[Sherman Logan]

The actual solution for European countries is for them to find their own sources of gas, which in most of them are already below their feet. Poland, Ukraine, and UK, for instance, have extensive shale gas fields.

[Zhang Fei]

They’re not really dependent on Gazprom. Gas is fungible and can be bought from any producer in the world. Gazprom just provides the cheapest gas. They are free to pay higher prices from other sources, and will undoubtedly do so if they truly fear a Russian invasion. As of now, they are betting that Russian territorial ambitions are confined to Ukraine.

[thackney]

North American LNG Import /Export Terminals

Approved
https://www.ferc.gov/industries/gas/indus-act/lng/lng-approved.pdf

Proposed
https://www.ferc.gov/industries/gas/indus-act/lng/lng-export-proposed.pdf

Potential
https://www.ferc.gov/industries/gas/indus-act/lng/lng-export-potential.pdf

[dhs12345]

Not an expert here but I read somewhere it takes time, sometimes a lot of time (5-10 years?), to ramp up production and supply.

On a related topic....

Which means that we headed for a disaster as the Democrats and the EPA slowly kill off coal and nat gas from fracking.

It is very possible that we will be left with only solar and wind to charge our electric cars. Good luck with that.

[Teacher317]

The east-west stand-off over Ukraine has sparked a political debate over whether the US should loosen its energy export restrictions so Europeans can buy liquefied natural gas, or LNG, from America’s shale energy boom.

Why are we restricting our own sales on anything in an economic downturn?