(cont'd from yesterday's post)
As poverty declines and living standards around the world improve, global demand for energy is increasing. Natural gas is cheap and clean, a very good solution. America has lots of it.
So the obvious next step is to export. U.S. law banning the export of natural gas was changed, and then the first shipment was made in March 2016. One blogger says that "from a climate change and human development standpoint, it's a moral obligation to export a modern fuel like natural gas."
Technology makes the shipment of natural gas possible and practical. When it is cooled to 162 degrees below zero (C), it becomes a liquid (LNG) and takes up 600x less volume. Here is Shell's overview of the process:
(cont'd tomorrow, the city that prefers to bring in natural gas from 4500 miles away)
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