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by ch_123 2108 days ago
The US alone consumes tens of millions of barrels a day according to the US govt[1] so this claim of "1,400 barrels of crude oil - enough to supply the civilizaton's energy needs for hundreds of millions of years" is very far off the mark.

[1] https://www.eia.gov/tools/faqs/faq.php?id=709&t=6