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cnredd said:Once again, proving God's cruel joke of putting oil under
the places with the worst people...
BWG said:According to the Oil and Gas Journal, the United States had 21.9 billion barrels of proved oil reserves as of January 1, 2005, eleventh highest in the world.
So, we're only the eleventh worst people? :lol:
cnredd said:Once again, proving God's cruel joke of putting oil under
the places with the worst people...
cnredd said:We got EVEN worse worst...the majority of the oil can't be drilled because it would violate environmental regulations...stupid, huh?
The Alaskan reserve is, almost literally, a drop in the bucket...Off-shore drilling was prevented a few years ago in Florida, and other places are being protected by "nature people"...
It's there...we just get stopped from getting it....
Kelzie said:Tut tut. It's all a drop in the bucket.
"According to the EIA, the United States has 21 billion barrels of proved oil reserves as of January 1, 2000. The U.S. uses about 6.6 billion barrels per year. That is only enough oil to last the U.S. about three and a half years without importing oil from other countries. 84% of the reserves are concentrated in four states. Texas has 25%, both onshore, and offshore. Alaska has 24%, California has 21%, and Louisiana has 14% onshore, and offshore. Since 1990, U.S. oil reserves have dropped about 20%. New oil discoveries made in 1999 were made almost entirely in the Gulf of Mexico, and Alaska. (321 million barrels). All other discoveries were extensions of existing oil fields, or new reservoirs discovered in old fields. (404 million barrels)."
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cnredd said:Does this mean BWG's statement is false?
According to the Oil and Gas Journal, the United States had 21.9 billion barrels of proved oil reserves as of January 1, 2005, eleventh highest in the world
If it's only a drop in the bucket, then that means there are only 10 countries with MORE than a drop in the bucket...
Kelzie said:No it's just all the other countries have so much more:
1. Saudi Arabia 261.9
2. Canada 178.81
3. Iran 125.8
4. Iraq 115.0
5. Kuwait 101.5
6. United Arab Emirates 97.8
7. Venezuela 77.2
8. Russia 60.0
9. Libya 39.0
10. Nigeria 35.3
cnredd said:This still doesn't seem like the best bunch of campers a Western society could hope for...
Kelzie said:We don't really have a choice. Three years isn't very long.
cnredd said:You haven't met my ex-fiance...
Kelzie said:Hey! I have an ex-fiance too! Is there some sort of club we should join?
cnredd said:MY house...6 AM...I get done work at 5:15...wear something nice...:2wave:
Kelzie said:Wow, that's too bad...I leave for school at six.
Damn, I never get to join the cool clubs. :mrgreen:
cnredd said:Shame...I'll be thinking of you...I'll order my sausage, egg, and cheese without the sausage.:2wave:
Kelzie said:And umm the egg and cheese right? Cause I don't eat those either...
cnredd said:JESUSCHRIST woman can you meet me halfway?!?!?!?!?!?
Kelzie said:What?!? I am...you can have the biscuit...:mrgreen:
cnredd said:Are we still talking "food"?:twisted:
I editedededt it!Kelzie said:Is there a reason you just highlight the bis in biscuit? Cause if it's some sort of pun, I'm not getting it...Maybe it's biz like business? 'Cept that still doesn't make sense....:lol:
cnredd said:I editedededt it!
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