a large amount of northern oil to the Mississippi which then can be brought to New Orleans and shipped out.
We ceded the Arctic and Russia moved in immediately (with drilling practices far more damaging to the environment ironically). We ceded much of our then growing capacity.
To answer your other complaint: the US was in the process of gearing up to become the major world supplier of oil.
Our home production rates do not address this. It is the future production for export which is what is our best option in to deal with Putin. Biden eliminated that option in his first days i office. It needs to be restarted.
Even Adam Schiff said yesterday that we needed to get Europe off the Russian oil addiction. This is how…..not begging OPEC for something they won’t or can’t do to the degree necessary.