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> Eddie Haskell wrote:
>> "Major Debacle" <Major_Debacle@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>> Eddie Haskell wrote:
>>>> "z" <gzuckier@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>> On Jul 16, 2:51 pm, Dave Fritzinger <dfrit...@[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 -
>>>>>>>> - Show quoted text -
>>>>>>>> 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
>>>>>> 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?
>>>>>>
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>>>>>> US % of total world oil consumption: 25.9%
>>>>>> Google is my friend, even if it isn't yours <g>
>>>>>> [snip]
>>>>>> -------------------------------------
>>>>>> 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.
>>>>> I see you are running away from your contention that Z's figures
were
>>>>> wrong. 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%.
>>>>>
>>>>> And, of course, we can't produce more than we have. I agree we could
>>>>> produce *some* more oil, 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.
>>>>> --
>>>>> Dave Fritzinger
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>>>>> he's got some real economic chops there. probably a former bush
>>>>> economic adviser. or maybe one of cheney's mystery energy policy
>>>>> adviser team.
>>>> We understand. You realize that you made a fool out of yourself by
>>>> parroting DNC talking points
>>> They aren't DNC talking points, you willful IDIOT!
>>
>> I've seen the 25% US world usage of produced oil in conjunction with 3%
>> of US reserves statement used several times by various democrats and it
>> is stupid and meaningless.
>>
>> Since they couldn't have come up with the same stupid thing independent
>> it had to have come from somewhere.
>>
>> I say the DNC.
>>
>> You do know that the democrats spend 99% of their time devising lies,
>> smears character assassination and stupid talking points like that for
>> their flock to parrot don't you?
>>
>> Debating the democrats in this NG is like debating a talking point
>> parrot. Not a lick of brains behind it.
>>
>>> They are figures from the Energy Information Administration, an agency
>>> of the U.S. Department of Energy. They are "official energy statistics
>>> of the U.S. government".
>>>
>>> http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/dnav/pet/pet_crd_pres_dcu_NUS_a.htm
>>>
>>>> when you regurgitated the invalid percentage of reserves to US
>>>> consumption of what is produced in the world comparison.
>>> I know where you are trying to steer that mangled sentence. I thought
>>> the same thing when I read z's first post in this thread. But what you
>>> have to realize and what you can't hide from is the fact that US is
>>> consuming 7.5 *billion* barrels of oil a year and only has 21 billion
of
>>> reserves.
>>
>> I'm not hiding. I'm pointing out that what he said is meaningless.
>>
>>>> The democrats told you that as an excuse for their opposing drilling
>>>> because they are in bed with the environmentalists and you bought it
>>>> like a dunderhead.
>>>>
>>>> How embarrassing for you.
>>>>
>>>> -Eddie Haskell
>>> Wake up, Eddie. It's not the fault of the Democrats that the US only
has
>>> 21 billion barrels of crude oil reserves.
>>
>> Wake up, Debacle. I didn't say that. I said it's their fault we are not
>> drilling in ANWR and offshore.
>>
>> -Eddie Haskell
>
> Then get out and hustle some votes for your side, get some people
elected
> who will drill until you are satisfied. It's the American way.
Well now, just what the hell do you think I'm doing here?
> Whining about it and blaming others is for sissies.
Whining about people like me who are hustling some votes by correctly
identifying the problem and it's source is what's for sissies.
-Eddie Haskell
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