We were never buying “billions” in Russian oil “every day.”
This past month our imports from Russia have been: (000 per day)
1/21 0
1/28 20
2/4 138
2/11 93
2/18 106
2/25 0
The average for 2022 is 44k per day.
The average for the past year is 182k per day.
I am not sure where these writers and pundits are getting their numbers. But they are not real. The importation of oil is something that is tightly regulated and reported.
You and I agree that we should not be importing oil from anyone—as we should be making it ourselves.
But the hyperbole associated with this argument is strong and we need to deal in facts.
Source:
https://www.eia.gov/petroleum/supply/weekly/
Billions is the dollar amount