As the world grapples with the existential crisis of climate change, environmental activists want President Joe Biden to phase out the oil industry, and Republicans argue he’s already doing that. Meanwhile, the surprising reality is the United States is pumping oil at a blistering pace and is on track to produce more oil than any country has in history.
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The original was posted on /r/collapse by /u/TinyDogsRule on 2023-12-20 16:31:35.

SS: I know we are all loving that cheap gas so we can get to our soul sucking jobs for a few bucks cheaper only to pay $15 bucks at McDonalds for lunch, but apparently there is a reason behind it. The US is producing more oil than anyone, ever.

What’s extremely impressive is that the current White House will tell us that we are working towards weening ourselves of of oil while at the exact same time issuing new drilling permits and producing more oil than anyone, ever.

But fear not! Right now, we are producing 13.3 million barrels a day, but the other stellar presidential candidate was able to overseee 13.1 million barrels, and as one never to back down to a challenge as long as it doesn’t inconvenience him in any way, these numbers will probably go up in 2024.

Collapse related because logic tells me that breaking records on production of a finite resource that will kill billions of people if it suddenly went away might end badly.

I cannot think of a single way 2024 is not going to suck. We may reach peak suck very soon.