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NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- The United States is awash in gasoline. So much so, in fact, that the country is exporting a record amount of it.

The country exported 430,000 more barrels of gasoline a day than it imported in September, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

That is about twice the amount at the start of the year, and experts and industry insiders say the trend is here to stay.

The United States began exporting gas in late 2008. For decades prior, starting in 1960, the country used all the gas it produced here plus had to import gas from places Europe.


War in the middle east decreases the overall global supply.
We increase our domestic production under the auspices of national security.
Despite the apparent security risk, we continue to import oil while we export oil.
U.S. Consumers pay more at the pump.
U.S. based oil companies make greater profits than ever.

And you wonder why people are camping the streets ?

return of the flickstyle

We're back to my previous lifestyle over the weekend.

Scotch, pasta, beer, golf, meat.

I can not deny the indulgent pleasure of it all...

...any more than I can deny that I feel like I'm rotting from the inside out this morning.

I have taken one small step toward the middle, but we're still somewhat swingy....and apparently referring to ourselves in the first person plural, which is creepy.