Has anyone actually bothered to look at natural gas prices in the United States? They are the lowest on the planet. Not by a sliver. By a landslide. U.S. gas is absurdly cheap. European gas, by comparison, is close to ten times more expensive.
And yet, electricity prices in the United States are not lower. In many places, they are painfully high. So what does that tell us? It tells us that something other than natural gas is determining power prices — and that gas, despite its abundance, has a virtually negligible influence on the final bill.
That “something else” is wind and solar, layered with a thick crust of green mandates. They are crushingly expensive, capital-heavy, subsidy-dependent, and structurally inefficient. When prices rise as a result, a scapegoat is required. LNG fits the role perfectly.
The story is simple and emotionally satisfying: gas gets exported as LNG, domestic supply shrinks, prices go up. Case closed. Except it’s wrong.
The gas that becomes LNG has nowhere else to go. U.S. pipelines are full. Regional markets are saturated. Associated gas from shale fields keeps coming whether anyone wants it or not. If it can’t be moved, it’s flared. If someone figures out how to liquefy it and ship it overseas, suddenly it becomes a problem worth shouting about.
But that explanation requires understanding infrastructure, capacity constraints, and market mechanics. That’s a tall order in a world trained on fifteen-second videos. The fake story is faster. And more convenient.A lie goes around the world before the truth has even gotten out of bed.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/17122025/liquefied-natural-gas-exports-driving-up-energy-bills/