Re:US gas prices hit an average of $4 a gallon again
by VWWHFSfQ on Monday July 20, 2026 @05:29AM
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Well the US could just pump their wells and outproduce the entire rest of the world in crude oil and refined products like gasoline if it wanted to. Or if it was forced to.
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Re:US gas prices hit an average of $4 a gallon again
by dgellow on Monday July 20, 2026 @05:52AM
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Isn’t that what it already does? At least in 2025 the numbers I see have the US as the top producer
Re:US gas prices hit an average of $4 a gallon again
by throw-qqqqq on Tuesday July 21, 2026 @08:38AM
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> Well the US could just pump their wells and outproduce the entire rest of the world in crude oil
The US is already the largest producer of crude oil in the world.
They took first place around 2018 and is currently ~30% above no. 2 (Saudi Arabia).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_oil_extra...