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lostincalifornia

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2. They can only do that for a short time. Actual shortages are already occurring, and they will get worse if this

Reply to gab13by13 (Reply #1)

Mon Apr 13, 2026, 08:18 AM

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continues. Currently the US is considered energy independent, and has been a net energy exporter since 2019, producing more energy than it consumes, however, oil prices here are not immune from global price volatility, and prices have gone up here because of trump's Iran war, and the longer it persists, the higher they will go.

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The blockade and this statement from Iran, gab13by13 Yesterday #1

They can only do that for a short time. Actual shortages are already occurring, and they will get worse if this lostincalifornia Yesterday #2

The US is oil independent gab13by13 Yesterday #3

Trumps art at triggering more madness and death. Passages Yesterday #4

Of course they do. Really, what choice do they have? Scrivener7 Yesterday #5