Eddie Haskell wrote:
> "Dave Fritzinger" <dfritzin@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On Jul 16, 8:15 am, "Eddie Haskell" <h...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> "Dave Fritzinger" <dfrit...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> On Jul 16, 7:34 am, "Eddie Haskell" <h...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>> "z" <gzuck...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>> On Jul 16, 12:20 pm, "Eddie Haskell" <h...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>> ..that you hope and pray for and so refuse to allow increased
domestic
>>>> energy production.
>>>> -Eddie Haskell- Hide quoted text -
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>>>> we own 3% of the world's oil. we use 25% of the world's oil. are you
>>>> really thinking that if we could only get at all of that 3%,
>>>> everything would work out? you guys really take bush's hatred of
>>>> "fuzzy math" to heart.
>>> Aside from the fact that I don't buy your numbers for a minute, the
>>> percentage of what we own has nothing to do with the percentage we use
>>> that
>>> is produced.
>> You ought to buy his figures, though.
>> For reserves, see:http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0872964.html
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>> US oil reserves: 21.4 billion barrels
>> Total world reserves: 1,292.6 billion barrels.
>> US % of total reserves: 21.4/1292.6= 1.655%
>> Gee, that is worse than what Z said.
>>
>> How about consumption?
>>
See:http://investing.curiouscatblog.net/2008/06/30/oil-consumption-by-cou...
>> US % of total world oil consumption: 25.9%
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>> Google is my friend, even if it isn't yours <g>
>> [snip]
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>> I see you are as dumb as "Z" and think that the percentage that we have
>> has
>> something to do with the percentage of what we consume that is
produced.
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>> I see you are running away from your contention that Z's figures were
>> wrong.
>
> I didn't say they were wrong. I said that I didn't buy his numbers.
>
>> Hell, I didn't even address the rest of your post. I just
>> pointed out that Z was optimistic when he said that the US has 3% of
>> the proven oil reserves. The actual number is 1.65%.
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>> And, of course, we can't produce more than we have. I agree we could
>> produce *some* more oil,
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> Not with democrats controlling congress.
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>> but we also have to look at the environmental
>> implications of that production. Finally, even T. Boone Pickens (oil
>> billionaire) agrees that we aren't going to drill our way out of this
>> crisis, and we need to look at alternate sources of energy and at
>> conservation.
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> Nuclear is our best bet, but democrats won't let us do that either.
>
> -Eddie Haskell
Would you agree to a nuclear plant next door to where you live?
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