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acdhatoday at 12:45 AM1 replyview on HN

The U.S. exports fossil, yes, but we import a huge amount as well because many of our refineries aren’t setup to process light sweet crude and it’s also often cheaper to buy oil, refine, and use it on the coast than it is to move it across the country from somewhere in the Dakotas.

If we had a war with China, it’d go much worse given their much greater resources and knowledge of how to hit those import routes for maximum impact.


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nradovtoday at 2:20 AM

China has virtually zero conventional capability to interdict those sea lines of communication. Their navy and air force doesn't have the range, logistics, or foreign bases necessary to accomplish that mission. They're building fast so the situation may change in a few years but not today.