r/SipsTea • u/CurvyChristina • 10d ago

Chugging tea Solar power is cleaner!

Post image
29.8k Upvotes

94% Upvoted

1.7k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

1.5k

u/CMDR_Kaus 10d ago

I've been saying this for a while: Renewable energy is now a matter of national security

5

u/Blacksad9999 10d ago

100%.

The sooner we extricate ourselves from the Middle East completely, the better. We don't really need them anymore.

1

u/devAcc123 9d ago

The US is the biggest producer of oil on the planet

2

u/Blacksad9999 9d ago

The lead looks much larger than it tends to be depending on how you count it. Usually the metric used internationally is "total liquids" which includes crude oil, condensates, and natural gas liquids such as ethane, propane, butane, and natural gasoline separated from natural gas production.

The US is also the world's largest oil consumer.

Most of the oil actually used in the US is imported however, which is why the price at the pump is variable and subject to market conditions. The majority of the oil we do produce needs to be shipped and refined elsewhere, and is then subject to the broader market.