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Old 09-21-2024, 08:30 AM
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Energy independence is a myth. We buy foreign oil because the oil we produce is not appropriate for some uses. Some refineries can’t operate on the light sweet oil we produce in the US, thus we import oil. We also export oil.

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Originally Posted by Marine1974 View Post
I disagree, when the government moves away from energy independence and buys foreign oil, freight costs go up on all items sold . When oil prices jumped from $30 a barrel to $130 a barrel, Russia, Iran , Syria , Saudi Arabia and other bad actors financed their wars and terrorist groups . Meanwhile our government started pumping billions into the military industrial complex.