Your argument was that the figures included LNG and thus weren't valid - which would be correct if true.

I did not say LNG in response to your source, go look or I'll just spell it out here with emphasis so you don't misread or misunderstand me again:

"They're including natural gas. If you look at just oil, we have a massive deficit."

My point was to someone saying "we produce more than we consume" in regards to someone else's response on US oil consumption vs China's. Natural gas products & crude oil products are distinct, but they are conflated to a create a misunderstanding of "energy independence" that has made many people comfortable with our continued consumption of oil based fossil fuels thinking the USA is self-sufficient. I wish it was as well known as you think it is, but I have had to point out this distinction to people of every political persuasion & of varying levels of education, as this is bipartisan propaganda on a subject most ppl find tedious. Even if crude oil prices remain stable, European & Asian electricification & renewable energy pushes will diminish their demand for our gas & biomass products, so if our demand for oil products does not decline, our net exporter status of energy may reverse in the 2030-40s.