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And inhibit the use of natural gas in new homes. That would be California's version.

After such and such a date, natural gas will no longer be used in heating or water supplies

for new homes. However, there are other uses for liquefied natural gas, for natural gas.

And one of them is liquefication. What do you do with it? I welcome Bud Weinstein. Retired

former economist for SMU Cox School of Business. But is my guide on energy sources. And we

have a lot of natural gas and now it's finding its way. But a very good evening to, and

last week spoke, there was a flotilla, even several flotillas of liquefied natural gas, ships

headed for Europe because the price was meteorically rising. You now bring to my attention

that the US has now achieved a landmark in liquefied natural gas. What does it mean

that we're now the world's top exporter? What is that success about? Good evening to you,

Bud.

Yes, good evening, John. Well, it's surprising, but maybe it's not so surprising. We know

the US as the world's number one producer of natural gas and lo and behold, we're now

the world's number one exporter of liquefied natural gas. If you're going to sell natural

gas abroad, you can't run a pipeline under the Pacific or the Atlantic Ocean, but you

can liquefied and put it in these specialized tankers and deliver huge cargoes around

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