During the presidential debate on Oct. 9, Hillary Clinton said: “We are now, for the first time ever, energy independent.”
Our ruling
Clinton said, “We are now, for the first time ever, energy independent.”
The United States imports more energy than it exports, and it consumes more energy than it produces domestically. So the United States still relies on foreign energy sources for about 11 percent of its energy consumption needs.
However, this import-export gap is trending down. The EIA predicts the United States’ energy exports and imports will balance in the not-so-distant future. That said, imports and exports have been balanced in previous decades.
The United States is on track to energy independence, but it’s not there yet. Clinton’s statement is not accurate and we rate it False.
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