{"id":692723,"date":"2026-03-18T22:46:36","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T02:46:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/?p=692723"},"modified":"2026-03-18T22:47:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T02:47:19","slug":"the-drivers-seat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/?p=692723","title":{"rendered":"ENERGY INDEPENDENCE PUTS USA IN THE DRIVER&#8217;S SEAT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The United States produces nearly 22 million barrels of oil per day. More than Saudi Arabia and Russia combined. 22% of total world production from one country. <\/p>\n<p>America consumes 20 million and produces 22 million&#8230; a net exporter. China consumes 15 million and produces 5&#8230; a 10 million barrel per day deficit that has to come from somewhere. <\/p>\n<p>Now add Venezuela&#8230; 303 billion barrels of proved reserves, the largest on earth, and Trump took operational control. <\/p>\n<p>The Jones Act is waived. The tanker fleet is unlocked. China is rationing. America is exporting.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/lamps_apple\/status\/2034326627669475575\">https:\/\/x.com\/lamps_apple\/status\/2034326627669475575<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The United States produces nearly 22 million barrels of oil per day. More than Saudi Arabia and Russia combined. 22% of total world production from one country. America consumes 20 million and produces 22 million&#8230; a net exporter. China consumes &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/?p=692723\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-692723","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/692723","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=692723"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/692723\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":692725,"href":"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/692723\/revisions\/692725"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=692723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=692723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=692723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}