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Re:America produces enough oil to meet its needs, so why do ... by phendrenad2 on Tuesday March 08, 2022 @01:39PM (#30603967)
That only makes sense if you're looking at a snapshot in time and try to make sense of it. It's too simplistic to explain this situation if it persists over time. Which, well, it's too early to tell. US domestic oil production ha so only matched import volume for the first time ever in 2020[1]. I expect that if the US keeps production high, eventually the cost of domestic production will reach an equilibrium and the benefit of locality and less transport costs will force the US to use its own oil.

[1] - https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6d/US_oil_p...

Re:America produces enough oil to meet its needs, so why do ... by dlp211 on Tuesday March 08, 2022 @03:35PM (#30606468)
A lot of oil produced in the US cannot be used in the US. It's too dirty and so gets shipped to countries with less environmental protections in place.