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Oil Prices Are Sky High, but At Least We’re Not Driving Energy Efficient Cars (www.mcsweeneys.net)

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“We want to reassure Americans that, while the war we’ve already won shows no signs of ending and oil prices remain over $100 a barrel, we are taking decisiv...

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[–] tal@lemmy.today 1 points 22 hours ago

And we’re sending that oil where it matters most: to Europe, where Americans routinely buy their gasoline.

Sending oil to Europe will affect fuel prices in the US, because oil is a global market.

You could restrict sales of it to the US, I suppose, but if so, you'd expect an efficient market to transport more oil from other sources from the US to Europe.