530RL
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Lol guy quotes no sources, Forbes! Must be true right?
Many other sources showed we were exporting in 2018. Funny how this guy's opinion did not matter then?
Here, have a link back atcha~! https://www.forbes.com/sites/arielc...rts-in-september-and-october/?sh=23f223b15f3b
The US was exporting in 2018. It was actually exporting in 2015 when Obama took the ban off US oil exports.
The question addressed in that article is; are we energy independent? And the answer is absolutely no as we have an excess of some products and a shortage of others.
The point is the US is not and will not be “energy independent”. And the reason why is because it is neither efficient, possible nor economical for America to have the necessary capacity of every type of crude and finished product necessary to meet US demand.
American‘s can actually have lower energy costs when they recognize that global trade can improve efficiencies and lower costs to the consumers.
That is the irony of this thread in complaining that gas prices are going up by those who are anti-trade.
What is most important? The lowest costs or energy independence? Because you can not have both.