'Molecules of freedom': Trump's Energy Dept calls natural gas 'freedom gas' in press release

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Raw Story

‘Molecules of freedom’: Trump’s Energy Dept calls natural gas ‘freedom gas’ in press release
By Tana Ganeva - May 29, 2019

As head of the Department of Energy, former Texas Governor Rick Perry oversees natural gas exports.

On Tuesday, the Department announced that a Texas company called Freeport LNG—located on Texas’ Quintana Island—would get approval to export natural gas to foreign countries, reports Business Insider.

In the press release announcing the deal, the Energy Department got lyrical about the natural energy source, calling natural gas ‘freedom gas.’

“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,” Under Secretary of Energy Mark Menezes said in a statement included in the release.

Read more: https://www.rawstory.com/2019/05/molecules-of-freedom-trumps-energy-dept-calls-natural-gas-freedom-gas-in-press-release/

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The Department of Energy referred to natural gas as 'freedom gas' in a press release
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A Tuesday press release from the Department of Energy authorizing new natural gas exports referred to the gas as "freedom gas," a signal of how the Department views domestic natural gas production as a tool to spread prosperity and liberty.

The release announced the Department's approval of new foreign exports of natural gas from a terminal owned and managed by natural gas company Freeport LNG located on Texas' Quintana Island.

"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," Under Secretary of Energy Mark Menezes said in a statement included in the release.

Later on in the release, Steven Winberg, who serves as the Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy, additionally characterized the gas as "molecules of freedom."

More:
https://www.businessinsider.com/department-of-energy-calls-natural-gas-freedom-gas-2019-5

[TygrBright]

1. Don't worry- they'll leave a few "sub-atomic particles of freedom" for the MAGAts. n/t

[PoliticAverse]

2. Americans have a right to fart! n/t

[Dave Starsky]

5. The one thing I love most about going to the zoo...

Is that you can fart all you want and no one knows that it's you.

That, my friend, is real "freedom gas".

[trusty elf]

31. ....

[left-of-center2012]

3. Give credit where credit is due

I set free some gas on occasion.

[PoliticAverse]

6. Proudly ?...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fart_Proudly

[SoCalNative]

4. Is freedom gas what you get

after having consumed too many freedom fries?

[Archae]

8. No, too much "Liberty Cabbage."

(They renamed sauerkraut this during WW1.)

[Aristus]

9. I've said it before:

Stick a little sign reading: 'FREEDOM' in a pile of dogshit, and right-wingers will gobble it down and beg for more...

[bronxiteforever]

10. Freedom gas

[EveHammond13]

12. LOL

[sakabatou]

28. XD

[EveHammond13]

11. Freedom Farts

[marble falls]

13. He sounds like he's been sniffing to much freedom gas.

[BlueIdaho]

14. What a complete idiot.

Rebranding natural gas Will has as much lasting impact as relabeling French fries freedom fries. It’s stupid, it’s embarrassing, and it’s going to last one news cycle.

[NickB79]

15. Freedom.....from polar ice caps!

Freedom....from arable land and fresh water.

Freedom.....from rainforests.

Freedom.....from coral reefs.

Freedom for our children and grandchildren..... from living.

[ancianita]

16. What do they think, we're SIX??

[AtheistCrusader]

17. After the outright lies about WMD's that got us into Iraq, this is perfect.

I can use this to highlight the fact that the info being presented is complete and utter horseshit cloaked in fake patriotism. (Remember Freedom Fries, because France didn't support the invasion?)

[Nitram]

18. I'll have an order of Freedom Gas with a side of Freedom Fries!

[pazzyanne]

19. Hmmm, I wonder what tRump's coal miners think about this "new" stand.

[Kind of Blue]

20. Good Grief! Laughing now but crying later.

[paleotn]

21. What a minute....

Do the coal guys in WV know about this? They're not that happy about fracked gas.

[eggplant]

22. Freedom fires.

[TeamPooka]

23. "views domestic natural gas production as a tool to spread prosperity and liberty." For Exxon/Mobil

the gas oil industry owns us.

[Marthe48]

24. Remember 'freedom fries'?

In 2003, France opposed going to war with Iraq. So the repuke oppressors at the time tried to stir up nationalism by proclaiming that from then forward, 'muricans would call French fries freedom fries. My husband said they could freedom kiss his ass. This idiocy reminds me of that idiocy.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

25. Freedom gas is what I get when I eat beans.

[JDC]

26. When they play to the jingoism crowd, you know they are up to something

A scam is afoot

[maddogesq]

27. My response:

I have some “freedom gas” that I would like to “release” in response to this utter BS.😎

[JohnnyRingo]

29. I know what he calls it during election season.

"Lobbyist money".

Bless his patriotic little heart.

[YOHABLO]

30. Oh really? Free gas you say? Where can I get some?

[Gumboot]

32. I'm reminded of Billy Connolly's great line:

"Laugh, and the world laughs with you.

Fart, and you fart alone..."

[riversedge]

33. 'Every day another tRump lie is re-branded truth. #TrumpResignNow'.....

Totally appalled!




US energy department rebrands fossil fuels as 'molecules of freedom' https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/may/29/energy-department-molecules-freedom-fossil-fuel-rebranding … “spreading freedom gas throughout the world by giving America’s allies a diverse and affordable source of clean energy,” Every day another tRump lie is re-branded truth. #TrumpResignNow

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