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As the United States sanctions Russian oil, because Russia is the bad guy, the admin is seeking oil from Saudi Arabia.

dmingod666 5y ago
International law and human rights are for : - poor/light weight countries - adversaries and competition For the self and allies there is only: - Rule of law only until it comes in the way of Self interest -- in contention, self interest always trumps. With this rule-set a lot of things make sense.
myko 5y ago
SA in Yemen and Russia in Ukraine are both horrible, and the US needs to not rely on either country. Unfortunately, we are years away from that - decades maybe, and attempts to move to green / renewable energy within the US are too few and too slow to speed that up. I hope that changes soon.
- enaaem 5y ago
  Thanks to shale the US is actually near energy independent.
  - zdragnar 5y ago
    If we had the refineries for it, sure. With the EPA and Democratic party, building enough refinery capacity is a fantasy. As it is, we'll need to settle for exporting what we can't use very well and importing what we can make better use of, until we have sufficient battery capacity tied to grids and EVs are plentiful and cheap.
- Retric 5y ago
  The US has zero need for such foreign oil right now with imports and exports very close to balancing out since 2020. However, we are connected to the global oil market so our prices rise and fall with global prices.
  - zdragnar 5y ago
    We are also projected to be a met importer soon from what I have heard. Keystone wasnt the only project that got binned in Biden's early days. That said, without an absurdly massive investment in refineries, we would still be exporting a lot of it and importing much of what we actually refined.
landemva 5y ago
Horrific and USA should sanction Saudi Arabia and their oil. Feds actively restrict the domestic energy industry which increases demand for Saudi energy. https://www.cnbc.com/2022/02/24/biden-administration-pausing-new-oil-and-gas-leases-amid-legal-battle-.html https://www.cnbc.com/2022/02/24/biden-administration-pausing... No real surprise, as Biden promised to restrict USA energy while campaigning. https://joebiden.com/9-key-elements-of-joe-bidens-plan-for-a-clean-energy-revolution/ https://joebiden.com/9-key-elements-of-joe-bidens-plan-for-a...

International law and human rights are for : - poor/light weight countries - adversaries and competition For the self and allies there is only: - Rule of law only until it comes in the way of Self interest -- in contention, self interest always trumps. With this rule-set a lot of things make sense.

myko 5y ago

SA in Yemen and Russia in Ukraine are both horrible, and the US needs to not rely on either country. Unfortunately, we are years away from that - decades maybe, and attempts to move to green / renewable energy within the US are too few and too slow to speed that up. I hope that changes soon.

enaaem 5y ago
Thanks to shale the US is actually near energy independent.
- zdragnar 5y ago
  If we had the refineries for it, sure. With the EPA and Democratic party, building enough refinery capacity is a fantasy. As it is, we'll need to settle for exporting what we can't use very well and importing what we can make better use of, until we have sufficient battery capacity tied to grids and EVs are plentiful and cheap.
Retric 5y ago
The US has zero need for such foreign oil right now with imports and exports very close to balancing out since 2020. However, we are connected to the global oil market so our prices rise and fall with global prices.
- zdragnar 5y ago
  We are also projected to be a met importer soon from what I have heard. Keystone wasnt the only project that got binned in Biden's early days. That said, without an absurdly massive investment in refineries, we would still be exporting a lot of it and importing much of what we actually refined.

landemva 5y ago

Horrific and USA should sanction Saudi Arabia and their oil. Feds actively restrict the domestic energy industry which increases demand for Saudi energy. https://www.cnbc.com/2022/02/24/biden-administration-pausing-new-oil-and-gas-leases-amid-legal-battle-.html https://www.cnbc.com/2022/02/24/biden-administration-pausing... No real surprise, as Biden promised to restrict USA energy while campaigning. https://joebiden.com/9-key-elements-of-joe-bidens-plan-for-a-clean-energy-revolution/ https://joebiden.com/9-key-elements-of-joe-bidens-plan-for-a...