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The US imports <1% of its gasoline: https://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/pet_sum_snd_a_epm0f_mbbl_a_cur.htm https://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/pet_sum_snd_a_epm0f_mbbl_a_cur.
by jcranmer 4y ago
The US imports <1% of its gasoline: https://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/pet_sum_snd_a_epm0f_mbbl_a_cur.htm https://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/pet_sum_snd_a_epm0f_mbbl_a_cur.... (compare ~39M barrels of gasoline imported versus 3,477M barrels produced domestically). The US is in fact a net exporter of refined petroleum products, which means we (on net) buy crude oil to refine it in the country for other countries to use.
- Brybry 4y agoAnd our big refineries are often not in remote areas either. If you look at the top 5 refineries[1] they're relatively near population centers in the hundreds of thousands to millions of people (ex. Baton Rouge, New Orleans, Houston), and 4 of them are a football field away from residential neighborhoods. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petroleum_refining_in_the_United_States#:~:text=Largest%20petroleum%20refineries https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petroleum_refining_in_the_Unit...