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by hvb2 46 days ago
The US is an exporter of oil, so no US state will run out.

However, you do pay the market price.
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greenavocado 46 days ago
California is very poorly connected to the rest of the country in terms of pipelines https://www.bts.gov/sites/bts.dot.gov/files/2021-03/U.S.%20P...
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doug_durham 46 days ago
Yes it is a net exporter of oil, but not oil for gasoline. The use is a net importer of oil used for gasoline. That's because oil companies have chosen to not make the investments needed to refine domestic oil. We have to import for that.
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repelsteeltje 46 days ago
The article mentions that California no longer is. Due to closures it is now a net importer of oil.
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hvb2 46 days ago
Sure, I'm trying to say that the US is not dependent on oil from the middle east, it produces a lot by itself
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daedrdev 46 days ago
CA mandates its own blend which it is dependent on imports for
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