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> ... even if the US solved its energy problems today ... Observe: We kinda did, as far as geopolitics are concerned anyway (environmentalist concerns may obv
by fennecfoxen 10y ago
> ... even if the US solved its energy problems today ...
Observe: We kinda did, as far as geopolitics are concerned anyway (environmentalist concerns may obviously differ). US net imports of oil are approaching zero, and our neighbor Canada has plenty more.
Here the Financial Times reports on projections that the US will be a net exporter by 2028, and maybe 2019 if the price shoots up: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f6dcbd90-e2bf-11e4-aa1d-00144feab7de.html http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f6dcbd90-e2bf-11e4-aa1d-00144feab7...
- ZenoArrow 10y agoI realise you were responding to a comment about US energy independence, and in that context your point is well made, but in the wider context the US is just one western country, there are plenty of other western countries that will continue to be customers of the Saudis and other countries in the Middle East without changing how they generate energy. US exports alone will not meet the worldwide demand for oil at current rates of consumption. http://www.zdnet.com/article/us-will-not-surpass-saudi-arabias-oil-production-by-2020 http://www.zdnet.com/article/us-will-not-surpass-saudi-arabi...
- njloof 10y agoWe'd better start being nicer to Canada then. Will we see our next President holding hands with Justin Trudeau?