Joe Rogan Experience #2542 - Steve Hilton · Aired Aug 19, 2026
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California imports approximately 80% of its oil from foreign sources including Iraq and the Amazon rainforest region.
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High, but not 80%. The California Energy Commission's 2024 figures put refinery crude at 63.3% foreign, 23.3% in-state and 13.4% from Alaska. The Amazon part is fairer than it sounds: Ecuador is one of California's biggest foreign suppliers and the state is the largest single buyer of crude pumped from the Amazon basin.
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Is it true that California imports approximately 80% of its oil from foreign sources including Iraq and the Amazon rainforest region?
Partly. The claim stretches what the evidence shows. High, but not 80%. 4% from Alaska. Steve Hilton said it (matched by voice) on Joe Rogan Experience #2542 - Steve Hilton, aired Aug 19, 2026, at 2:31:11. The supporting source is energy.ca.gov, linked below.
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