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The link that showed the US being a net petroleum exporter in 2020 for the first time since 1949, was in the part of the post you conveniently omitted .That point is what is known as a "blinding flash of the obvious".
Part of the problem would be to replace the petroleum products that the European countries currently get from Russia. If the US government expects that the European governments are going to let their citizens freeze in the dark while the US not only doesn't suffer but rakes in huge profiteering profits, then the US government is "slightly" incorrect.
Please point out when, between 1950 and 2020, the US went from a "Net Oil Importer" to being a "Net Oil Exporter"
The US economy is also "foreign energy dependent". The difference is that the people that the US economy depends on for its continued prosperity are a whole lot more "nice guys" than the Russians are.
BUT, if you look at your own chart, the area wher the net imports, and imports, drop, with the exports rising, to the point slightly above imports, that would be the point where we became a net exporter. I’m not sure what grade in school covers it, but in the US, if you export more than you import, that’s a net exporter.
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