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Post by Tennesseer on May 29, 2019 19:40:45 GMT -5
US Department of Energy is now referring to fossil fuels as “freedom gas”In a press release published on Tuesday, two Department of Energy officials used the terms "freedom gas" and "molecules of US freedom" to replace your average, everyday term "natural gas." The press release was fairly standard, announcing the expansion of a Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) terminal at the Freeport facility on Quintana Island, Texas. It would have gone unnoticed had an E&E News reporter not noted the unique metonymy "molecules of US freedom." DOE Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy Steven Winberg is quoted as saying, "With the US in another year of record-setting natural gas production, I am pleased that the Department of Energy is doing what it can to promote an efficient regulatory system that allows for molecules of US freedom to be exported to the world.” Also in the press release, US Under Secretary of Energy Mark W. Menezes refers to natural gas as "freedom gas" in his quote: “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." Article here: US Department of Energy is now referring to fossil fuels as “freedom gas” 
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Post by NomoreDramaQ1015 on May 29, 2019 19:46:15 GMT -5
Does it come with a basket of Freedom Fries?
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Post by Tennesseer on May 29, 2019 20:15:17 GMT -5
Does it come with a basket of Freedom Fries? Yes. Freedom fries are cooked in roiling molecules of US freedom. |
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Post by busymom on May 29, 2019 20:45:08 GMT -5
Good grief! Has anyone in this administration gotten an education beyond elementary school?  |
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Post by NastyWoman on May 30, 2019 10:34:09 GMT -5
Give me a couple of hours so I can eat a big pot of beans and contribute to this good cause by contributing "freedom gas"  |
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Post by Tennesseer on May 30, 2019 10:50:58 GMT -5
The lowest current local price of molecules of US freedom at the pump is $2.37.
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Post by happyhoix on May 30, 2019 10:58:59 GMT -5
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Post by happyhoix on May 30, 2019 10:59:57 GMT -5
What happened to Trump's romance with Clean Coal?
Has he finally abandoned that unicorn, and all the coal miners with it? |
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Post by weltschmerz on May 30, 2019 11:27:52 GMT -5
Freedom gas? You've got to be kidding! How sophomoric!
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Post by swamp on May 30, 2019 11:31:24 GMT -5
OMG, I seriously thought this was Andy Borowitz!!!
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Post by NastyWoman on May 30, 2019 11:39:52 GMT -5
The lowest current local price of molecules of US freedom at the pump is $2.37. You had to go and rub it in right? The lowest around here is $3.71  |
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Post by spartyparty on May 30, 2019 11:43:04 GMT -5
OMG, I seriously thought this was Andy Borowitz!!! From the comments section: "And this is why satire is dead. When you hit peak moron you simply can't satirise it anymore."  |
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Post by spartyparty on May 30, 2019 11:44:23 GMT -5
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Post by Tiny on May 30, 2019 14:20:23 GMT -5
Wouldn't gasoline maybe be "Heavy Freedom Gas" to differentiate it from natural gas (maybe Light Freedom Gas)? What are we suppose to call diesel?
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Post by swamp on May 30, 2019 14:35:24 GMT -5
Wouldn't gasoline maybe be "Heavy Freedom Gas" to differentiate it from natural gas (maybe Light Freedom Gas)? What are we suppose to call diesel? Trucker freedom gas. |
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Post by thyme4change on May 31, 2019 12:55:57 GMT -5
Freedom from what? Middle east politics?
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Post by teen persuasion on Jun 2, 2019 16:24:54 GMT -5
Freedom from what? Middle east politics? Freedom from outrageously expensive oil and propane? We still don't have NG down our road, so have to use oil or propane here. And it's not like it's a short little road to nowhere - it runs the entire length of the county north to south.  |
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