Headlines LIke These Really Annoy Me -- July 25, 2015

This is the tweeted headline from EIA a few minutes ago:

Trinidad and Tobago provides approximately two-thirds of #LNG #imports to the United States #EnergyFacts http://go.usa.gov/3G2ZC

Of course that got my attention. With all the natural gas the US is producing, the EIA tweets that Trinidad and Tobago provides about two-thirds of the US natural gas imports. What gives?

Wow.

When you go to the linked story:

The United States imports and exports LNG. Sometimes LNG originally imported to the United States is re-exported to other destinations where prices are higher. In 2014, the United States imported about 59 billion cubic feet (Bcf) of LNG and exported 16 Bcf of LNG.

The net imports of 43 Bcf of LNG contributed about 0.2% of total U.S. natural gas consumption in 2014.

About 95% of LNG imports were from Trinidad and Tobago, Yemen, and Norway.

A note from the EIA telling us that two-thirds of natural gas imported into the US comes from T&T, only to find out total NG imports represents 0.02% of total US NG use, is about as useful as a tweet from Dennis Rodman telling us he supports Donald Trump. This is one of the reasons I discontinued following twitter for such a long time, until a reader suggested I follow John Kemp. Which I now do. And I'm thrilled with his tweets.

But the EIA tweets: incredibly lame. Not all, I suppose, but certainly a lot.

By the way: imported LNG contributed about 0.2% of total US natural consumption. Compare with EIA noting that solar energy accounts for about 0.4% total electricity production.

The only thing this post is good for is a song:

Dead Flowers, Townes Van Zandt