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📍Many people read somewhere that oil peaked in 2008 and then an economic crisis followed a few months later, compared to now. Even though oil has already peaked and declined, the current energy shock is very different from 2008.
In 2008, when oil prices surged to $147/barrel, the US was only producing around ~5 million barrels/day and still heavily dependent on imports from the Middle East. The oil price increase back then was like a direct tax on the US economy: transportation costs escalated, consumption weakened, and inflationary pressure spread widely.
But the US energy structure changed completely after the 2010 shale boom (when shale oil technology matured).
Today, the US produces around 13.7 million barrels of oil/day, becoming the world's largest oil producer. Natural gas production has also nearly doubled, from around 56B to over 100B cubic feet/day, helping the US achieve near self-sufficiency in natural gas.
If you add Canada and Mexico, North America has become an almost fully self-sufficient energy bloc.
This makes the current oil shock very different in nature from 2008. Rising oil prices still create pressure on inflation and consumer costs, but at the same time they generate massive income streams for the US energy sector.
To put it simply, the current oil price shock is not a blow to the US economy but actually brings even more benefits to the United States.