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Natural Gas characterized as Freedom Gas in official US government press release

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Flagged for the misleading title submission by OP.

No, they aren't renaming anything. It was a simple neologism to drive home the point that using our own energy vs OPEC imports move us towards energy independence.

The text of the report is still pretty star-spangled ridiculous though. I was entertained.

No kidding.. I had to scroll back up to the top to make sure I wasn't on The Onion.

You're not exactly wrong... but the context of the quotes are around increasing export capacity to the world, and Europe specifically. It's not about increasing American energy independence, it's about providing an alternate LNG source to Europe.

So you are going to unilaterally hide an article that the readership here (IMHO) wants to read and likely will enjoy, due to your possibly politically motivated judgement against the headline?

How about simply ask a mod to rewrite the headline?

I am against misinformation regardless of political motivation. If a title is misleading then it is misleading.

OK, mfatica and nostromo, I have edited the headline. Do your objections still stand? If not, please unflag.

Yeah I'm fine with that

They're saying that "freedom gas" can be spread "throughout the world". That's nothing to do with energy independence from OPEC. They're talking about what they plan to sell to their allies:

>> “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. Further, more exports of U.S. LNG to the world means more U.S. jobs and more domestic economic growth and cleaner air here at home and around the globe,”

They're also associating "freedom gas" with "cleaner air" "at home and around the globe".

That is nothing like a "simple neologism". It's clear, unadulterated propaganda.

These a petty name change like this feels like corporate driven re-branding, or worse like stuff I would associate with a banana republic.

I mean if you want to name your new bill something silly or absurd that is one thing, renaming actual things is kinda weird.

Since there is a quote calling it "natural gas" later on, I'm guessing this is a typo on the city "Freemont", since that's where the gas is coming from.

I've since been corrected... Seems I didn't read closely enough.

The article calls it natural gas a number of times, it's the quoted officials that are using fanciful language

If only it was just a typo.

> ... the Freeport LNG project is critical to spreading freedom gas throughout the world ...

> ... that allows for molecules of U.S. freedom to be exported to the world,” said Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy Steven Winberg ...

"molecules of U.S. freedom"

>“Approval of additional LNG exports from Freeport LNG furthers this Administration’s commitment to promoting American energy, American jobs, and the American economy. Further, increased supplies of U.S. natural gas on the world market are critical to advancing clean energy and the energy security of our allies around the globe. With the U.S. 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 U.S. freedom to be exported to the world,” said Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy Steven Winberg, who signed the export order and was also in attendance at the Clean Energy Ministerial.

Yeah, flag OP all you want, but its pretty friggin ridiculous.

“an efficient regulatory system that allows for molecules of U.S. freedom to be exported to the world”. Sometimes it’s hard to tell truth from satire

The US becomes more self-parodying by the day.

This is still flagged and my new post on the same subject from another source was flagged and closed down.

That's OK, then? This community has no other way to deal with controversy, than to sweep it under the carpet?

Freedom Fries anyone? Anyone?

Don't forget Liberty Cabbage, from a hundred years before! https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/liberty_cabbage

I'm kinda ok with freedom fries as it is random restaurants doing whatever they want. It might be silly, but whatever.

Government goes copy and paste over natural gas... for some reason that creeps me out a bit.

> I'm kinda ok with freedom fries as it is random restaurants doing whatever they want.

No, Freedom Fries was the US Congress' Chair of the Committee on House Administration directing three congressional cafeterias.

Cafeteria, it's petty for sure, but IMO still low enough / unimportant enough for me not to care as much.

For some reason this seems one step into the more wonky / serious thing.

It probabbly also matters that I feel like I've seen other "banana republic" like isms out there.

Remember that Patton Oswalt bit on the KFC Famous Bowls and Double Down sandwiches? Remember when we naive souls thought it couldn't get any worse?

But methane is still methane, thank goodness.

Is it still April 1st?

This is hilarious. /Ron Swanson America gif

"GW Molecules"

this is 1984?

"2 dozen people were killed in a Freedom Gas explosion last night..."

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