Investopedia: The Next Energy Debate - Should The U.S. Pass Gas?

Energy is an essential component to modern life, so it's not all that surprising that there are heated debates over energy policy. In years past, the United States has seen debates over energy efficiency (and the extent to which the government should require/force it), renewable energy, whether to subsidize biofuels, whether and where to build more refineries, whether to drill in protected areas, whether to permit fracking and so on.

Now a new debate is heating up and pitting industry against industry. The question is whether the U.S. government should place any limits on exports of natural gas in the form of liquefied natural gas (LNG). Potentially billions of dollars are at stake and the resolution of this question will go a long way toward determining just who claims those billions.

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Can The U.S. Switch To Natural Gas?

There is nothing like a big oil spill (or several years of high gasoline prices) to get investors and some environmentalists talking about natural gas again. The arguments have been around for years and go something like this: Natural gas is relatively abundant in the United States, it can offer positive pollution trade-offs to oil and gasoline, and it is the only immediate option with a reasonable chance to supplant imported oil in powering vehicles. 

As another summer has rolled by, however, North America really does not seem all that much closer to the sort of natural gas-fueled future that people like T. Boone Pickens would recommend. Still, for those investors who believe in the possibility, there are a few investment plays to explore while the idea is still in its extended infancy.

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