[C. Edmund Wright]

You just proved you don’t understand what fungibility really means. If we produce enough to break even, or be a net exporter on net, then who gives a sh-t whether the specific gallon of gas in your Prius came from Texas or Alaska or the Dakota’s or Saudi?

You know the def of fungible perhaps, but you haven’t a clue how to apply the definition, which your post PROVED

[DannyTN]

"If we produce enough to break even, or be a net exporter on net, then who gives a sh-t whether the specific gallon of gas in your Prius came from Texas or Alaska or the Dakota’s or Saudi?"

We give a sh-t because it matters when war breaks out. And because cheap energy is vital to our economy.

War is what convinced Thomas Jefferson of the importance of manufacturing. For years Jefferson couldn't care less about manufacturing, believing that an agrarian society was closer to God. Then the "unthinkable happened" and Europe cut us off.

And suddenly the light bulb went off and Jefferson came to the conclusion that a strong manufacturing base was necessary to protect a free state.

Same thing goes for Energy. We're not independent until we both have the means to produce the energy we use AND the will to hold on to what we produce.

That's not saying we have to produce it now. But if the world cuts us off tomorrow, we need to be prepared. And we are not. We don't have the mindset to protect our energy sources, our industry.

And not even 23% unemployment seems to be changing our mind.