ReferenceAny4836 t1_iuin1r1 wrote on October 31, 2022 at 4:48 PM

Reply to comment by itsonlyastrongbuzz in New England Utility Urges Biden to Declare Emergency to Avoid Fuel Shortage by Nobiting

Jesus Christ. It's worse than I thought. I thought it was insane that we were exporting LNG to Europe without right of first refusal for Americans. But it turns out, we're not even allowed to buy American LNG in the first place? For fuck's sake.

dtmfadvice t1_iuir98m wrote on October 31, 2022 at 5:16 PM

This may be repeating someone above but - the Jones Act requires that shipping stuff by sea between US ports must be done on US-made, US-flagged boats. There aren't many of those boats for any kind of cargo, but there are none at all that can carry LNG. So, it's legal to ship... just not legal to ship in any sensible or cost-effective way.

This has been a huge problem for Puerto Rico for ages because it makes EVERYTHING there a lot more expensive. But it's a giveaway to a couple of important donors and lobbyists, so, you know, fuck them kids. They don't have a congressman to bribe, so who gives a fuck?

SkiingAway t1_iuivb1e wrote on October 31, 2022 at 5:42 PM

Eh, it's a minor footnote in PR's many issues, not really the cause of them.

Hawaii is more than twice as far from CA.

itsonlyastrongbuzz t1_iujk3er wrote on October 31, 2022 at 8:28 PM

>Hawaii is more than twice as far from CA

Sort of making the argument that PR would benefit tremendously from Jones Act repeal, as it’s far closer to American ports?