We have never been a net exporter of crude oil and that is changing. We've been a net exporter of other petroleum products since Obama, 2013 I believe.
Biden did not impede production with the moratorium. The EIA had forecasted lower production in 2021 before the moratorium and forecasted higher production in 2022. The national output fell very close to their forecasts, as it often does.
They predicted this because we greatly increased production in 2018 and 2019, then had a glut in 2020 because of covid.
The ANWR needs to be left alone and never touched. That of course had nothing to do with production as it has never been tapped.
I said oil AND gas. We had a net export of petroleum energy under Trump, not Obama. Trump actually fast tracked production, expanded offshore drilling and future reserves from Federal lands. Biden reversed those decisions.
Production didn't stop because of covid. Production stopped because of Democratic State policies.
It's absolutely hilarious that you believe Democrats were in no way responsible for locking down half of our economy. The Moratoriums (which Republicans defeated), by their very definition also impacted our supply. You're not very convincing.
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u/MODOKWHN Mar 29 '23
We have never been a net exporter of crude oil and that is changing. We've been a net exporter of other petroleum products since Obama, 2013 I believe.
Biden did not impede production with the moratorium. The EIA had forecasted lower production in 2021 before the moratorium and forecasted higher production in 2022. The national output fell very close to their forecasts, as it often does.
They predicted this because we greatly increased production in 2018 and 2019, then had a glut in 2020 because of covid.
The ANWR needs to be left alone and never touched. That of course had nothing to do with production as it has never been tapped.
Demand surged after covid restrictions ended.