Energy Independence Makes All the Difference
March 18, 2026 - With the conflict in Iran causing temporary restrictions on oil exports from the Persian Gulf, America and the world are truly fortunate that the world's number one petroleum producer is none other than the United States of America!
In fact, figures compiled by the U.S. Energy Information Administration reveal that America now produces more than twice as many barrels of "total petroleum liquids" when compared to any other nation.
Saudi Arabia produces 11.13 million barrels per day.
Russia 10.75 million
Canada 5.76 million
The United States? 22.91 million barrels per day!
That's a fracking miracle!
The U.S. accounts for a full 22% of the world's petroleum production of just over 100 million barrels per day.
No wonder the anti-American Left is so virulently anti-oil!
The United States produces more petroleum than we consume.
Watch CFACT's Marc Morano explain that American capacity is so strong that we are now able to mitigate the impacts of war, or anything else, on the price of oil for the entire world. Marc describes American energy production as the "key buffer against soaring prices."
Ask anyone old enough to have waited in long lines to fill up their tank during the 1970s Arab oil embargo what energy dependence was truly like.
In times of conflict, energy independence makes all the difference.