>
>Good enough, but I was referring to North America as a whole, not just
the
>United States. You support my argument wonderfully in the below
statement,
>thanks.
No problem. I was trying to illustrate that even if we did away with
all of our regulatory paperwork surrounding the exploitation of our own
oil, we just wouldn't have much of it given our rate of consumption.
Unfortunately, the great majority of North America's oil is under
someone else's dirt.
>
>> Just for grins, here's a list of our top importers. Interestingly,
the
>> top 2 are Canada and Mexico. They are followed by Saudi Arabia,
>> Venezuela, and Nigeria. Iraq is 6th.
>>
>>
http://www.eia.doe.gov/pub/oil_gas/petroleum/data_publications/company_l
>> evel_imports/current/import.html]
>
>> Coal and natural gas, on the other hand, are cats of a different
color.
>> We've got plenty of that.
>
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