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Originally Posted by JohnBirchSociety
The United States produces approximately 8.4Million Barrels of oil a day. We use nearly 21Million Barrels of oil a day.
We EXPORT (Yup, I said EXPORT) approximately 1.1Million Barrels of oil a day. That leaves approximately 7.3Million Barrels a day, of our own oil, to use. So we export 13% of our daily oil production, which equates to .5% of our total daily usage.
Our leading foreign source of oil is Canada (2.6Million Barrels a day), followed by Saudi Arabia (1.5Million Barrels a day), followed by Mexico (1.4Million Barrels a day), and so on. We import 13Million Barrels a day, of oil. That is about 62% of the oil we use each day.
Considering we EXPORT 1.1Million Barrels of oil a DAY, we could reduce our dependence on imports by nearly 8% a day, but just stopping our exports. That's right. We could reduce our reliance on foreign oil by nearly 10%, IMMEDIATELY, by stopping the export of US oil.
If we take Canada and Mexico out of the equation (they've been generally friendly allies), then we're left with 9Million Barrels a day of oil from nations that are historically unfriendly with America (except for wanting our money). Now, again, if we immediately stopped exporting our oil, we'd only need to import 7.9Million Barrels a day from our enemies (for lack of a better term). That would be a decrease in current importation of 12%, with no need to drill for more oil.
Simply put, our politicians / eco-extremists / alarmists are wrong.
From public figures, we can actually "drill ourselves" out of this mess. Here's how:
1) Stop exporting our oil (1.1Million Barrels a day)
2) Drill now for our 40Billion Barrels of known oil (Standard sources, not shale or coal oils which would put us ahead of most, if not all nations in the world for total oil reserves)
So, we can immediately reduce our reliance on our enemies for oil by over 10%. And, we CAN drill ourselves out of all reliance on foreign oil.
What do you think?
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We're just waiting till you guys let your guard down. Then the invasion of maple leafs begin.
But seriously, yes, developing nuclear power can be expensive. But overall it is far cheaper, and repays itself far quicker than one might expect. The reason people fear it is chiefly due to incidents such as Chernobyl. Now, Chernobyl happened for a number of reasons which could have been easily avoided, and wouldn't have happened in a developed country.
As for hydro? I love the stuff, a huge chunk (I think it's the majority, but I don't have the inclination to find anything official on it right now) of British Columbia is run on it. To make it better the government has ended its monopoly on the power industry and has allowed for privitization. The dam in our area was bought by a local man I know, and it has allowed much more competative ratings, and prices.