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SergeStorms

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3. Wait. Isn't the U.S. energy independent?

Reply to iemanja (Original post)

Thu Apr 22, 2021, 10:07 PM

Apr 2021

With all of the lovely fracking going on everywhere in the country, I thought we were energy independent? Oh, that's right, they're exporting all of that natural gas because they can sell it for more overseas. So I guess that leaves people in the U.S. open to price gouging by the energy companies that taxpayers subsidize?

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Minnesota gasps at the financial damage it faces from the Texas freeze [View all] iemanja Apr 2021 OP

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Remember when we were told that deregulation would be so good for consumers? dflprincess Apr 2021 #5

Wait. Isn't the U.S. energy independent? SergeStorms Apr 2021 #3

+1 Ferrets are Cool Apr 2021 #4

Gas and oil extracted in the USA is not "ours". rickford66 Apr 2021 #6