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- Troika37, on 02/18/2008, -0/+42The top five states from which we receive oil - in order: Canada, Saudi Arabia, Venezuela, Mexico, Nigera.
It is unfair to portray the United States as bound only to the Saudi's in terms of oil imports. - Dysarthria, on 02/18/2008, -1/+17You're a bit off.
#1 = Canada (almost 2x Mexico or Saudi Arabia)
#2/#3 = Mexico or Saudi Arabia, they trade off month to month
#4 = Venezuela
#5 = Nigeria (but only just a little behind VZ)
http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/dnav/pet/pet_move_impcus_ ...
Also the US is the 3rd largest producer of oil in the world, producing 3x as much as Vz. - Androfire, on 02/18/2008, -3/+172030? But thats like a million years from now!
- bah7t4, on 02/18/2008, -1/+14Nuclear plants > electrolysis > hydrogen vehicles
Understand the huge technology feats that have to be passed along with, and more importantly, the stubbornness of the public. I think this is how it might go some time in the future - Richandler, on 02/18/2008, -3/+15The poorer Americans become the harder it will be to become energy independent. Liberal minded people need to understand the concept of personal liberty if they truly wish for the nation to be come energy independent. The less the government has and the more the individual has the easier it would be for the average person to have solar panels and buy hybrid cars. Simply put we are an overtaxed people who are so reliant on our government that no matter what we decide to commit to ultimately the government decides what we are responsible for.
- igeoffi, on 02/18/2008, -0/+7I don't study alternative energies and its related subjects so I have a question for those that do know more about this: If not oil, what alternative energy do you suggest the US use (and why)?
- VTCastle, on 02/18/2008, -1/+8Brazil will be the next big player, and probably out-produce the middle east in the near future. But our dependence on oil will not go away for many years to come.
- inactive, on 02/18/2008, -1/+8As with most stock speculators, the use of a dart board would have given me more to work with than this article.....
- Railz, on 02/18/2008, -1/+7Funny, we also have the highest amount of GDP per Capita. Wonder if they go hand in hand?
- jmpeagle, on 02/18/2008, -0/+6well technically we can always make new oil from any existing carbon source...even coal for example...it just gets really really expensive
- tringtring, on 02/18/2008, -2/+7An average American uses five times the amount of the oil per capita as the rest of the world...the correct word appears to be deaddiction, not independence
- bphicke, on 02/18/2008, -0/+5The US hasn't hardly tapped into it's own oil reserves at all. Also, every time they say the world is running out we find new reserves. Yes, I readily accept that it is not a renewable resource, but much of what you have stated is information put out so oil companies have an excuse to overcharge us.
- bphicke, on 02/18/2008, -0/+5All government is corrupt. The key is controlling it by keeping the power at the local level so citizens can easily make changes. When the federal government takes control, we lose our voices in our own lives.
- wipis, on 02/18/2008, -1/+6FTA: "One of Bush's first acts as president was to convene a secret panel of industry executives to help draft an energy policy blueprint."
Well that was his first mistake. Someone needs to tell Bush there is a difference between free market solutions and corporate fascism.
And I can't believe I only just realized this but, how is Iraq going to pay for this war with oil if we are going to reduce our reliance on foreign oil? Unless Bush originally intended to just make it property of the US. But thats call imperialism's not democracy so it's hard to make it a campaign slogan. - tschau, on 02/18/2008, -0/+5That is one of the most ludicrous statements I've heard in a good while. The same "affect" as 911? You mean it will kill several thousand people, and then shake the rest of us up enough that we're easily led into wars in the middle east?
Why don't you just say it'll have the same effect as Hitler... whatever that would mean. - jmpeagle, on 02/18/2008, -0/+51. learn the difference between corn and sugar based ethanol
2. Brazil is already a net exporter of oil
3. U.S. can't really adopt sugar since our climate/soil isn't conducive for its growth - Telexen, on 02/18/2008, -1/+5Sorry, but dumb idea.
They'll save millions on windfall taxes by willingly throwing away fewer million on "R&D" that they don't actually follow through on.
American oil companies need to be punished with a windfall tax because they're charging FAR above and beyond what a price that would create a reasonable profit would. They can't profit billions per quarter and claim they have to pay a lot for oil too...it doesn't work that way. - Derelict267, on 02/18/2008, -0/+4I'm pretty sure by 2030 we'll be using alternative fuel.
- tgc1, on 02/18/2008, -0/+4I don't know where you got your information. But the Tar Sands have been speculated to contain more oil than anywhere else in the world.
- d03boy, on 02/18/2008, -0/+4today was the day the Iranian Oil Bourse opened... it might have to change now
- igeoffi, on 02/18/2008, -0/+4This may be a pathetically weak argument but nonetheless it's an argument I frequently hear: We don't drill our own oil as much so that we drain the oil reserves in the middle east and other parts of the world. Once they are mostly drained, we still have our own oil.
Once again, this argument does not represent my views, it is merely an argument that is frequently used. - Mist0r_Wiggles, on 02/18/2008, -2/+6But, but, but, Obama will change everything!!!
- felman87, on 02/18/2008, -1/+5Why not move off of oil onto a source that's infinite? Like stupidity.
- marvinmatthew, on 02/18/2008, -0/+4I may get shot for this, but nuclear energy is probably our best bet.
The technology has come a long away since Three Mile Island. The reactors are safe, and they're a proven technology. It's just that the general public isn't well informed on how safe they've become.
If we could develop a way of controlling/capturing CO2 emissions, I would recommend coal. - ZephyrNinety, on 02/18/2008, -7/+11DRILL ALASKA.
- SonicRush, on 02/18/2008, -0/+3I talked to a guy with Shell (trying to get an internship!) and he was saying the infrastructure for widespread hydrogen availability would be really expensive and difficult. I'm thinking plug in cars might become a primary option, I definitely agree that nuclear should be used more though. It would be a good start so we're not burning so much coal.
- tuxerware, on 02/18/2008, -0/+3I agree, but Solar-> electrolysis > hydrogen vehicles would be a good alternative too.
- felman87, on 02/18/2008, -0/+3brazil is in the process of converting to sugar ethanol, so it's entirely possible that they might ship excess oil to the US.
- inactive, on 02/18/2008, -1/+4So long as the Eco-Crazies don't let us utilize our own bountiful natural resources, we'll continue to be a slave to foreign oil. What's going to make it worse is Obama and Clintons promise to penalize US oil companies with higher taxes. It's going to make them less competitive, drive up prices, and in the end, make us even MORE dependent on foreign oil.
- bphicke, on 02/18/2008, -0/+314 bases and a massive embassy. Not to mention they started building BxPx(army version of Wallmart) stores over there from day one. The powers that be never had any intention of leaving.
- Evildudetx, on 02/18/2008, -0/+3Ya'll do realize we have more oil here in the continental US than anywhere else in the world? It is simply trapped in shale, but the oil companies are finalizing new methods to extract it.
- Berkana, on 02/18/2008, -0/+3Permanently impacting the arctic national wildlife refuge for less than a decade's worth of oil does nothing to reduce our dependence on foreign oil, and is nothing but squandering our national natural heritage. We need a mission-to-the-moon style national initiative to develop alternative and renewable energy. Anything that keeps us on the same old wrong track is not a real solution.
- cygnus2112, on 02/18/2008, -0/+3Oh yeah, Kyoto protocol. Encourage China to build 500+ more coal factories in a decade.
Genius. - merper, on 02/18/2008, -0/+2WTF would Ron Paul do? He would just give back even more money to oil companies, which have a VESTED INTEREST in continuing to produce high price oil. Honestly, anyone who thinks oil companies would start investing in alternate energy when their main cash crop is booming is blinding themselves.
- whodathunk, on 02/18/2008, -0/+2Well, you can 'store' quite a lot of electricity if you convert it into hydrogen (and back when you need the electricity)...
My point is that 'hydrogen' may turn out to be the best 'battery'... - inactive, on 02/18/2008, -0/+2I don't want to trade with Saudi Arabia. Their second largest export is terrorism, funded by petro-dollars. And every US president since the oil embargo of 1973 has refused to do anything about it.
- inactive, on 02/18/2008, -0/+2What do you suggest, a return to the Appaloosa and hunting and gathering?
- earlycj5, on 02/18/2008, -0/+2Once again, can we not get articles spread out over 50 pages?
- Dysarthria, on 02/18/2008, -0/+2The tar sands have >100 years of production.
- DogofFire, on 02/18/2008, -1/+3actually, they have that dead wrong. it IS going to change A LOT in the years before 2030. the Middle East will increasingly become the main supplier. it has about 65% of world reserves, and the rest of the suppliers are running out.
- Troika37, on 02/18/2008, -0/+2Department of Energy data, released 15Feb08
http://www.eia.doe.gov/pub/oil_gas/petroleum/data_ ...
I'm not sure why you thought I was off, you listed the exact same information (and cite) I did...
Canada, Saudi Arabia, Venezuela, Mexico, Nigera - inactive, on 02/18/2008, -0/+2According to the CIA World Fact book, we're ranked #9 behind Luxembourg, Qatar, Bermuda, Jersey, Norway, Kuwait, UAE, and Singapore. The US GDP/per capita is $46k. The Netherlands is $38.6K and Guam is $15k.
- slvrbullet87, on 02/18/2008, -0/+2Is a pretty good idea, oil isnt just used for gas, every piece of plastic, almost all ruber, detergent, and almost every other day to day product is made out of oil. Even if we switch to electic cars we will need the oil for other things
- tgc1, on 02/18/2008, -0/+2Don't forget about Canada. We supply you with a LOT of oil. Don't kid yourself.
- bphicke, on 02/18/2008, -0/+2Right now I am picturing a ford pinto with flashy pinwheels spinning on either side of the hood...
- calibration, on 02/18/2008, -0/+2sugar cane ftw
- tschau, on 02/18/2008, -0/+2A couple things...
1) We do drill in Alaska, extensively.
2)If you're referring to ANWR, the total amount of oil there could at most fill a few percent of our oil usage each year. It might be a point of contention, but it is in no way a solution. - whodathunk, on 02/18/2008, -0/+2I read somewhere that, in order to supply the entire US with all its energy needs using measly 10% efficiency solar panels, it would cost less land than the roads do...
- calibration, on 02/18/2008, -0/+2CO2 isn't the only problem with coal lol.
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