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But we don't buy those natural resources from other coutries

• strictnein 10y ago
  A lot of oil is imported for the refineries to process. https://stateimpact.npr.org/texas/2014/10/28/why-is-the-u-s-still-importing-so-much-oil/ https://stateimpact.npr.org/texas/2014/10/28/why-is-the-u-s-...
  • intrasight 10y ago
    I stand corrected
• PietdeVries 10y ago
  With the drop in oil prices from the past years, getting oil out of the ground in the US became too expensive. A lot of newly installed sites were closed because they could only operate efficiently with an oil price near $80 a barrel. I am quite sure the US imports a lot of oil... Edit: quick results from 2015: 25% is imported. https://www.eia.gov/tools/faqs/faq.cfm?id=32&t=6 https://www.eia.gov/tools/faqs/faq.cfm?id=32&t=6
  • tracker1 10y ago
    And when resources start running out elsewhere, it will eventually shift back, that isn't necessarily a bad thing.
  • knz 10y ago
    Isn't that part of why Republicans are pushing for increased exploration/extraction in many of the public lands found in the west/Alaska?