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New Indications Show $4 Dollar-A-Gallon Gas Has Americans Altering Their Transit, Work Habits
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- America`s..
Total Imports of Petroleum Oil (Top 15 Countries)
(Thousand Barrels per Day)
Drill all You want, You can..t produce the Oil these Countries provide, nor will you see a drop in price at the gas pumps. Over 300 Million Americans, The Demand is Too Great and it will take 7-10 years to bring this Oil on shore, by that time, Gas will be 15 $ per gallon an we..ll be riding Horse & Carriage.
Solution: Mass Train Transit North, South, East Mid West & West, like Japan, Oppose to Air Planes.
Note: Also Include Diesel & Electric Cars. Its That or the Horse & Carriage.
CANADA 1,952 1,795 1,902 1,909 1,846
SAUDI ARABIA 1,453 1,535 1,519 1,458 1,358
MEXICO 1,259 1,232 1,230 1,460 1,471
NIGERIA 1,115 1,154 1,105 891 1,089
VENEZUELA 1,019 858 990 1,182 1,070
IRAQ 679 773 693 562 488
ANGOLA 579 384 469 514 556
ALGERIA 393 247 300 530 495
BRAZIL 201 188 182 175 174
KUWAIT 176 199 218 126 187
ECUADOR 160 231 203 159 200
COLOMBIA 149 135 168 79 100
CHAD 133 101 110 80 76
RUSSIA 106 108 77 269 137
LIBYA 85 75 68 45 56
Country Apr-08 Mar-08 YTD 2008 Apr-07 YTD 2007 - Reply to this comment
America`s..
Total Imports of Petroleum Oil (Top 15 Countries)
(Thousand Barrels per Day)
Drill all You want, You can..t produce the Oil these Countries provide, nor will you see a drop in price at the gas pumps. Over 300 Million Americans, The Demand is Too Great and it will take 7-10 years to bring this Oil on shore, by that time, Gas will be 15 $ per gallon an we..ll be riding Horse & Carriage.
Solution: Mass Train Transit North, South, East Mid West & West, like Japan, Oppose to Air Planes.
Note: Also Include Diesel & Electric Cars. Its That or the Horse & Carriage.
CANADA 1,952 1,795 1,902 1,909 1,846
SAUDI ARABIA 1,453 1,535 1,519 1,458 1,358
MEXICO 1,259 1,232 1,230 1,460 1,471
NIGERIA 1,115 1,154 1,105 891 1,089
VENEZUELA 1,019 858 990 1,182 1,070
IRAQ 679 773 693 562 488
ANGOLA 579 384 469 514 556
ALGERIA 393 247 300 530 495
BRAZIL 201 188 182 175 174
KUWAIT 176 199 218 126 187
ECUADOR 160 231 203 159 200
COLOMBIA 149 135 168 79 100
CHAD 133 101 110 80 76
RUSSIA 106 108 77 269 137
LIBYA 85 75 68 45 56
Country Apr-08 Mar-08 YTD 2008 Apr-07 YTD 2007- Reply to this comment
- Posted by dafras at 11:54 AM : Jun 24, 2008
was bosnia a threat to the USA???
BTW,,, iraq broke the ceasefire,,, the big brain demoni-rats voted FOR the war and funding on every vote,,,
The US should not be financing the ethnic cleansing of the non-muslims.
Please stop wasting my tax dollars on radical religious idiot welfare fascist nazi terrorislam.
stop sending aid to musliom majority countries,,, let the oil rich muslim countries help them,,, stop buying oil rich muslim countries oil,,,
clean coall is better than fascist nazi terrorislam oil,,,
oil shale is better than fascist nazi terrorislam oil,,,
drilling offshore is better than fascist nazi terrorislam oil,,,
drilling in alaska is better than fascist nazi terrorislam oil,,,
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- Posted by bookwerm314 at 10:55 AM : Jun 24, 2008
don''''''''t confuse us with logic!! We are on here to bash and blame Bush for everything!! so don''''''''t bring logic into this forum!!!
Posted by jamesm12341 at 11:03 AM : Jun 24, 2008
Just putting credit where credit is due. You wouldn''t want the so-called ''successes'' of the conservative agenda to go without notice. - Reply to this comment
- God, some of you are fools. The price of oil is determined by the market, NOT the "oil companies". Go back and take a basic economic class. And if we DO drill everywhere, will take YEARS before we get much oil, and even then only 1% or so of the world oil output will be increased.. NO price improvement.
Posted by bookwerm314 at 10:55 AM : Jun 24, 2008
I''ve always thought the oil companies do play the market by artificially cutting refinery production but you''re implying this isn''t happening. I guess I beg to differ. I agree opening ANWR to drilling will not help in practical terms because of the math that shows a chasm between theoretical U.S. oil supply and consumption. And if refining capacity can be changed at will, the supply side of the market can be maintained at levels to support high prices anyway. - Reply to this comment
- Last week, Sen. John McCain reversed his longstanding opposition to offshore drilling. The Arizona Senator and his campaign surrogates framed the move as a much-needed effort to combat energy costs in the wake of record high gas prices - political action to Sen. Barack Obama`s inaction.
But the assertion that offshore drilling could have an impact on oil prices by placating oil speculators is itself a contested proposition.
And some analysts insist that it is wishful thinking that the market would suddenly perk up because of the prospect of more supply.
The Energy Information Administration estimated that oil from these sites would hit the market around 2017 and peak around 2027.
Rushing the process would likely only result in less supply. "The faster we try to drain the less efficient the drainage," said Dr. Ralph Byrns, Professor of Economics at UNC-Chapel Hill.
"If we drain it dry and still get 14 billion barrels of oil [the President has suggested 18 billion], that itself would still take (20 years)" - Reply to this comment
- Indeed, as Taylor pointed out and as a number of independent studies have emphasized, there are a host of LOOPHOLES, COSTS, DELAYS and UNCERTAINTIES that make OFFSHORE DRILLING far from a SURE SOIL BOOM.
There is a 5-Year Waiting Period just to LEASE LAND for DRILLING, and even MORE TIME on top of that to get a CONTRAC FOR THE OIL RIGS.
The American Petroleum Institute recently acknowledged that there is a dearth of equipment to drill on the land and coasts that are already accessible.
And depending on the size of the station being built, and the possibility that OIL MAY NOT BE FOUND IMMEDIATELY , it could be upwards of 10 YEARS before crude is even Brought to the Surface. - Reply to this comment
- To be fair, McCain and his aides have publicly stated that in this battle, as well during his press for a temporary gas tax holiday, the Senator was not casting his lot with the economists.
And in a moment of sincerity, a senior adviser to the Arizona Republican,Douglas Holtz-Eakin, acknowledged that ...
Note: New Offshore Drilling Wouldn`t have an Immediate Effect on Gas Prices.
In fact, three weeks before he came out in support of Drilling, the Senator himself.
Ooffshore Resources: "Would take Years to Develop." - Reply to this comment
- Last week, Sen. John McCain reversed his longstanding opposition to offshore drilling. The Arizona Senator and his campaign surrogates framed the move as a much-needed effort to combat energy costs in the wake of record high gas prices - political action to Sen. Barack Obama`s inaction.
But the assertion that offshore drilling could have an impact on oil prices by placating oil speculators is itself a contested proposition.
And some analysts insist that it is wishful thinking that the market would suddenly perk up because of the prospect of more supply.
The Energy Information Administration estimated that oil from these sites would hit the market around 2017 and peak around 2027.
Rushing the process would likely only result in less supply. "The faster we try to drain the less efficient the drainage," said Dr. Ralph Byrns, Professor of Economics at UNC-Chapel Hill.
"If we drain it dry and still get 14 billion barrels of oil [the President has suggested 18 billion], that itself would still take (20 years)" - Reply to this comment
- God, some of you are fools. The price of oil is determined by the market, NOT the "oil companies". Go back and take a basic economic class. And if we DO drill everywhere, will take YEARS before we get much oil, and even then only 1% or so of the world oil output will be increased.. NO price improvement. And guess what? just because we pump it HERE doesn''t mean we pay less.. just means a few less dollars exported. To "open the valve" on low cost energy, we need something OTHER than oil based energy! Basic economics.
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