[whitej125]

Live near Boston. Natural gas is the predominant energy source for heat and electricity[0]. The NG pipeline that feeds this geography is too small[1] so LNG is shipped in[2]. Sadly, while the US is one of the larger producers of LNG in the world market[3] we are not able to purchase US LNG be of restrictions from the Jones Act (the ships themselves are not domestic made or flagged).

What I don't know is all the ins and outs of whats preventing domestic ship building or flagging or maybe the northeast energy market just isn't big enough.

[0] https://www.iso-ne.com/about/key-stats/resource-mix/ [1] https://www.wbur.org/news/2023/09/22/enbridge-weymouth-compr... [2] https://www.balticshipping.com/vessel/imo/9230062 [3] https://www.worldometers.info/gas/gas-production-by-country/