Eddie Haskell wrote:
> "Major Debacle" <Major_Debacle@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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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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>>>>>
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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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>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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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
>>>>>>> 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%
>>>>>>> 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?
Oh, yeah... you're gonna change a *lot* of minds 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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