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32. Not really

Mon Jul 21, 2014, 01:50 PM

Jul 2014

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Oil consumption has been dropping since 2006 rather steadily, there might be month to month spikes, but the overall trend is downward.

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U.S. Becomes Biggest Oil Producer After Overtaking Saudi Arabia [View all] peoli Jul 2014 OP

Yeah, it makes me the opposite of proud, whatever that is. peoli Jul 2014 #2

So when can we tell the Saudis to piss off? roamer65 Jul 2014 #3

And we're apparently INCREASING our consumption of it. arcane1 Jul 2014 #4

Not really JonGeb Jul 2014 #32

No one wins except oil producers and their stockholders Auggie Jul 2014 #5

Poison billhicks76 Jul 2014 #15

almost all for export nt msongs Jul 2014 #6

Keystone XL Pipeline: Oil for Export, not for US Energy Security Divernan Jul 2014 #19

IF the US overtook anyone it was Russia : not Saudi. dipsydoodle Jul 2014 #10

Agree Strelnikov_ Jul 2014 #17

Find me a rethug who isn't still screaming "Drill baby, drill!" IDemo Jul 2014 #8

So we drilled our brains out. Where's the cheap oil? n2doc Jul 2014 #11

They are the main reason we are in the boat we are in and cstanleytech Jul 2014 #31

Why am I still paying so much then? EEO Jul 2014 #12

Imagine swilton Jul 2014 #13

And here we are... Plucketeer Jul 2014 #14

Too bad we aren't the biggest renewable energy producer. Warren Stupidity Jul 2014 #18

We've been there before tabasco Jul 2014 #20

Burning oil isnt evil............... cstanleytech Jul 2014 #30

"surge in U.S. oil production" Martin Eden Jul 2014 #22

that explains why the gasoline prices have plummetted Enrique Jul 2014 #23

Gasoline is "only" $3.25 here in Minnesota NickB79 Jul 2014 #24

K&R DeSwiss Jul 2014 #29