A. The United States produces more oil than any other country
It would seem to most people that the U.S. doesn’t make a huge amount of oil since it imports so much, but the reason that so much is imported is due to the fact that the vast majority of that oil produced in country is saved in National oil reserves for future use in hard times.
It's A) the US must be a leader in innovation in order to help steer its course.
An advantage held by the South over the North at the start of the Civil War was B. it's soldier and generals believed they were protecting their homes and way of life. Since the South seceded from the North, all it had to do was exist to continue as an independent nation. It was up to the North to invade and restore order and thus the South was fighting a defensive war (much easier than the opposite - an offensive war).
