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While the United States is still far from even approaching energy independence, the country appears to be taking a huge step in that direction as 2012 will mark the first time in 62 years that the U.S. has exported more oil-based fuels than it has imported.
A recent article in the Wall Street Journal tells the whole story and features some excellent graphics, but the story inside the story is that these results are not a one-time fluke and instead represent the....