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[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

The problem is that for most of the world, we’re kinda dependent on Saudi Arabia and Russia to do that

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

We're the largest exporter of oil in the world right‽

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Biggest producer, but it’s largely for internal demand if I’m not mistaken. Besides, if you restricted exports, it would raise prices even more for everyone else