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06-04-2008, 05:22 PM | #1 |
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Oil in America
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ANWR: between 600 million and 10 billion barrels Florida coast: potentially 500 billion barrels, north Cuba Basin may contain 4.6 billion barrels alone Montana Bakken: between 4 and 400 billion barrels Average annual US oil imports: 4 billion / year This doesn't take into accounts costs of sinking wells, extraction, time to market, and the possibility that today's technology cannot extract some portion of it. But when I worked for Exxon years ago, one of the things they told us during initial orientation was that more oil deposits are discovered each year than the US produces. Not all of them are immediately extractable, but they are located and marked for future technology. Don't tell me America can't be "oil independent" if the environmentalist wackos would just get out of the way. |
06-04-2008, 05:25 PM | #2 |
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And why no new nuclear power plants?
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06-04-2008, 05:29 PM | #3 |
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Over thirty and he use to work for Exxon. Tex has really opened up here lately.
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I saw a 1910-1920-ish photo of my town and surrounding countryside (suburban Portland). The vegetation was wiped clean. I am convinced there are more trees now (at least in the US) than in the early part of the twentieth century. Back to oil... Are these reserves any harder to extract (i.e. more expensive to get to)? |
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This happened in my neck of the woods too. In the late 19th / early 20th century, almost every tree in the county was cut down to fuel the pig iron furnaces. The state government has since created a sizable amount of state forest lands, but it's weird to see all the trees pretty much the exact same size and age for miles and miles.
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How would opening up all these oil fields resolve the issue of oil being a finite resource? Cheap oil is an addiction we're wrestling with as a nation, and as a planet. Peak Oil is a reality, whether it is today, 5 years from now or 30 years from now. Environmentalists serve an (unintended) role in clamping down on supply... we need to shake this addiction one way or the other. We can start it now, or defer it to the kids & grandkids. What we're doing today is not sustainable. That said, if conservatives agreed to 40mpg standards for ALL vehicles within 5 years, I'd agree to open up ANWAR (as though I have the power to do so. lol) |
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I know the high oil prices have helped the Europeans. They drive mainly small, economy cars. I think they only pay $10 a gallon, $5 of which is tax. The European economic model the dems are so in love with should help us down the road. |
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