• Rhaedas@fedia.io
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      7 months ago

      “Who knew oil was so complicated?”

      Anytime he finds something out, “nobody knew”. Anytime he finds out he went too far, “no one knew it was this complicated”.

      • LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world
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        7 months ago

        I assume this is referring to his “Who knew healthcare could be complicated” comment 8 years ago that we have yet to hear his plan for after promising one in two weeks

        • MutilationWave@lemmy.world
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          7 months ago

          He said it pretty often in his first term. The commenter you replied to has it right. “Nobody knew…” translates directly to “I just found out”

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        7 months ago

        Trump is considering not taxing oil but it would be very funny if Canada decided to tax the all oil exports to the US as a fuck you to Trump…

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      Sort of. As I understand it, theres a pretty specific weight/grade/thickness of oil that can be refined into products. Most of the US oil is too thin. Most Canada oil is too thick. So we mix the two and viola!

      It’d be nice if someone in Canada would build a refinery here. But then we’d have to import thin oil to mix with.