Makes Americans' fuel use desist of late,
But with fuel usage surging
In markets emerging,
We ship more petroleum distillate.
The Wall Street Journal recently reported that booming US exports of gasoline and other refined petroleum products would soon make America a net fuel exporter for the first time in 62 years. Though still the world's leading importer of crude oil (that's right - we're still dependent on "foreign oil"), the US' huge and growing refining capacity feeds the demand from growth markets such as Mexico, Brazil and Singapore. Even moribund Europe are "PIGS" for Yankee petrol. Of course, there is a dark side to this good news: the net export balance is helped by our slow economy, which has reduced US fuel consumption.
Graphs courtesy of The Wall Street Journal.
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