Usa won't achieve that. Mostly will be self dependent while in a globalized society. The rest of the world will be like Canada and follow its own design and economy while globalized too.
One important thing to note is: the exports and imports can occour because of the "Jones Act". This law makes SO costly to ship by sea from US to US that it's more efficient to export Oil and import oil than just ship it from one state to another.
@@spaceengineeringempire4086rivers are busy as hell with commerce! The vessels are so specialized for river transport that foreign competition isn't really as viable anyway. But the Jones Act did indeed mothball most the refineries on the East Coast! By not allowing cheap Texas oil, American East Coast refineries were forced to use expensive foreign sweet crude imports. Eastern Canada got to buy cheap Texas sweet crude though. So the foreign competition bankrupted most the American refineries on the East Coast with their cheap gasoline and diesel exports (from USA Crude! Thanks to Jones Act)
Genuinely curious, I had never heard of the Jones Act until I read you comment. What it said is, under the Jones Act, foreign carriers and crews are banned from domestic water routes. Cabotage from one U.S. port to another is restricted to U.S.-built, -crewed and -flagged vessels. The requirement was a protectionist economic strategy designed to assist America's shipyards and maritime fleet. The words foreign carriers implies that the Jones Act refers only to foreign carriers. Was it amended to add domestic? It seems to imply that US built and crewed flagged vessels are exempt. I must be missing something? Any help would be appreciated.
The Jones Act is irrelevant, JPM did an in-depth report on repealing it. By repealing it, that would reduce the cost at the pump by around 10 cents, but I have seen other pro Jones Act reads that say it's closer to 1 cent. If we assume the JPM report is correct using the average fuel economy and the average mileage, the average driver would save $4 a year.
US as usual playing on easy mode. Their biggest challenge isn't having the ressources, it's merely investing a little bit of money into properly making use of them instead of just importing it all.
The US already produces enough Oil and Gas to be 100% self sufficient in the USA. But there is more profit is shipping Gas and OIl to other countries, instead of reducing oil prices in the US.
there are countless laws against exporting oil ..a half dozen agencies all have jurisdiction over the export of oil and they all have to be satisfied before you get a permit @@johnhodgson4216
I don’t think America itself can sustain its gas and oil needs, well it can but for a short period, Tye thing is North America is not really an oil and gas rich continent I mean yes it has a high proven reserves which other countries except Europe haven’t found out yet.. take an example of Iran it has a 2-10 ratio proven reserves ( means that the proven reserves represent the 100% of the 20% area of the whole Iran as a country) and Canada for example has a proven ratio of 8.9-10 and the us with 9-10 ratio
Simpsons just piggybacked on the publics existing idea of nuclear power (but obviously in a more comedic way). After Chernobyl and Three Mile Island (and later Fukushima), People were concerned as they figured any given plant could be next. you are right that pieces of media like the Simpsons and others have done little to help the public image of nuclear energy, its worth remembering where those stereotypes came from
@@beans3665also considering how nuclear plants there are in the world the failure rate is low even though most of the failures were due to human mistakes
@@Smokedouttasian Nuclear is just flashy when it goes bad. The people dying in the coal mines or just inhaling the toxic substances in the air killed millions daily, and yet will still under the radar in the media because it doesnt really gather clicks.
As a superpower who has the capability of space exploration and over 800 bases worldwide, there is 0 reason we should be reliant on any single country for our day-by-day operations, especially anyone in the Middle east.
If you drop oil you legit will find 800 bases no more. You're propping up so many of those nations via oil procurement, they're really gonna welcome you when you have no relationship?
@@michaelcalibri3620yes because most of these countries rely on us for security against a common enemy who will take any opportunity to seize power in the area. For example the monarch’s in the Middle East want protection against Iran. Japan, Korea, and Taiwan against China. NATO against Russia and so on.
@@michaelcalibri3620So it's a win-win. We don't have to worry about being dependent on these idiot countries that latch to us like leeches, AND we get to bring our people home while abandoning foreign countries to their fate. Perfect.
I don’t think America itself can sustain its gas and oil needs, well it can but for a short period, Tye thing is North America is not really an oil and gas rich continent I mean yes it has a high proven reserves which other countries except Europe haven’t found out yet.. take an example of Iran it has a 2-10 ratio proven reserves ( means that the proven reserves represent the 100% of the 20% area of the whole Iran as a country) and Canada for example has a proven ratio of 8.9-10 and the us with 9-10 ratio
The only definition that makes sense is whether the US is dependent on other countries as a source for oil or not and the US is not. The US chooses to import oil from Saudi Arabia for various reasons but I don't see any evidence it's because Saudi oil (approximately half of all oil refined and used west of the Rockies is Saudi oil) is cheaper than domestically produced crude oil, in fact US domestic oil is sold to anybody based on global price markets... And not based on the cost of extracting crude from the ground. So, regardless the cost of extracting, all oil producers everywhere are selling oil at whatever the global price is.
I don’t think America itself can sustain its gas and oil needs, well it can but for a short period, Tye thing is North America is not really an oil and gas rich continent I mean yes it has a high proven reserves which other countries except Europe haven’t found out yet.. take an example of Iran it has a 2-10 ratio proven reserves ( means that the proven reserves represent the 100% of the 20% area of the whole Iran as a country) and Canada for example has a proven ratio of 8.9-10 and the us with 9-10 ratio
Ikr, it's funny how the left criticizes the U.S. for relying on the Middle East for oil, yet Biden reversed all of the energy independent policies that Trump had put in place. It's very hypocritical.
I would love to see a video that would be more of a thought experiment as to "HOW" the U.S. and even Canada and Mexico could all become energy independent and have a decentralized power grid. How would modern technology work to better manage, maintain, and optimize that energy as well as protections against cyber attacks. Could we use the available power in certain regions better such as wind or tide on the coast regions, solar in the Southwest, natural gas, oil and Nuclear (Micronuclear technology?). I think many of us including myself are still very unclear and uninformed about our energy independence in relation to consumption and our foreign policy.
For what it's worth, WA state exports a TON of power down to CA because the dams and turbines provide so much excess for the state. At least on the southern end the state.
So, this idea that the U.S. has wars for oil doesn't really make much sense. We only get about 12% of our oil from the Middle East. Even when we controlled Iraqi oil wells, we didn't profit from them. And, we eventually returned them to Iraqi control. We purchase about 12% of our oil from the Middle East, but that would likely be a lot higher had we not had so much involvement. Most of our oil is either produced domestically, or comes from Canada or Mexico.
My knowledge on this is limited to just what I have seen and know about western Canada. Canada, Mainly western Canadian Provinces export/sell a ton of oil to the US from our massive reserves in northern Alberta as well as all the Hydro Energy that we harvest off at minimum two massive hydro dams on the Columbia river (Revelstoke dam and Mica Creek dam) in British Columbia. Southern Alberta is also a key spot where we have our larger wind farms built but not sure how much is used locally or exported across the border.
The US really needs to push more into Solar. There is so much flat land that is not utilized and perfect for solar fields. Given how much of a push there is for EV's, I expect the oil demand to drop sharply in 20-30 years and a new major demand to upgrade the power grid. We need to start upgrading soon in order to meet expected demands.
The problem with solar is that none of the major components are found in the US, typically rare earth metals. In addition, the largest producer of solar panels is China, a rival. No US ally or trading partner can compete nor satisfy US demands.
@@paladin773 that is true however the materials are not rare by any means. There are other sources that can be leveraged at a lower scale. The easiest transition would be to use natural gas turbines, for which production is on the rise, and meet a balance in the middle there. This still satisfies green energy initiatives and falls in line with the current infrastructure push.
No, we need to push more into Nuclear. Nuclear Energy is proven to be the safest, cleanest, and most efficient form of energy available and will become more so once stable fusion energy is achieved. Solar is also time and climate dependent. This is one of the reason big oil actually pushes for solar and wind because when the wind is not blowing and the sun is not shining the oil is flowing.
Great video but kind of felt short at the end. We should focus on energy sustainability. You know a lot about oil but the reason we may even get there is because renewables are being taking serious options now. Carter also tried that btw
We pay them $70 for each barrel for oil and they pay us trillions for military hardware that they need replacing every so often since they keep getting it blown up. I don't see any issues.
I mean, we usually get dragged into random conflicts. Also, is it really trillions? I know Donald Trump did a multi-billion dollar deal with the Saudis to wage war in Yemen. But, I don't know about trillions.
@@jypsridicWhy not? Russia and China are doing it. In fact, both China and Russia are sending military weapons to the Myanmar regime to genocide Rohingya Muslims. In Europe, France is the biggest military exporter and it's not like the UK is going out soon yet.
Hello all, One thing not mentioned here is that companies are profit motivated, even though the United States may produce enough oil for its own use, if an energy deficit occurs somewhere else in the world and prices go up, said company would then sell in that external market because it’s more profitable, causing more oil to leave the US, causing the US prices to go up to be coax that company to sell in the US again. That is how even an energy independent US can still be at the whims of other countries
America really should revive its old plan for 1000 reactors... Maybe not using older, unsafe technologies but newer SMR's and CANDU reactors from Canada which are the safest and most reliable design on the market... Ontario is 70% dependent on nuclear like France and its planning on adding more soon!
When we think of energy independence we're thinking more about energy *autarky*. An autarkic state seeks to only consume resources including food, fuel, minerals, and related industrial products that are produced within its boarders and will actively discourage importing resources while exporting goods wherever advantageous. The problem with autarky is that not ever region has all the resources a society needs to flourish. Sometimes your nation just doesn't have enough arable land to make enough food for your population or there just isn't a big vein of iron for you to mine to make steel to support industry. This becomes even more of a limiting factor when you consider how modern societies require diverse and rare resources, like neodymium and dysprosium, used in electronics or uranium for reactor fuel, resources that are abundantly available only in a handful of nations. In the absence of trade as an option for acquiring resources, autarkic nations have to either accept a lower the standard of living for their citizens because certain goods just can't be produced or attempt to conquer other nations who have the resources they lack. The U.S., with its vast territory and diverse resources, is probably one of the few nations in the world that COULD be autarkic and still maintain a semblance of modern society and living standard. However, autarky is still extremely inefficient. While a nation may have the resources in their territory, like the video indicated, the resources may be hard to extract or difficult to transport. They are there but it isn't efficient to do use them when a better alternative is a border away. tldr; The energy independence that we think of is actually energy autarky and if you want an example of a what happens when a state makes autarky its guiding policy, look at North Korea.
This guy is wrong on some of his facts.Chernobyl happened in the 1980s . America was afraid because of Three Mile Island in Pennsylvania. That happened in the 1970s
As the coal Capital of all of Planet Earth the USA has always been energy independent just not *"dirt cheap"* energy independent as was say true of the 1930s. Understanding this and the future of the USA being air travel after World War 2 the United States set up a strategic partnership with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to supply energy for the expected post World War 2 economic boom which did materialize 1948-1960. US oil extraction and refining became State of the Art at this time but was still not nearly sufficient to handle the economic needs of a burgeoning Industrial juggernaut USA post World War 2 which suddenly relied not just upon Middle Eastern oil for cheap and massive amount sourcing of crude oil but also "super tankers" made in Japan to move this oil from the Middle East to refineries along the West Coast of the United States. And so yes the USA was very dependent upon this until the massive Prudhoe Bay discovery upon the North Slope of Alaska offered the first real challenge against this during the 1970s. By 1986 oil prices had bottomed out to $6.00 US Dollars a barrel and a massive economic boom was starting to take shape for the first time since the late 1930s/1940s but none of it as events would play out had anything to do with oil per se and the Utica Marcellus natural gas boom that has continued unabated now 20 straight Years shutting down dirty and dangerous coal generation, obviating the need for more nuclear and leading to a "windpower boom" which turned the USA into the biggest energy exporting powerhouse upon the Planet by the 2020s. This "fracking" boom which started quite modestly upon North Dakota then exploded upon all of Texas now New Mexico has indeed unleashed an Ocean of oil both upon the USA and somewhat upon the World as well with now an "e-fracking" revolution picking up from where the old ways seem to have become tapped out. Add to this continued Gulf of Mexico deep water work now Guyana now Brazil and as usual Canada and only the KSA remains as a pure play petrol power with all others most spectacularly Venezuela wholly and totally ruined. This has ironically made States such as Alaska suddenly struggle as such an obscure market be seen as not much worthy of investment not that California has been any different. Mexico for obvious reasons has fared no better however. In the meantime the USA continues to be flooded with energy product unlike any time since the 1930s mainly from Canada...overwhelmingly from Canada actually...but now including one of the most valuable distillate fuel products from refining oil namely propane. It is this product that has made the USA actually rich as opposed to crude oil as the margins be so incredibly high far higher than oil on its own could ever be meaning the *PROCESSING* of oil be worth far more than the oil itself. This requiring vast quantities of electricity to effect again brings us back to the Utica Marcellus shale boom and windpower creating the needed electricity to power economically these massive refining operations primarily along the US Gulf Coast. Backstopping all of this has been hydropower from the Pacific Northwest and nuclear power all over the USA plus a *"National Grid"* with state of the art computer systems managing the distribution of electricity particularly in Texas. Taken together holistically and suddenly the USA has become the largest exporter of natural gas by far surpassing both Qatar and Australia with none of that showing any signs of abating plus in reserve still *MASSIVE* quantities of coal no longer needed for baseload electrical generation. Concurrent has been a #strange #peculiar investment in pure battery electric vehicles running from Sedans to Class 8 semis now displacing the internal combustion engine and obviating the need in the first instance for either diesel fuel or gasoline which is very expensive to transport unlike propane and natural gas. Plus the USA remains a major producer of ethanol which when combined with hybrid drive motive products for cars, trucks, suvs and of course Railroad locomotives has added to an even greater "waste not want not" engine boom upon North America further extending out a massive energy glut that has been used to finance further build out of air travel for the USA instead of being so highway dependent as has been true since the 1970s.
While putting a ‘Mr. Fusion’ in a car will probably remain a pipe dream, one can run an electric car, truck, or train off of power generated at a nuclear power station.
This might actually explain why us government is so keen on EVs. Why spend billions securing oil prices if you can spend that money do build out your own infrastructure and vehicles which can be powered of basically any energy source
Fun fact. The United States of America is now producing more oil locally than any other country has ever in history. Total hung out 12.9 million barrels per day
I don’t think America itself can sustain its gas and oil needs, well it can but for a short period, Tye thing is North America is not really an oil and gas rich continent I mean yes it has a high proven reserves which other countries except Europe haven’t found out yet.. take an example of Iran it has a 2-10 ratio proven reserves ( means that the proven reserves represent the 100% of the 20% area of the whole Iran as a country) and Canada for example has a proven ratio of 8.9-10 and the us with 9-10 ratio
I think we will see more wars in the Middle East for oil domination but maybe this time it will be multiple factions like Russians, Chinese and Americans all battling instead of a single big player. Control of oil is control of reserve currency status.
The US needs more oil refineries but like nuclear power plants the environmentalists and green energy lobbyists keep doing whatever they can to stop their construction. If the US could build more refineries it could tailor the new ones to the oil the US produces the most of. Again like nuclear power plants America has been forced to upgrade preexisting plants and do maintenance to maintain them decades beyond their ideal intended lifespans making them more and more dangerous.
We Americans 🇺🇸 do not need oil, coal, or natural gas anymore we already have alternative energy sources such as nuclear atomic energy, wind, solar, and tidel energy. We Americans should be moving away from fossil fuels and move towards renewable energy sources also oil, coal, and natural gas is a finite resource it’s not going to last forever.
@@Skankhunt42-xl9fqSorry, but us down here in Texas already learned how ineffective renewable energy is. Not only that, low energy output and blackouts ain't just a problem. That's our economy, destroying it destroys our livelihood. A war against Oil is a war against us. The ocean is gonna be one hundredth of an inch higher in 50 years lol, this Climate Change bs has been propped up for 60 years now, and every warning or sign has turned out to be nothing. It's only fear the Government, Institutions, and their puppets use to try and get more control over everybody's lives.
In short, how much micro infrastructure could we produce to reduce citizens, towns, and cities' eltric consumption thuse reducing oil,coal, and natural gas. Or major gigantic renewable power supply generation and transmission. Some small micro infrastructure power, water, etc. systems supplied by solar might, if widely used, be part of the cost-effective solution. Obviously, tv cameras and wifi, remotely controlled substation, etc, will necessarily create special jobs for some people. But for the community, what would be the net result? Would scaleable. Could we mass produce the sub system in Mexico and create Jon's in the united state's and eles where installing and repairing the substations?
The west coast gets most of it's oil abroad due to logistical reasons. The mountains and Jones act make it cheaper to buy Arab oil in the west. The excess of Texan oil is sold to Europe.
I like it how Euro companies like saying the US was going to war for oil in the middle East, while ignoring the fact that up till the 70s the US was mostly energy independent and that the reason for the US involvement was because they PURPOSELY screwed up the region so badly.
Even if you don't believe or don't care about climate change, which you absolute should, being so dependant on a source of energy that can at times be so volatile and can leave you vulnerable to changing politics overseas is not smart. Yes, renewable energies are not perfect but they have clear advantages and they are only getting better and cheaper as their technologies improve. Most people that are against renewables energies have money to lose.
don't forget not using oil and gas now means having it later, so lowering the daily amount used essentially means extending the length of our reserves.
Problem is our power grids are designed to operate at a instantaneous need basis and renewables with our current tech cannot be utilized as baseloads consistently. We are still decades out from developing the renewable and battery tech for efficient baseload compensations, and decades from that to properly convert, construct, and implement the infrastructure needed
Really we should just use nuclear which is by far the best form of energy available to the world. Everybody is so anxious about the dangers pointing out three mile island, Fukushima, and Chernobyl. However, those accident are both rare and caused by terrible designs or extremely unfortunate circumstances. In truth nuclear energy us the cleanest, safest, and most energy efficient form of energy on the planet so far.
The uk has two choices. Face a humiliating Nafta type trade deal that would greatly weaken if not destroy its economic sovreignty with the U.S ORRRRR face a humilitaing trade deal where it looses all of absolutely most of its economic sovreignty to the E.U. The EUs demographic structure is shit compared to the US but the US is farther away.
@@G-Man-half-life i was not stating a this is better or that is better i merely thought that id bring up two different choices and the benefits and consequences of both. That is up to the british to decide and u do u i guess. Considering how bad this video was at covering it i thought i could bring up my take on it
All Middle East wars are about oil? Crusades, Romans, Persian wars, Ottoman conflicts? Dozens of other conflicts due to religion? Might want to rephrase the intro.
Why is the US the number one gas importer? Because the Russia/Ukraine war. Most of the EU countries stop buying from Russia and get their LNG delivered from the states.
I'd believe the US is independent the moment prices actually goes down enough to feel comfortable, not just gas but everything else because of high prices.
This is all revisionist history, the oil embargo was because the petrodollar was way overvalued, the Gulf War had nothing to do with Kuwait or Saudi Arabia, etc, etc.
You really need to look into the green energy situation? Cause we can’t connect all the wind and solar farms to the American grid because it literally can’t handle it
The US does not fight wars for oil, the presence of oil drilling assisted by the US, has only boosted the regional economy, the US exports around as much oil from Canada, as the entire middle east! The US presence is WORSE for the US, even with the oil, it costs the US more than it gains to drill oil there, in monetary value, just in money, the US economy doesn't benefit, the US energy sector doesn't benefit from oil in the middle east, but the US, as a country does.
Best way to hear crickets. Tax petroleum Imports which gives the government a stream of income and promote domestic production and make green energy a little more doable. Next thing I always hear "Why the f@ck would we want to do that!??!"
Oil Production has never been the problem, these guys are idiots, it's about having people to buy what we produce ! That happens because of a combination of economics and chemistry. The economics are simple: overseas oil, even after shipping costs, is often cheaper than domestically-produced crude. And, while the U.S. does produce enough oil to meet its own needs, it is often the wrong type of oil.
For everyone in the comment section saying we need to use more oil, coal, and natural gas no we don’t we Americans 🇺🇸 already have alternative energy sources available to us. We Americans 🇺🇸 do not need oil, coal, or natural gas anymore we already have alternative energy sources such as nuclear atomic energy, wind, solar, and tidel energy. We Americans should be moving away from fossil fuels and move towards renewable energy sources also oil, coal, and natural gas is a finite resource it’s not going to last forever.
I thought the US consumed 20mbbl/d and produced 13mbbl/d of oil. If we are including Nat Gas and coal bc of our exports, I think we are close to being energy independent.
true thats why they are turning to renewables and LNG from U.S. and from countries like U.A.E, Kuwait, etc. The European Union plans to end its reliance on Russian fossil fuels by 2025-2028. This includes ending its reliance on Russian oil, natural gas, and coal. Don't think they will be completely off Russian gas but they can nearly extinguish that need for good within those years
I thought energy independence meant you produce all of your own energy and do not need to import.
Usa won't achieve that. Mostly will be self dependent while in a globalized society. The rest of the world will be like Canada and follow its own design and economy while globalized too.
Me too
Every country imports
It’s cheaper for the usa to import then to produce its own
Net exporter
One important thing to note is: the exports and imports can occour because of the "Jones Act". This law makes SO costly to ship by sea from US to US that it's more efficient to export Oil and import oil than just ship it from one state to another.
lets elect a politian to repeal it
That act also killed all river traffic because it does not specify river or sea ports.
@@spaceengineeringempire4086rivers are busy as hell with commerce! The vessels are so specialized for river transport that foreign competition isn't really as viable anyway. But the Jones Act did indeed mothball most the refineries on the East Coast! By not allowing cheap Texas oil, American East Coast refineries were forced to use expensive foreign sweet crude imports. Eastern Canada got to buy cheap Texas sweet crude though. So the foreign competition bankrupted most the American refineries on the East Coast with their cheap gasoline and diesel exports (from USA Crude! Thanks to Jones Act)
Genuinely curious, I had never heard of the Jones Act until I read you comment. What it said is, under the Jones Act, foreign carriers and crews are banned from domestic water routes. Cabotage from one U.S. port to another is restricted to U.S.-built, -crewed and -flagged vessels. The requirement was a protectionist economic strategy designed to assist America's shipyards and maritime fleet. The words foreign carriers implies that the Jones Act refers only to foreign carriers. Was it amended to add domestic? It seems to imply that US built and crewed flagged vessels are exempt. I must be missing something? Any help would be appreciated.
The Jones Act is irrelevant, JPM did an in-depth report on repealing it. By repealing it, that would reduce the cost at the pump by around 10 cents, but I have seen other pro Jones Act reads that say it's closer to 1 cent. If we assume the JPM report is correct using the average fuel economy and the average mileage, the average driver would save $4 a year.
US as usual playing on easy mode. Their biggest challenge isn't having the ressources, it's merely investing a little bit of money into properly making use of them instead of just importing it all.
The US is producing more oil now than ever before
Well yeah. The most powerful country on earth.
The US already produces enough Oil and Gas to be 100% self sufficient in the USA. But there is more profit is shipping Gas and OIl to other countries, instead of reducing oil prices in the US.
never mind the gov policy of not allowing Americans to use those resources
Government gives Oil Money directly, There is no law to prevent the export of oil. Step Up your thinking.
there are countless laws against exporting oil ..a half dozen agencies all have jurisdiction over the export of oil and they all have to be satisfied before you get a permit @@johnhodgson4216
US can completely lock down and still have enough oil to sustain. US is saving the oil and resources for generations to come.
I don’t think America itself can sustain its gas and oil needs, well it can but for a short period, Tye thing is North America is not really an oil and gas rich continent I mean yes it has a high proven reserves which other countries except Europe haven’t found out yet.. take an example of Iran it has a 2-10 ratio proven reserves ( means that the proven reserves represent the 100% of the 20% area of the whole Iran as a country) and Canada for example has a proven ratio of 8.9-10 and the us with 9-10 ratio
The impact of the Simpsons on the public's view on nuclear energy cannot be understated.
Simpsons just piggybacked on the publics existing idea of nuclear power (but obviously in a more comedic way). After Chernobyl and Three Mile Island (and later Fukushima), People were concerned as they figured any given plant could be next. you are right that pieces of media like the Simpsons and others have done little to help the public image of nuclear energy, its worth remembering where those stereotypes came from
@@WillTheBassPlayer yeah I know about those disasters, and while bad, they were negligible compared to the harmful impacts of fossil fuels
@@beans3665also considering how nuclear plants there are in the world the failure rate is low even though most of the failures were due to human mistakes
@@WillTheBassPlayer it still reinforced it.
@@Smokedouttasian Nuclear is just flashy when it goes bad. The people dying in the coal mines or just inhaling the toxic substances in the air killed millions daily, and yet will still under the radar in the media because it doesnt really gather clicks.
There’s also a case here for using renewables as a buff to national security, not just for US.
As a superpower who has the capability of space exploration and over 800 bases worldwide, there is 0 reason we should be reliant on any single country for our day-by-day operations, especially anyone in the Middle east.
The US is literally the least dependant country
Except one reason laziness.
If you drop oil you legit will find 800 bases no more. You're propping up so many of those nations via oil procurement, they're really gonna welcome you when you have no relationship?
@@michaelcalibri3620yes because most of these countries rely on us for security against a common enemy who will take any opportunity to seize power in the area. For example the monarch’s in the Middle East want protection against Iran. Japan, Korea, and Taiwan against China. NATO against Russia and so on.
@@michaelcalibri3620So it's a win-win. We don't have to worry about being dependent on these idiot countries that latch to us like leeches, AND we get to bring our people home while abandoning foreign countries to their fate. Perfect.
United States, Canada, Mexico each have enough oil to supply all three countries. But we don’t use them
I don’t think America itself can sustain its gas and oil needs, well it can but for a short period, Tye thing is North America is not really an oil and gas rich continent I mean yes it has a high proven reserves which other countries except Europe haven’t found out yet.. take an example of Iran it has a 2-10 ratio proven reserves ( means that the proven reserves represent the 100% of the 20% area of the whole Iran as a country) and Canada for example has a proven ratio of 8.9-10 and the us with 9-10 ratio
@@user-zl4dm5zd6gthere is enough, as long as we continue fracking and maximize other energy sources such as natural gas, wind, hydro and solar.
The only definition that makes sense is whether the US is dependent on other countries as a source for oil or not and the US is not.
The US chooses to import oil from Saudi Arabia for various reasons but I don't see any evidence it's because Saudi oil (approximately half of all oil refined and used west of the Rockies is Saudi oil) is cheaper than domestically produced crude oil, in fact US domestic oil is sold to anybody based on global price markets... And not based on the cost of extracting crude from the ground. So, regardless the cost of extracting, all oil producers everywhere are selling oil at whatever the global price is.
I don’t think America itself can sustain its gas and oil needs, well it can but for a short period, Tye thing is North America is not really an oil and gas rich continent I mean yes it has a high proven reserves which other countries except Europe haven’t found out yet.. take an example of Iran it has a 2-10 ratio proven reserves ( means that the proven reserves represent the 100% of the 20% area of the whole Iran as a country) and Canada for example has a proven ratio of 8.9-10 and the us with 9-10 ratio
Thanks for the insightful video. I like this topic and obviously I think it’s pretty important
We were already energy independent 3 years ago. We did not rely on any other country for our energy.
Ikr, it's funny how the left criticizes the U.S. for relying on the Middle East for oil, yet Biden reversed all of the energy independent policies that Trump had put in place. It's very hypocritical.
That is a lie. lol.
@@Jacaerys1 get off of the third hand information.
@@Jacaerys1 RELY being the key word. We traded but we didn’t NEED. Energy Independent.
The Saudi Royals must be shiting there pants right now
They literally decreased the production 😭
لقد قامو بتحويل الانتاج الى الصين والهند والدول الشرقية اضافة الى ذالك بدؤ الان بالاستثمارات الاقتصادية وتنويع الاقتصاد ولكن مازالوا متاخرين تكنلوجيا
All of Muhammadania is, imagine if Europe followed the same trend, the Arab world and Iran would collapse
I would love to see a video that would be more of a thought experiment as to "HOW" the U.S. and even Canada and Mexico could all become energy independent and have a decentralized power grid. How would modern technology work to better manage, maintain, and optimize that energy as well as protections against cyber attacks. Could we use the available power in certain regions better such as wind or tide on the coast regions, solar in the Southwest, natural gas, oil and Nuclear (Micronuclear technology?). I think many of us including myself are still very unclear and uninformed about our energy independence in relation to consumption and our foreign policy.
For what it's worth, WA state exports a TON of power down to CA because the dams and turbines provide so much excess for the state. At least on the southern end the state.
So, this idea that the U.S. has wars for oil doesn't really make much sense.
We only get about 12% of our oil from the Middle East.
Even when we controlled Iraqi oil wells, we didn't profit from them. And, we eventually returned them to Iraqi control.
We purchase about 12% of our oil from the Middle East, but that would likely be a lot higher had we not had so much involvement.
Most of our oil is either produced domestically, or comes from Canada or Mexico.
It wasn’t always like that. Horizontal drilling + hydraulic fracturing changed the equation.
In future could you make your sources more easily accessible by putting links in videos descriptions?
My knowledge on this is limited to just what I have seen and know about western Canada. Canada, Mainly western Canadian Provinces export/sell a ton of oil to the US from our massive reserves in northern Alberta as well as all the Hydro Energy that we harvest off at minimum two massive hydro dams on the Columbia river (Revelstoke dam and Mica Creek dam) in British Columbia. Southern Alberta is also a key spot where we have our larger wind farms built but not sure how much is used locally or exported across the border.
Seems like even if the process is slow, we should invest in the building of refineries for light, sweet oil.
The US really needs to push more into Solar. There is so much flat land that is not utilized and perfect for solar fields. Given how much of a push there is for EV's, I expect the oil demand to drop sharply in 20-30 years and a new major demand to upgrade the power grid. We need to start upgrading soon in order to meet expected demands.
The problem with solar is that none of the major components are found in the US, typically rare earth metals. In addition, the largest producer of solar panels is China, a rival. No US ally or trading partner can compete nor satisfy US demands.
@@paladin773 that is true however the materials are not rare by any means. There are other sources that can be leveraged at a lower scale. The easiest transition would be to use natural gas turbines, for which production is on the rise, and meet a balance in the middle there. This still satisfies green energy initiatives and falls in line with the current infrastructure push.
No, we need to push more into Nuclear. Nuclear Energy is proven to be the safest, cleanest, and most efficient form of energy available and will become more so once stable fusion energy is achieved. Solar is also time and climate dependent. This is one of the reason big oil actually pushes for solar and wind because when the wind is not blowing and the sun is not shining the oil is flowing.
Great video but kind of felt short at the end. We should focus on energy sustainability. You know a lot about oil but the reason we may even get there is because renewables are being taking serious options now. Carter also tried that btw
How does one export more oil than you produced? So we tapped reserves and emptied those to export it elsewhere?
Shale oil is light sweet. Our Refinaries are set at heavy crude. It takes a while to adjust
We pay them $70 for each barrel for oil and they pay us trillions for military hardware that they need replacing every so often since they keep getting it blown up. I don't see any issues.
I mean, we usually get dragged into random conflicts. Also, is it really trillions? I know Donald Trump did a multi-billion dollar deal with the Saudis to wage war in Yemen. But, I don't know about trillions.
the issues are 1) they don't pay for that hardware. and 2) We shouldn't be the merchants of death
@@jypsridicWhy not? Russia and China are doing it. In fact, both China and Russia are sending military weapons to the Myanmar regime to genocide Rohingya Muslims. In Europe, France is the biggest military exporter and it's not like the UK is going out soon yet.
@@jypsridicmajority of it is for defense purposes and we handle maintenance as well for a decent price.
At 5:21 what does he mean by “In 2022 America exported more than it produced” what does that mean or how does that happen
5:10 How do you export more than you produce? Is this a mistake
You’re saying we COULDVE had a 1,000 nuclear power plants and more public transport?😭💔
I💘U #Canada🇨🇦
I love your accent 😚
Quite impressive for utilisation solar energy and artificial energy storage.
How could Chernobyl lead to the failure of Nixon's Independence plan by its 1980 deadline when Chernobyl happened in the mid-eighties?
Very good video, very informative.
At 7:00, the graph colours are wrong and the title says "improt"
The US West coast imports a lot of Canadian oil who produce 3m barrels a day mostly for their OVERSEAS neighbor next door.
Hello all, One thing not mentioned here is that companies are profit motivated, even though the United States may produce enough oil for its own use, if an energy deficit occurs somewhere else in the world and prices go up, said company would then sell in that external market because it’s more profitable, causing more oil to leave the US, causing the US prices to go up to be coax that company to sell in the US again. That is how even an energy independent US can still be at the whims of other countries
America really should revive its old plan for 1000 reactors... Maybe not using older, unsafe technologies but newer SMR's and CANDU reactors from Canada which are the safest and most reliable design on the market... Ontario is 70% dependent on nuclear like France and its planning on adding more soon!
When we think of energy independence we're thinking more about energy *autarky*. An autarkic state seeks to only consume resources including food, fuel, minerals, and related industrial products that are produced within its boarders and will actively discourage importing resources while exporting goods wherever advantageous. The problem with autarky is that not ever region has all the resources a society needs to flourish. Sometimes your nation just doesn't have enough arable land to make enough food for your population or there just isn't a big vein of iron for you to mine to make steel to support industry. This becomes even more of a limiting factor when you consider how modern societies require diverse and rare resources, like neodymium and dysprosium, used in electronics or uranium for reactor fuel, resources that are abundantly available only in a handful of nations. In the absence of trade as an option for acquiring resources, autarkic nations have to either accept a lower the standard of living for their citizens because certain goods just can't be produced or attempt to conquer other nations who have the resources they lack.
The U.S., with its vast territory and diverse resources, is probably one of the few nations in the world that COULD be autarkic and still maintain a semblance of modern society and living standard. However, autarky is still extremely inefficient. While a nation may have the resources in their territory, like the video indicated, the resources may be hard to extract or difficult to transport. They are there but it isn't efficient to do use them when a better alternative is a border away.
tldr; The energy independence that we think of is actually energy autarky and if you want an example of a what happens when a state makes autarky its guiding policy, look at North Korea.
4:05 and he means ANY
Net import ≠ Import
As long as you exclude energy purchases from Canada.
This guy is wrong on some of his facts.Chernobyl happened in the 1980s . America was afraid because of Three Mile Island in Pennsylvania. That happened in the 1970s
How can our country be energy independent, when our country DONT OWN ANY OIL COMPANIES?
Cuz the American ppl benefiting from their own natural resources through a state owned firm would be ‘muh communism’
Most western firms have left Iraq. It is mostly China operating in there now.
How about electric vehicle?
As the coal Capital of all of Planet Earth the USA has always been energy independent just not *"dirt cheap"* energy independent as was say true of the 1930s. Understanding this and the future of the USA being air travel after World War 2 the United States set up a strategic partnership with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to supply energy for the expected post World War 2 economic boom which did materialize 1948-1960. US oil extraction and refining became State of the Art at this time but was still not nearly sufficient to handle the economic needs of a burgeoning Industrial juggernaut USA post World War 2 which suddenly relied not just upon Middle Eastern oil for cheap and massive amount sourcing of crude oil but also "super tankers" made in Japan to move this oil from the Middle East to refineries along the West Coast of the United States. And so yes the USA was very dependent upon this until the massive Prudhoe Bay discovery upon the North Slope of Alaska offered the first real challenge against this during the 1970s. By 1986 oil prices had bottomed out to $6.00 US Dollars a barrel and a massive economic boom was starting to take shape for the first time since the late 1930s/1940s but none of it as events would play out had anything to do with oil per se and the Utica Marcellus natural gas boom that has continued unabated now 20 straight Years shutting down dirty and dangerous coal generation, obviating the need for more nuclear and leading to a "windpower boom" which turned the USA into the biggest energy exporting powerhouse upon the Planet by the 2020s. This "fracking" boom which started quite modestly upon North Dakota then exploded upon all of Texas now New Mexico has indeed unleashed an Ocean of oil both upon the USA and somewhat upon the World as well with now an "e-fracking" revolution picking up from where the old ways seem to have become tapped out. Add to this continued Gulf of Mexico deep water work now Guyana now Brazil and as usual Canada and only the KSA remains as a pure play petrol power with all others most spectacularly Venezuela wholly and totally ruined. This has ironically made States such as Alaska suddenly struggle as such an obscure market be seen as not much worthy of investment not that California has been any different. Mexico for obvious reasons has fared no better however. In the meantime the USA continues to be flooded with energy product unlike any time since the 1930s mainly from Canada...overwhelmingly from Canada actually...but now including one of the most valuable distillate fuel products from refining oil namely propane. It is this product that has made the USA actually rich as opposed to crude oil as the margins be so incredibly high far higher than oil on its own could ever be meaning the *PROCESSING* of oil be worth far more than the oil itself. This requiring vast quantities of electricity to effect again brings us back to the Utica Marcellus shale boom and windpower creating the needed electricity to power economically these massive refining operations primarily along the US Gulf Coast. Backstopping all of this has been hydropower from the Pacific Northwest and nuclear power all over the USA plus a *"National Grid"* with state of the art computer systems managing the distribution of electricity particularly in Texas. Taken together holistically and suddenly the USA has become the largest exporter of natural gas by far surpassing both Qatar and Australia with none of that showing any signs of abating plus in reserve still *MASSIVE* quantities of coal no longer needed for baseload electrical generation. Concurrent has been a #strange #peculiar investment in pure battery electric vehicles running from Sedans to Class 8 semis now displacing the internal combustion engine and obviating the need in the first instance for either diesel fuel or gasoline which is very expensive to transport unlike propane and natural gas. Plus the USA remains a major producer of ethanol which when combined with hybrid drive motive products for cars, trucks, suvs and of course Railroad locomotives has added to an even greater "waste not want not" engine boom upon North America further extending out a massive energy glut that has been used to finance further build out of air travel for the USA instead of being so highway dependent as has been true since the 1970s.
While putting a ‘Mr. Fusion’ in a car will probably remain a pipe dream, one can run an electric car, truck, or train off of power generated at a nuclear power station.
Nuclear is great but unfortunately it requires too much upkeep and the oil and coal industry lobbies a lot harder than nuclear industry.
It was primary the end of the depletion oil allowance passed to punish the republicans. Once that ended shortages started to develop.
This might actually explain why us government is so keen on EVs. Why spend billions securing oil prices if you can spend that money do build out your own infrastructure and vehicles which can be powered of basically any energy source
2:43 The Chernobyl disaster occured in 1986, so it had no impact on the failure of Project Independence, which ended in 1980.
Fun fact. The United States of America is now producing more oil locally than any other country has ever in history. Total hung out 12.9 million barrels per day
I don’t think America itself can sustain its gas and oil needs, well it can but for a short period, Tye thing is North America is not really an oil and gas rich continent I mean yes it has a high proven reserves which other countries except Europe haven’t found out yet.. take an example of Iran it has a 2-10 ratio proven reserves ( means that the proven reserves represent the 100% of the 20% area of the whole Iran as a country) and Canada for example has a proven ratio of 8.9-10 and the us with 9-10 ratio
@@user-zl4dm5zd6g Guyana oil can be really big for USA. Exxon literally owns it right now
@@user-zl4dm5zd6g You commented the same thing like 10 different times. Bot.
By creating allies and wars everywhere for Nuclear Supplies.
I think we will see more wars in the Middle East for oil domination but maybe this time it will be multiple factions like Russians, Chinese and Americans all battling instead of a single big player. Control of oil is control of reserve currency status.
Didnt know energy independence = oil independence😂
I really thought the title was a joke. This guy is serious he doesn’t know.
Even if we were able to use what we produce, we still would have to buy it at international market price.
By choice. That can be overturned by Presidential order at any time.
#look guys i see germany with good busses and trains good look
The US needs more oil refineries but like nuclear power plants the environmentalists and green energy lobbyists keep doing whatever they can to stop their construction. If the US could build more refineries it could tailor the new ones to the oil the US produces the most of. Again like nuclear power plants America has been forced to upgrade preexisting plants and do maintenance to maintain them decades beyond their ideal intended lifespans making them more and more dangerous.
We Americans 🇺🇸 do not need oil, coal, or natural gas anymore we already have alternative energy sources such as nuclear atomic energy, wind, solar, and tidel energy.
We Americans should be moving away from fossil fuels and move towards renewable energy sources also oil, coal, and natural gas is a finite resource it’s not going to last forever.
@@Skankhunt42-xl9fqSorry, but us down here in Texas already learned how ineffective renewable energy is. Not only that, low energy output and blackouts ain't just a problem. That's our economy, destroying it destroys our livelihood. A war against Oil is a war against us. The ocean is gonna be one hundredth of an inch higher in 50 years lol, this Climate Change bs has been propped up for 60 years now, and every warning or sign has turned out to be nothing. It's only fear the Government, Institutions, and their puppets use to try and get more control over everybody's lives.
@@Skankhunt42-xl9fqWe are moving away. Slowly. I don't think we will return to our gasoline consumption peak of 2019 ever again.
In short, how much micro infrastructure could we produce to reduce citizens, towns, and cities' eltric consumption thuse reducing oil,coal, and natural gas. Or major gigantic renewable power supply generation and transmission. Some small micro infrastructure power, water, etc. systems supplied by solar might, if widely used, be part of the cost-effective solution. Obviously, tv cameras and wifi, remotely controlled substation, etc, will necessarily create special jobs for some people. But for the community, what would be the net result? Would scaleable. Could we mass produce the sub system in Mexico and create Jon's in the united state's and eles where installing and repairing the substations?
What did I just read
@@SliverHellI have no idea except that the dude mentions switching up to renewables lol
What’s crazy is just 3 years ago we we’re energy independent and started exporting what happen?
Biden
The west coast gets most of it's oil abroad due to logistical reasons. The mountains and Jones act make it cheaper to buy Arab oil in the west. The excess of Texan oil is sold to Europe.
USA is still energy independent. USA energy exports in 2022 were the highest on record.
3:41
Idk what George W had to do with fracking and increased fuel efficiency in cars lol
So energy independence is shutting down our oil refineries and relying on Saudi arabia for oil
how you only got 35k subscribers is beyond me
Alcohol supplychains do end all of the wars.
I like it how Euro companies like saying the US was going to war for oil in the middle East, while ignoring the fact that up till the 70s the US was mostly energy independent and that the reason for the US involvement was because they PURPOSELY screwed up the region so badly.
Canada has the 3rd Lgst reserves in the world. Roughly 80% is American owned.
lack of public transportation
Even if you don't believe or don't care about climate change, which you absolute should, being so dependant on a source of energy that can at times be so volatile and can leave you vulnerable to changing politics overseas is not smart.
Yes, renewable energies are not perfect but they have clear advantages and they are only getting better and cheaper as their technologies improve. Most people that are against renewables energies have money to lose.
don't forget not using oil and gas now means having it later, so lowering the daily amount used essentially means extending the length of our reserves.
Problem is our power grids are designed to operate at a instantaneous need basis and renewables with our current tech cannot be utilized as baseloads consistently. We are still decades out from developing the renewable and battery tech for efficient baseload compensations, and decades from that to properly convert, construct, and implement the infrastructure needed
How does one Export more oil than they Produce? lol
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Really we should just use nuclear which is by far the best form of energy available to the world. Everybody is so anxious about the dangers pointing out three mile island, Fukushima, and Chernobyl. However, those accident are both rare and caused by terrible designs or extremely unfortunate circumstances. In truth nuclear energy us the cleanest, safest, and most energy efficient form of energy on the planet so far.
The uk has two choices. Face a humiliating Nafta type trade deal that would greatly weaken if not destroy its economic sovreignty with the U.S ORRRRR face a humilitaing trade deal where it looses all of absolutely most of its economic sovreignty to the E.U.
The EUs demographic structure is shit compared to the US but the US is farther away.
We aren’t even that far away from you guys we’re only 3 thousand 600 miles away from British soil.
It would be better for the British to do business with us rather then the EU.
Britain can’t rejoin the EU without the agreement of all EU member states. It’s not happening.
@@G-Man-half-life i was not stating a this is better or that is better i merely thought that id bring up two different choices and the benefits and consequences of both. That is up to the british to decide and u do u i guess. Considering how bad this video was at covering it i thought i could bring up my take on it
You have the Anglosphere. Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the USA. These countries are your friends and family. The solution is obvious.
All Middle East wars are about oil? Crusades, Romans, Persian wars, Ottoman conflicts? Dozens of other conflicts due to religion? Might want to rephrase the intro.
Why is the US the number one gas importer? Because the Russia/Ukraine war. Most of the EU countries stop buying from Russia and get their LNG delivered from the states.
I'd believe the US is independent the moment prices actually goes down enough to feel comfortable, not just gas but everything else because of high prices.
This is all revisionist history, the oil embargo was because the petrodollar was way overvalued, the Gulf War had nothing to do with Kuwait or Saudi Arabia, etc, etc.
How can you talk about energy & have no discussion of environmental impact WHILE PEOPLES TAP WATER IS LITERALLY CATCHING ON FIRE!
Oil, nuke, renewable....all need to be used, renewable can only support oil and nuke
You really need to look into the green energy situation? Cause we can’t connect all the wind and solar farms to the American grid because it literally can’t handle it
2022 c-19...
The US does not fight wars for oil, the presence of oil drilling assisted by the US, has only boosted the regional economy, the US exports around as much oil from Canada, as the entire middle east! The US presence is WORSE for the US, even with the oil, it costs the US more than it gains to drill oil there, in monetary value, just in money, the US economy doesn't benefit, the US energy sector doesn't benefit from oil in the middle east, but the US, as a country does.
Best way to hear crickets. Tax petroleum Imports which gives the government a stream of income and promote domestic production and make green energy a little more doable. Next thing I always hear "Why the f@ck would we want to do that!??!"
doesn't the state import most of their oil from canada? lmao. doesn't sound like energy independence to me
No
Electric cars. Aw lawd they comin. 😬
And they sucked
Lol 😆
Oil Production has never been the problem, these guys are idiots, it's about having people to buy what we produce !
That happens because of a combination of economics and chemistry. The economics are simple: overseas oil, even after shipping costs, is often cheaper than domestically-produced crude. And, while the U.S. does produce enough oil to meet its own needs, it is often the wrong type of oil.
i cant stand the background music its annoying and too loud
For everyone in the comment section saying we need to use more oil, coal, and natural gas no we don’t we Americans 🇺🇸 already have alternative energy sources available to us.
We Americans 🇺🇸 do not need oil, coal, or natural gas anymore we already have alternative energy sources such as nuclear atomic energy, wind, solar, and tidel energy.
We Americans should be moving away from fossil fuels and move towards renewable energy sources also oil, coal, and natural gas is a finite resource it’s not going to last forever.
Isn't that what most countries are doing right now lol.
@@cocaineminor4420 no not really a lot of country’s are still using oil, coal, and natural gas.
@@cocaineminor4420 the world should have stopped using oil, coal, and natural gas in the 1940’s and switched to nuclear ☢️ energy instead
* the Iraq invasion reduced global oil output
Roflmfao 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂
I thought the US consumed 20mbbl/d and produced 13mbbl/d of oil. If we are including Nat Gas and coal bc of our exports, I think we are close to being energy independent.
we were under Trump the US was a net exporter of oil
Not really, we buy oil from our enemies instead of drilling our own oil, that’s a stupid strategy.
USA is the #1 oil producer in the world. Oil production in Sep. 2023 was the highest on record.
This guy makes huge assumptions
It’s funny how this video doesn’t talk about the Trump administration.
WITH TRILLION IN DEBT? KAPUT
By sacrificing millions of people’s lives and manipulating public opinions. That’s how
They could have added a requirement for vehicles to be more efficient. But no, that’s crazy talk!
They did...it's called the CAFE standards administered by the EPA. They also went on to create the EnergyStar program for appliances
Which was written in such a manner that it encouraged large pickups and SUVs. Details matter.
I thought under president obama and trump we were already energy dependent ?
Obana & trump yes you are correct on that one . & even under trump the usa was even exporting oil one some occasions 😂. Miracles do happen .
@@mplewp True !
We were independent
We had the keystone pipeline with trump
But Biden shut it down
We are still energy independent.
2019
Imports: 22.87 Quadrillion BTU
Exports: 23.48 Quadrillion BTU
2020
Imports: 19.99 Quadrillion BTU
Exports: 23.46 Quadrillion BTU
2021
Imports: 21.46 Quadrillion BTU
Exports: 25.07 Quadrillion BTU
2022
Imports: 21.47 Quadrillion BTU
Exports: 27.41 Quadrillion BTU
Blahahahaha.
Your information and "facts" are so wrong.
They will not... it will take 200 years fir them to be independent or more who knows 🤷🏽♂️
It has already happened. By any definition the US is already energy independent and has been for years.
How Europe is becoming energy screwed: Being an ally of the US!
Yes because it was the US who threatened to “freeze” Europe
true thats why they are turning to renewables and LNG from U.S. and from countries like U.A.E, Kuwait, etc.
The European Union plans to end its reliance on Russian fossil fuels by 2025-2028. This includes ending its reliance on Russian oil, natural gas, and coal. Don't think they will be completely off Russian gas but they can nearly extinguish that need for good within those years