Natural gas prices rise as US ships supplies to Europe while Biden blocks drilling

 Fox Business:

Current natural gas market conditions could signal pain for consumers this winter and sustained issues for years to come, according to energy economists interviewed by FOX Business.

The experts said the energy crisis in Europe, in part caused by Russia's invasion of Ukraine, will continue to hurt consumers in the U.S. through the winter as global natural gas and oil supplies are strained. They also noted that the green energy push heralded by the Biden administration and several state governments will further lead to decreased and more unreliable energy supplies, pushing future prices higher.

"The biggest problem is that the shortage in Europe is driving up prices, and prices are set globally," Diana Furchtgott-Roth, the director of the Heritage Foundation's Center for Energy, Climate and Environment, told FOX Business in an interview. "Because natural gas prices are higher globally, we are exporting more, and that's driving up prices here."

"At the same time, we are putting forward a number of policies that discourage our companies from producing," she continued. "Reasonable people might think that if there were a natural gas shortage in Europe, the United States would do as much as it can to increase production here."

The National Energy Assistance Directors Association (NEADA) projected last week that the average cost of home heating across all fuels, including gas, heating oil and propane, would spike 17.2% this winter compared to last year. The group further projected home heating costs to be more than 35% higher than they were two years ago.

NEADA Executive Director Mark Wolfe said the higher prices would force millions of lower-income families to choose between paying for food, medicine and rent.

EUROPE'S GREEN ENERGY POLICIES STRENGTHENED PUTIN, MICHAEL SHELLENBERGER SAYS

Driven largely by higher natural gas prices, electricity prices are also expected to be up compared to last year. Overall, consumers are forecasted to spend nearly 8% more for electricity year-over-year in 2022, according to the Energy Information Administration (EIA).
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The movement toward green energy has been a blunder both in Europe and the US.  We should be increasing production in the US to supply Europe.  Driving up the price of doing that by restriction production is just idiotic.   Whether Europe is consuming Russian gas or US gas has no different impact on the environment.  It is absurd to restrict US production to please Big Green.  It is in fact a fools' errand.

See, also:

BlackRock CEO Hails High Energy Prices For ‘Accelerating’ Green Transition

A green transition is a fool's errand.  It does more damage to the US economy while doing little to nothing to benefit the environment. 

And:

Green Energy Transition Hits the Wall

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