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Re:How Bad Europe’s Energy Crisis Is by tomatotomato37 on Wednesday August 31, 2022 @11:31AM (#32663480)
Can someone explain to me why the US is the next source for energy rather than directly from the much geographicly closer Middle East, which the US spent a significant amount of political & military resources bringing into its sphere for its own energy needs?
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Re:How Bad Europe’s Energy Crisis Is by AlexAndScripts on Wednesday August 31, 2022 @11:45AM (#32663759)
Because the US is pivoting away from the Middle East towards the Pacific to counter China. The US is far more stable than the Middle East, and with the Saudi-Iran cold war barely being a cold one, its not a good idea to rely on the region.

That said, LNG terminals don't care what country the gas came from. Having them would allow us to use both sources.

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