Why? Geopolitics. You can't influence others without leverage and you can't tariff oil and expect others not to tariff other things you need. You tariff crude e

Why? Geopolitics. You can't influence others without leverage and you can't tariff oil and expect others not to tariff other things you need. You tariff crude export but maybe you need to export gasoline/benzene and they tariff you back. There is also the consideration of reserves, when consuming more you want to consume others' more so your finite crude supply won't run out before theirs (decades from now). Either way, death to fossil fuels!!