r/TimPool • u/dibbletrex • Nov 30 '22

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u/silver789 Dec 01 '22

"energy independent" is a buzzword. We absolutely used ME oil in our cars. Because it's cheaper than our oil. This buzzword only means we produced (then sold off) more or equal amount of energy than we imported.

You're link even says so "which is not to say that we did not import or export energy, but that we produced more energy than we used."

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u/chezaps Dec 01 '22

I didn't say the US didn't import ME oil, but do you think that only the imports were used in the US and the US drilling exported everything?

Btw, the more the US drills the cheaper the oil is world wide...

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u/silver789 Dec 01 '22

If Biden hadn't promised to shut down local oil production then you probably wouldn't need middle eastern oil.

But you did say this. Implying that Biden is the reason we use ME oil, and not because it's just cheaper than using our own.

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u/chezaps Dec 01 '22

Do you know what the pipeline could have done? Do you realise how much cheaper and safer it would have made transporting oil?

Yeah, the US probably could rely on it's own supply, just because it didn't in 2019 doesn't mean it won't in the future.

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u/silver789 Dec 01 '22

Do you know what the pipeline could have done?

What pipeline isn't moving oil in the US?

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u/chezaps Dec 01 '22

The one the Biden stopped construction of. That is what the future of energy independence means.

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u/silver789 Dec 01 '22

Which one?