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about 2% of US oil comes from Russia, so please don't act like we're a huge consumer of that. Everyone knows we buy Saudi Oil, and we have for decades, so no hu
by stjohnswarts 5y ago
about 2% of US oil comes from Russia, so please don't act like we're a huge consumer of that. Everyone knows we buy Saudi Oil, and we have for decades, so no huge secret. Also keep "Europe down" is BS. Europeans are adults they can do wha they want. the heartland theory is garbage and many many historians and contemporary political scientists feel the same. Europe also buys Russian and Saudi Oil, probably in larger amounts than the USA so don't blame their ills on us. Again no one has forced them to ally with the USA.
- splintercell 5y agoBut oil is fungible. This means you can’t really make statements such as we only buy 2% oil from Russia. Scott Adams even made a strip for bad thinking like this: Dilbert: I'm thinking about buying a more fuel-efficient car. Dogbert: Why? Dilbert: It's my patriotic duty to reduce this country's dependence on foreign sources of oil. Dogbert: Why? Dilbert: Because then the countries that hate us will have less money to fund terrorists. Dogbert: Actually, developing countries would buy the oil you saved. Thus adequately funding those same terrorists. Dilbert: At least I wouldn't be funding them myself. Dogbert: Oil is a fungible commodity. The capitalist system virtually guarantees that you'll end up buying the lowest cost oil from sources unknown to you. Dilbert: Well, maybe, but I want my car to make a statement. Dogbert: And the statement would be "Hey, everyone, I don't understand what fungible means." ————— Also you’re incorrect about US buying Saudi oil. Most of our oil did not come from Saudi Arabia.