• MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net
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    2 months ago

    I understand the words you are using and the concept they are conveying, but I’m having a hard time getting around said concept making zero sense, at least to my uninformed brain.

    In other words,

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      2 months ago

      There’s two types of oil, essentially and I don’t remember what they are called. When oil was easy to get we built refineries for that kind. When it got scarce you could only get the other kind.

      The US in its infinite wisdom decided it was too expensive to build refineries for the new kind, so what we’ve been doing is sending the oil we pump to other countries who can refine it, then import the kind we can refine.