[ckilmer]

an interesting argument against exporting natural gas.

[thackney]

as the United States has lagged other countries in generating the demand – and the high-value manufacturing jobs that come along with this demand

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Greatly disagree with this statement. We have had billions of dollars recently invested with ethane crackers and other petrochem investment to take advantage of the increased supply.

Also I see no mention of the fact the Natural Gas Liquids (NGL, ethane, propane, etc) are the primary feedstocks to the petrochem industry, not the methane used in LNG. Exporting LNG, which increases the demand for methane, results in greater domestic production of NGLs from wet gas wells.

[nuke rocketeer]

While much of the country enjoyed the standard price of $4/mmBtu, prices in large metro regions in the Northeast soared to above $120/mmBtu because of that lack of adequate infrastructure. Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/goldman-the-us-is-wasting-its-shale-revolution-2014-6#ixzz33loKpLnm

The reason for that debacle is the fact that the enviro-nazis keep stalling new pipeline construction. They DO NOT want cheap gas for anyone.