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Re:Trump Administration Approves a Plan to Drill for Oil in ... by creaghpatr on Sunday October 28, 2018 @02:58PM (#18322265)
Less cynical translation: responsibly developing our resources will make us less reliant on countries like Saudi Arabia, which murdered a journalist, and whose resources have since been branded ‘blood money’
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Re:Trump Administration Approves a Plan to Drill for Oil in ... by runarberg on Sunday October 28, 2018 @03:15PM (#18322389)
Less cynical, true. But also, less apt.

There is no real need for arctic oil, nor Saudi oil for that matter. There are other, easier and cheaper, ways to replace Saudi oil then digging for it in the Arctic.

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Re:Trump Administration Approves a Plan to Drill for Oil in ... by berbec on Sunday October 28, 2018 @05:01PM (#18323170)
The United States imports 9% of our yearly crude from Saudi Arabia. More than three times as much comes from the polite, hockey-loving neighbors to the north. [1]

1: https://www.eia.gov/tools/faqs/faq.php?id=727&t=6

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