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If only the US was a petrostate, that would solve all our problems.

• eloisant 6mo ago
  I can't tell if you're sarcastic or not! You're aware that the US is the biggest oil producer in the world?
  • Geee 6mo ago
    Not per capita. Norway produces roughly 6x more oil than the US per capita. Also, TIL that Guyana is the world's top oil producer per capita. See: https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/oil-prod-per-capita?country=USA~SAU~KWT~ARE~OWID_EUR~NOR~GUY~QAT https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/oil-prod-per-capita?count...
    • themanualstates 5mo ago
      You're forgetting the us is #1 in producing natural gas, at 1,069,000m3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_natural_gas_production https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_natural_g... Russia and Iran are the second and third largest suppliers, but their goods are sanctioned. They also 'only' produce half / a quarter of US output. Also contrast this with, China (#4) and Qatar (#6) that produce 258 and 170 billion m3 respectively.
  • bigtex88 5mo ago
    "Petrostate" meaning that the proceeds of the petroleum we sell is turned around and used for the betterment of the entire state. I think it's clear what OP was saying and you're being purposefully obtuse about this. It means nothing for the US to be the biggest oil producer in the world when the proceeds and riches of "producing" that oil are hoarded by a small number of oil barons.