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Europe is locking itself in to US LNG

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151 points hunglee2 | 1 comments | 16 Sep 25 13:56 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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p2detar ◴[16 Sep 25 14:08 UTC] No.45262474[source]▶
Weren't there discussions to start buying LNG from Canada as well? In fact even Carney spoke about that if I remember correctly.
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goalieca ◴[16 Sep 25 14:20 UTC] No.45262614[source]▶
Trudeau said no for environmental reasons.
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bryanlarsen ◴[16 Sep 25 14:23 UTC] No.45262650[source]▶
He said no because there was no market demand for it, and then reversed position in 2022 when there suddenly became market demand.
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1. goalieca ◴[16 Sep 25 17:20 UTC] No.45265100[source]▶
He was asked by foreign leaders in Europe. He claimed there was demand but at the time Europe was buying Russian gas which was funding Ukraine war and Europe was seeking alternatives.