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phragomax on June 22, 2018 | parent | context | favorite | on: Methane leaks from US gas fields dwarf government ...

What has energy independence actually done for America? We are still fighting wars in the Middle East.

For decades people were saying we need to end reliance on foreign oil. Well, we've ended it. What has that gotten us besides underpriced gasoline?

pretendscholar on June 22, 2018 [–]

Cheap energy inputs make everything else cheaper.

craftyguy on June 23, 2018 | [–]

Financially cheap (in the short term), but environmentally very, very expensive.

gonvaled on June 23, 2018 | | [–]

Don't worry, the rest of the world carries the cost - more so now that the US is out of Paris.

Then the US likes to point out how "unfairly" they are being treated on trade ...

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