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Off Topic / Re: We's prolly spad00dled..
« Last post by tp4tissue on Sun, 19 April 2026, 19:11:02 »This is a remarkably stupid endeavor, the US is NOT energy independent.
Most of our production growth has been tight oil, no suitable for DIESEL, AND our refineries can't even refine it. So they're only suitable for plastics and shipped overseas.
We actually import 40% of our oil. and this MUST be imported, you can't alter refineries over night, they're logistical nightmares.
EVEN if we wanted to, the US is trash-tier when it comes to infrastructure investment/construction, and has easily the HIGHEST labor cost.
Altering giant facilities such as this, takes 10-15 years. Even if you had China do it, you're looking at 2-3 years.
Most of our production growth has been tight oil, no suitable for DIESEL, AND our refineries can't even refine it. So they're only suitable for plastics and shipped overseas.
We actually import 40% of our oil. and this MUST be imported, you can't alter refineries over night, they're logistical nightmares.
EVEN if we wanted to, the US is trash-tier when it comes to infrastructure investment/construction, and has easily the HIGHEST labor cost.
Altering giant facilities such as this, takes 10-15 years. Even if you had China do it, you're looking at 2-3 years.

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