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The European Energy Crisis Is About To Go Global<\/a><\/h3>\n
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It was only a matter of time, really. In a globalized world, energy crunches can hardly remain regionally contained for very long, especially in a context of damaged supply chains and a rush to cut investment in fossil fuels. The energy crunch that began in Europe earlier this month may now be on its way to America.\u00a0For now, all is well with one of the world’s top gas producers. U.S. gas exporters have enjoyed a solid increase in demand from Asia and Europe as the recovery in economic activity pushed demand for electricity higher. According to a recent Financial Times\u00a0report<\/a>, there is a veritable bidding war for U.S. cargos of liquefied natural gas between Asian and European buyers\u2014and the Asians are winning.<\/p>\n

Coal exports are on the rise, too, and have been for a while now, especially after a political spat had China shun Australian coal. But supply is tightening, Argus\u00a0reported<\/a>\u00a0earlier this month. In July, according to the report, U.S. coking coal exports dropped by as much as 20.3 percent from June. The report noted supply was constrained by producers’ limited access to funding and a labor shortage that has plagued many industries amid the pandemic.<\/p>\n

All this should be good news for U.S. producers of fossil fuels. But it may easily become bad news as winter approaches. The Wall Street Journal’s Jinjoo Lee\u00a0wrote<\/a>\u00a0earlier this week high energy prices could be the next hot import for the United States. Lee cited\u00a0data<\/a>\u00a0showing gas inventory replenishment was running below average rates for this season, and gas in storage in early September was 7.4 percent below the five-year average.<\/p>\n

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