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> 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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>>>>>> 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.
Thanks for the admission that you are closed-minded.
-Eddie Haskell
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