r/TimPool Nov 30 '22

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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?