re: EIA: US Crude Exports Reached Record High 1st Half 2023

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The OP article explicitly states the US is a net crude oil importer. I understand your beliefs, but I hope you understand that I'll take the word of a published article over a Tigerdroppings poster's Wednesday morning beliefs.

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He is right that we are producing all time high levels. You understand that producing at an all time high does not remove the need to import due to logistics right?

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The OP article explicitly states the US is a net crude oil importer. I understand your beliefs, but I hope you understand that I'll take the word of a published article

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The fact is that the US produces more oil than it uses in a day. That is indisputable.

We will not ever likely get to a point of energy independence though. We’d need more refineries for that and that ain’t happening.

Also, oil is produced by private/public companies and not the government. No one can tell chevron that they can’t sell their US produced oil to Europe, or China, or Japan…

So the whole “energy independence” thing is a misnomer. It means nothing