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Re:Methane leaks from US gas fields dwarf government estimates by phragomax on Friday June 22, 2018 @06:33PM (#17378054)
What has energy independence actually done for America? We are still fighting wars in the Middle East.

For decades people were saying we need to end reliance on foreign oil. Well, we've ended it. What has that gotten us besides underpriced gasoline?

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Re:Methane leaks from US gas fields dwarf government estimates by pretendscholar on Friday June 22, 2018 @07:46PM (#17378489)
Cheap energy inputs make everything else cheaper.
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Re:Methane leaks from US gas fields dwarf government estimates by craftyguy on Friday June 22, 2018 @08:29PM (#17378682)
Financially cheap (in the short term), but environmentally very, very expensive.
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Re:Methane leaks from US gas fields dwarf government estimates by gonvaled on Saturday June 23, 2018 @02:44AM (#17379899)
Don't worry, the rest of the world carries the cost - more so now that the US is out of Paris.

Then the US likes to point out how "unfairly" they are being treated on trade ...

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