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That's an amazing graph. The other side of the same story is the US production of oil: https://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/hist/LeafHandler.ashx?n=PET&s=WCRFPUS2&f=W
by sword_smith 7y ago
That's an amazing graph. The other side of the same story is the US production of oil:
https://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/hist/LeafHandler.ashx?n=PET&s=WCRFPUS2&f=W https://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/hist/LeafHandler.ashx?n=PET&s=W...
- dmurray 7y agoIt's up about 40% since 1985? That seems really low. Population is up 33% since then.
- sword_smith 7y agoYes. US oil production fell from around 1971 until the fracking boom took off in 2008. Remember when everybody talked about Peak Oil? That's where it came from. https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=37416 https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=37416