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Orcus424 t1_j8jid4i wrote

Source? I'm not saying it's not true but it's good to see a source. Most likely it dropped dramatically because the pandemic really slowed or halted production then limited it for quite a while. No point in pumping if you don't need it.

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Aardark235 t1_j8jsc6a wrote

384 going up to 784. Pandemic certainly was the cause of the drop during Trump. The key point is that Biden is enthusiastic about drilling, with equal fervor as any Republican President.

His poll numbers will melt if he came out and said he wanted to double gas prices to fight climate change.

https://www.statista.com/statistics/1109332/us-oil-and-gas-rigs-in-use-covid19/#:~:text=Oil%20rigs%20are%20the%20most,with%20roughly%20106%20gas%20rigs.

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Ok_Champion6840 t1_j8jkwuq wrote

Oil drilling is a beast without regard for who is in charge. Developing alternatives is the realm of democratsZ

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