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So while quadrupling that number would put like a 6% dent in the US's yearly consumption, it still isn't a whole lot



It is if that means that the US doesn't need to import that oil from countries like the Middle East.

And if the US didn't have to get any of its oil from there then the whole Middle East can be ignored as far US foreign policy is concerned.
[well maybe except for the nukes that Israel has - but thats a different thread].

And that might save you as a tax payer some $50 billion a year from not having to keep US military personnel in the Middle East Region.

I think thats something you might want to think about/want to bring about right?