Whoa. I had no idea the US was currently producing anywhere near as much fuel as it consumed, much less actually producing more. All my life I've heard people worrying about our dependence on foreign fuel. Wow.
Yeah, I was just thinking "And here I thought there was no way we'd ever achieve energy independence, but it turned out all we needed to do was trash our economy and there we are! .... Wait."
At least we haven't trashed it to Mad Max levels yet. :)
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Date: 2011-11-30 02:04 am (UTC)At least we haven't trashed it to Mad Max levels yet. :)
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Date: 2011-11-30 02:27 am (UTC)