HOLLAND, Mich. — While ripping into Kamala Harris for the cost of energy, Republican Ohio Sen. JD Vance, Donald Trump’s vice-presidential running mate told a rally crowd on Tuesday the answer was “drill, baby, drill.”
But while “drill, baby, drill,” is a mantra for bringing down energy costs at home and ending trade with “tin pot dictators,” it misstates how the oil industry works.
The United States already is the largest oil producing country in the world, generating nearly 22 million barrels a day – almost double what No. 2 Saudi Arabia produces…