alt Hacker NewsThe US intentionally uses only a fraction of its oil reserves so it can control the price, and will still have plenty when others run out.
Check out the capacity of the Alaska pipeline, and how much goes down it each day. Literally the least possible to keep it well maintained.
Has that got anything to do with why these[1] graphs of US oil and gas production are limited to "Lower 48 states". I found that restriction to be very strange.
[1] https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=66564