Why do we import any of our oil from Saudi Arabia, Canada, Mexico etc, if you say we are energy independent?
Why not use all of our own oil instead of having to depend on foreign oil importation?
During his first eight days in office, President Joe Biden issued executive orders that would curtail the production and
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Our ruling
An image widely shared on Facebook claimed: "The United States was energy independent in 2019 for the first time since 1957. In just 10 days we are sent back 50 years."
In 2019, U.S. energy production exceeded consumption on an annual basis for the first time since 1957. That’s one definition of energy independence. Through the first 10 months of 2020, the latest period for which data are available, energy production was down from a year earlier, but still exceeded consumption. Meanwhile, the U.S. continues to import millions of barrels of petroleum per day.
The claim that Biden’s orders reversed the trend or the gains in U.S. energy independence is not supported. The government hasn’t published full-year data for 2020, or for the period since Biden took office.
The orders didn’t stop any current production, and any new production from the avenues he closed off would have taken years to materialize.
The image contains an element of truth, but ignores critical facts that would give a different impression. We rate it Mostly False