Source: US energy department rebrands fossil fuels as 'molecules of freedom' | Business | The Guardian It’s unclear if members of the Trump administration attempting to assign patriotic intentions to natural gas are aware of the silliness of the concept, but Rick Perry seems to believe in it. “Seventy-five years after liberating Europe from Nazi Germany occupation, the United States is again delivering a form of freedom to the European continent,” the energy secretary said earlier this month, according to EURACTV. “And rather than in the form of young American soldiers, it’s in the form of liquefied natural gas.” Ask the Japanese. Bob Wilson
Methane == Freedom articles are sprouting all over the darn place. Seems too early to choose funniest. == Perhaps interesting to consider details about how some of world's strangest bacteria convert gooey hydrocarbons to methane. Not with this gang though. No offense == I'm reachin' high instead. Under this new terminology, methane leaks and production flaring will be assailed as squandered freedom. And cleaned up.