US Pays $3/mBtu for Gas vs $30+ in Europe: Cheap North American Energy as an AI Investment Edge
2C_ornot2C · x · 2026-11-07
A widely shared energy economics observation notes European and Asian consumers are now paying over $30 per million Btu for natural gas, while US buyers pay around $3/mBtu and Canadian costs are even lower at about $1.5/mBtu.
This price gap is a major competitive advantage for North American energy-intensive industry and for attracting AI data-center investment—though the poster argues industrial carbon taxes and Clean Electricity Regulations have undermined it in Canada.
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