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The week's question
In March 2025, in the thread "Re: OT, out", Umm asked the members: "Do you think it is because America is made up of magical soil that makes businesses based in America magically profitable?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Author: commonone ✹✹ HONORARY
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Subject: Re: One Possible Tariff Endgame
Date: 04/14/25 6:29 PM
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Dope1: We don't import Canadian oil because we need oil, btw. We import it to refine it and ship it elsewhere.

That's incorrect. We need it to keep our refineries running, especially in the Midwest. And we do use it after it's refined (we also export some overseas and even return some back to Canada, after refinement).

Most American refineries are set up for the kinds of heavy crudes you get from Canada, Mexico and Venezuela. That made sense when it looked as if the US was running out of domestic oil, but then came the shale oil revolution. American shale oil, it turns out, is typically light and high quality, meaning it is not best-suited for domestic refineries. The upshot is that while arithmetically America is energy independent – producing far more oil than it consumes – in practice it is anything but. It must keep sucking in heavy oils from elsewhere to feed its refineries while sending Texan crude off to Europe and Asia to be refined.

edconway.substack.com - America still needs canadian oil
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