn't happy about it and is trying to do something about it.
    --scott

    There is no such thing as clean burning coal. I was a engineer in power plants for several years in the 1980s, our 12 coal burners were
    incredibly dirty plants compared to our 113 natural gas / diesel
    burners. But all of the coal plants were mine mouth using lignite at 4
    to 6% H2S, 20% volatiles (CH4, N2, O2, etc), and the rest carbon and
    sometimes a lot of dirt. Four of our coal burners had SO2 scrubbers,
    the other eight did not. Three of the coal burners were built in the
    1950s with zero emissions and had brown vapor coming out of the stacks.
    But man, they were incredibly cheap fuel at 0.65 $/mmbtu, our natural
    gas was 2.30 $/mmbtu, and the diesel backup was $6/mmbtu. The older
    units with fuel oil #6 backup instead of diesel backup were $4/mmbtu.

    Lynn


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  • From Lynn McGuire@3:633/10 to All on Thu Sep 24 15:03:47 2026
    Subject: Re: ?US LNG exports on track to top 120 million tonnes in 2026, Energy Secretary says?

    On 9/24/2026 10:58 AM, BobbieSellers wrote:
    On 9/24/26 08:32, Dimensional Traveler wrote:
    On 9/23/2026 6:48 PM, BobbieSellers wrote:
    On 9/23/26 16:09, Nuno Silva wrote:
    On 2026-09-23, Lynn McGuire wrote:

    ?US LNG exports on track to top 120 million tonnes in 2026, Energy
    Secretary says?
    ˙ https://www.ogj.com/general-interest/economics-markets/
    news/55407251/us-lng-exports-on-track-to-top-120-million-tonnes-
    in-2026-energy-secretary-says

    ?US LNG exports continue to expand rapidly, further solidifying its
    position as the world's largest LNG supplier.?

    The USA is the world's largest energy supplier in every category:
    diesel, gasoline, LNG, CNG, natural gas, etc.˙ No one else is even
    close.

    As far as exporting LNG, we still flare about 40% of the natural gas >>>>> in the USA since it is so expensive to recompress it and inject it
    back into the ground when the producer can only process crude oil and >>>>> there are no gathering pipeline networks close by.˙ It is far better >>>>> to liquefy the excess natural gas and sell it to Europe and Asia.

    Let me see if I'm understanding this, the US has enough LNG to export
    *and* is using coal power?


    ˙˙˙˙˙Well you know the President has his preferences which would go
    back to his childhood (physically and chronologically) which would be
    Coal and steam-powered catapults to launch planes from USN Carriers.
    Maybe he would like to go straight back to Steam Powered Battle Ships.
    But basically he wants to keep the workers employed in the Coal mines.
    He loves pretending that he cares about the workers. Meantime just
    because he likes doesn't mean he gets to keep old mines open.

    His motivation seems to mostly be to kill "green" energy.˙ He goes out
    of his way to kill solar, wind farm and tidal power projects.˙ As far
    as anyone can tell because he doesn't like the wind turbines near one
    of his golf courses because they spoil the view.

    Well, that and because the oil industry has been paying him massive
    bribes.


    ˙˙˙˙Well he believes or says that he does that many things
    ordinary folks like us believe in like human-caused climate
    change and the dangers of AI are "Hoaxes".˙ He also says that
    many other things which he find inimical to the world view
    and wallets of his paymasters are hoaxes as well.˙ But if you
    have a million to spare no matter how you got it you can get
    a pardon for the crimes that you have done. Not a hoax.

    Also this tiny bit of good news. This time no hoax.

    This video looks at a new battery from BEI, it uses a relatively normal
    lithium-ion chemistry and a liquid electrolyte - but one thing is very
    different... it has no anode during manufacturing! This is the secret to
    getting the cells over 500 Wh/kg, and unlike some manufacturers, we have
    3rd party tests to prove it.

    ˙<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ty1lVZ9JOw>

    ˙˙˙˙bliss˙ - shocking ain't it?

    I take all youtube videos with a huge grain of salt. Most of the people
    with those youtube videos are raising money for their technology.

    If they do have an awesome technology, the technology implementers like
    Tesla and Panasonic will beat a path to their door. For instance,
    people are desperately looking for good batteries that are easy to manufacture, do not catch on fire at 140 F, hold their charge for long
    periods of time, and can be recharged a hundred thousand times. Most of today's batteries start to get interior problems when they hit 4,000 recharges.

    Lynn


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  • From BobbieSellers@3:633/10 to All on Thu Sep 24 19:07:02 2026
    Subject: Re: ?US LNG exports on track to top 120 million tonnes in 2026, Energy Secretary says?

    On 9/24/26 13:03, Lynn McGuire wrote:
    On 9/24/2026 10:58 AM, BobbieSellers wrote:
    On 9/24/26 08:32, Dimensional Traveler wrote:
    On 9/23/2026 6:48 PM, BobbieSellers wrote:
    On 9/23/26 16:09, Nuno Silva wrote:
    On 2026-09-23, Lynn McGuire wrote:

    ?US LNG exports on track to top 120 million tonnes in 2026, Energy >>>>>> Secretary says?
    ˙ https://www.ogj.com/general-interest/economics-markets/
    news/55407251/us-lng-exports-on-track-to-top-120-million-tonnes-
    in-2026-energy-secretary-says

    ?US LNG exports continue to expand rapidly, further solidifying its >>>>>> position as the world's largest LNG supplier.?

    The USA is the world's largest energy supplier in every category:
    diesel, gasoline, LNG, CNG, natural gas, etc.˙ No one else is even >>>>>> close.

    As far as exporting LNG, we still flare about 40% of the natural gas >>>>>> in the USA since it is so expensive to recompress it and inject it >>>>>> back into the ground when the producer can only process crude oil and >>>>>> there are no gathering pipeline networks close by.˙ It is far better >>>>>> to liquefy the excess natural gas and sell it to Europe and Asia.

    Let me see if I'm understanding this, the US has enough LNG to export >>>>> *and* is using coal power?


    ˙˙˙˙˙Well you know the President has his preferences which would go
    back to his childhood (physically and chronologically) which would be
    Coal and steam-powered catapults to launch planes from USN Carriers.
    Maybe he would like to go straight back to Steam Powered Battle Ships. >>>> But basically he wants to keep the workers employed in the Coal mines. >>>> He loves pretending that he cares about the workers. Meantime just
    because he likes doesn't mean he gets to keep old mines open.

    His motivation seems to mostly be to kill "green" energy.˙ He goes
    out of his way to kill solar, wind farm and tidal power projects.˙ As
    far as anyone can tell because he doesn't like the wind turbines near
    one of his golf courses because they spoil the view.

    Well, that and because the oil industry has been paying him massive
    bribes.


    ˙˙˙˙˙Well he believes or says that he does that many things
    ordinary folks like us believe in like human-caused climate
    change and the dangers of AI are "Hoaxes".˙ He also says that
    many other things which he find inimical to the world view
    and wallets of his paymasters are hoaxes as well.˙ But if you
    have a million to spare no matter how you got it you can get
    a pardon for the crimes that you have done. Not a hoax.

    Also this tiny bit of good news. This time no hoax.

    This video looks at a new battery from BEI, it uses a relatively normal
    lithium-ion chemistry and a liquid electrolyte - but one thing is very
    different... it has no anode during manufacturing! This is the secret to >>> getting the cells over 500 Wh/kg, and unlike some manufacturers, we have >>> 3rd party tests to prove it.

    ˙˙<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ty1lVZ9JOw>

    ˙˙˙˙˙bliss˙ - shocking ain't it?

    I take all youtube videos with a huge grain of salt.˙ Most of the people with those youtube videos are raising money for their technology.

    If they do have an awesome technology, the technology implementers like Tesla and Panasonic will beat a path to their door.˙ For instance,
    people are desperately looking for good batteries that are easy to manufacture, do not catch on fire at 140 F, hold their charge for long periods of time, and can be recharged a hundred thousand times.˙ Most of today's batteries start to get interior problems when they hit 4,000 recharges.

    Lynn

    That is not a URL to the maker but to an outfit that tests batteries according to further information and they tell you haw they
    test the batteries. They exposed last year the Donut Battery as
    merely being another Li battery.

    So before you down that grain of salt better watch the
    short informative piece.

    bliss>


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  • From Chris Abraham@3:633/10 to All on Fri Sep 25 13:19:13 2026
    Subject: Re: ?US LNG exports on track to top 120 million tonnes in 2026, Energy Secretary says?

    On Thu, 24 Sep 2026, Titus G wrote:
    The USA has replaced Russia as the main supplier of LNG to Europe
    following the successful replacement of the pro-Russian Ukrainian
    hierarchy. This has resulted in increased world environmental damage as
    does burning coal but the most important consideration is short term
    profit for those willing to share profits with politicians or their
    parties. On behalf of Israel, US$38 billion spent on bombing energy rich
    Iran is considered necessary and the Houthis have the OK to bomb US
    energy competitor, Saudi Arabia. These activities probably do more
    damage than burning coal.

    That sounds to me like America Winning.

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  • From Scott Dorsey@3:633/10 to All on Fri Sep 25 17:39:42 2026
    Subject: Re: Re: ?US LNG exports on track to top 120 million tonnes in 2026, Energy Secretary says?

    Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
    There is no such thing as clean burning coal. I was a engineer in power >plants for several years in the 1980s, our 12 coal burners were
    incredibly dirty plants compared to our 113 natural gas / diesel
    burners. But all of the coal plants were mine mouth using lignite at 4
    to 6% H2S, 20% volatiles (CH4, N2, O2, etc), and the rest carbon and >sometimes a lot of dirt. Four of our coal burners had SO2 scrubbers,
    the other eight did not. Three of the coal burners were built in the
    1950s with zero emissions and had brown vapor coming out of the stacks.

    When my father was a kid, Pennsyvania anthracite was cheap enough that
    people would use it to heat their homes because it burned so much cleaner
    than bituminous coal.

    By the 1980s all that was long gone.

    There's still some of that up there, but most of it has been used up.
    It's not cheap any longer, but you can still buy metallurgical grade
    coal today. I think that's what Luzzo's Coal Oven Pizzeria in Brooklyn
    is using, although they have some kind of grandfathered emissions agreement with the city.

    But man, they were incredibly cheap fuel at 0.65 $/mmbtu, our natural
    gas was 2.30 $/mmbtu, and the diesel backup was $6/mmbtu. The older
    units with fuel oil #6 backup instead of diesel backup were $4/mmbtu.

    Yeah, but the thing about dirty fuels is that you're just passing the cost
    of cleanup off to someone else.

    That said, my aunt was very upset when they closed the Alleghaney Ludlum
    mills down because there was no longer any sulfur in the air and her
    roses started to get mildew problems.
    --scott
    --
    "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

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  • From Titus G@3:633/10 to All on Sat Sep 26 15:24:48 2026
    Subject: Re: ?US LNG exports on track to top 120 million tonnes in 2026, Energy Secretary says?

    On 26/09/2026 05:19, Chris Abraham wrote:
    On Thu, 24 Sep 2026, Titus G wrote:
    The USA has replaced Russia as the main supplier of LNG to Europe
    following the successful replacement of the pro-Russian Ukrainian
    hierarchy. This has resulted in increased world environmental damage as
    does burning coal but the most important consideration is short term
    profit for those willing to share profits with politicians or their
    parties. On behalf of Israel, US$38 billion spent on bombing energy rich
    Iran is considered necessary and the Houthis have the OK to bomb US
    energy competitor, Saudi Arabia. These activities probably do more
    damage than burning coal.

    That sounds to me like America Winning.

    Yes. It sounds like it, but.....
    The US would be winning with regard to short term profits but at the
    expense of the environment. But all the winnings end up in Israel's
    pockets. (Apart from a few hundred millions for selected US politicians' pockets.)


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  • From Robert Woodward@3:633/10 to All on Fri Sep 25 21:54:58 2026
    Subject: Re: ?US LNG exports on track to top 120 million tonnes in 2026, Energy Secretary says?

    In article <1196pmu$8fa$1@panix2.panix.com>,
    kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) wrote:

    Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
    There is no such thing as clean burning coal. I was a engineer in power >plants for several years in the 1980s, our 12 coal burners were
    incredibly dirty plants compared to our 113 natural gas / diesel
    burners. But all of the coal plants were mine mouth using lignite at 4
    to 6% H2S, 20% volatiles (CH4, N2, O2, etc), and the rest carbon and >sometimes a lot of dirt. Four of our coal burners had SO2 scrubbers,
    the other eight did not. Three of the coal burners were built in the >1950s with zero emissions and had brown vapor coming out of the stacks.

    When my father was a kid, Pennsyvania anthracite was cheap enough that
    people would use it to heat their homes because it burned so much cleaner than bituminous coal.

    By the 1980s all that was long gone.

    I think there is still quite a bit of anthracite in the US coal fields,
    but it isn't being mined, because natural gas has replaced it for home heating. BTW, the house my parents owned for 35 years was built in the
    19th century, perhaps before the American Civil War, and had what used
    to be a coal furnace in the basement that had been converted to natural
    gas (I think in the 1950s, but it could had been earlier). There was a
    room adjacent to it that still had a chute, probably because it was
    where the coal was stored.

    --
    "We have advanced to new and surprising levels of bafflement."
    Imperial Auditor Miles Vorkosigan describes progress in _Komarr_. ?-----------------------------------------------------
    Robert Woodward robertaw@drizzle.com

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  • From Cryptoengineer@3:633/10 to All on Sat Sep 26 14:38:59 2026
    Subject: Re: ?US LNG exports on track to top 120 million tonnes in 2026, Energy Secretary says?

    On 9/23/2026 7:45 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
    On 9/23/2026 6:09 PM, Nuno Silva wrote:
    On 2026-09-23, Lynn McGuire wrote:

    ?US LNG exports on track to top 120 million tonnes in 2026, Energy
    Secretary says?
    ˙ https://www.ogj.com/general-interest/economics-markets/
    news/55407251/us-lng-exports-on-track-to-top-120-million-tonnes-
    in-2026-energy-secretary-says

    ?US LNG exports continue to expand rapidly, further solidifying its
    position as the world's largest LNG supplier.?

    The USA is the world's largest energy supplier in every category:
    diesel, gasoline, LNG, CNG, natural gas, etc.˙ No one else is even
    close.

    As far as exporting LNG, we still flare about 40% of the natural gas
    in the USA since it is so expensive to recompress it and inject it
    back into the ground when the producer can only process crude oil and
    there are no gathering pipeline networks close by.˙ It is far better
    to liquefy the excess natural gas and sell it to Europe and Asia.

    Let me see if I'm understanding this, the US has enough LNG to export
    *and* is using coal power?

    The USA is exporting crude oil, diesel, gasoline, LNG, CNG, natural gas,
    and other distillates to Canada, Mexico, Asia, the Caribbean, Europe,
    and other places.

    I am not sure about coal.˙ We had 650 coal power plants around 2000, we
    are down to about 300 coal power plants now.˙ The cheap coal to mine in
    the USA is gone, most of the remaining coal require 50 feet or more of overburden (dirt and clay) to be removed first which is expensive.

    China has 1,195 coal power plants mostly use Australian coal sent via
    barge daily.˙ So Australia is probably the number one supplier of coal
    in the world.

    Currently, coal is about 9% of US fuel consumption, and dropping.

    pt

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