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Just through the 60s? I'm pretty sure the US consumed more oil than it produced all the way into late 2018 when it became a net exporter: https://www.wsj.com/a
by SilasX 7y ago
Just through the 60s? I'm pretty sure the US consumed more oil than it produced all the way into late 2018 when it became a net exporter:
https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-becomes-net-exporter-of-oil-fuels-for-first-time-in-decades-1544128404 https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-becomes-net-exporter-of-oil...
Edit: Nevermind, misread the sentence. Keeping this for the link.
- frank2 7y agoRight, now look at where "from" and "to" are in my sentence. During and for years after WWII, the US was a major net exporter of oil, which is why I felt the need to specify the approximate start (some time in the 1950s or early 1960s) of the US's dependence on imported oil.