2024 FactCheck: on Energy & Oil


Donald Trump: FactCheck: Didn't lose "energy independence" under Biden

[Trump in CNN Town Hall]: "We've really become in many ways a third world country. And it's very sad what's happened in this administration and it is something that we'll turn around on day one where we are energy independent. Now, energy is at a level that we've never had to pay before. Nobody can afford to continue to pay what's happening with energy, but we were energy independent."

Forbes Fact Check: What isn't true is that we lost that energy independence under President Biden. Using the definition of exports minus imports, 2021 was our highest level of energy independence in history. In 2019, our energy exports were greater than our imports by 0.61 quadrillion BTUs (quads). In 2020, that excess grew to 3.47 quads and in 2021 it grew to a new record of 3.82 quads. By that measure, we are more energy independent than we have ever been.

Source: Forbes FactCheck on CNN Town Hall for 2024 candidates Oct 1, 2022

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