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Comment author: Nick_Tarleton 15 July 2012 09:58:25PM *  7 points [-]

(the US now exports energy!)

Some Googling suggests that this is based on a misreading of the US being a net refined oil products exporter, e.g., http://www.hcn.org/blogs/goat/us-is-net-energy-exporter-psych and http://www.energybulletin.net/stories/2012-04-20/myth-us-will-soon-become-oil-exporter

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