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To: balls; 1FASTGLOCK45; yldstrk
We have enough oil on the continental shelf and other domestic sources to be independent.

"United States proven oil reserves declined to a little less than 21 billion barrels (3.3×109 m3) as of 2006 according to the Energy Information Administration, ...

If the United States had to supply its entire demand of 21 million barrels per day (3.3×106 m3/d) without resorting to foreign imports, existing US reserves would last only three years at the current rate of consumption." - link

23 posted on 05/21/2008 9:58:00 PM PDT by wideminded
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To: wideminded

This does not take into account the worlds larges oil shale fields in Colorado (the highest quality shale in the world) and Wyoming that contain more than 1 TRILLION barrels that could begin production in the next decade (Source: Testimony of Terry O’Connor, Shell Executive, at Republican hearings last week on C-SPAN3).


26 posted on 05/22/2008 7:01:48 AM PDT by balls
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