Posted on 04/21/2006 10:46:54 AM PDT by Rutles4Ever
No intent to poo poo renewables, just bring some common sense to the debate.
In time, many of the new technologies may well flourish and be made much more economical as the scale of production expands and costs to manufacture same decrease.
I am not willing to subsidize every tom dick and harry widget and gadget endeavor in that process however, when we have mature technologies available, be it natural gas or nuclear.
The obstacles placed in their paths the last few decades are nothing short of criminal, in my opinion.
He could call Harry Reid and the Rino's on their blocking any hopes for energy policies as forcefully as he did last week on the illegal immigration issue -- seems to the administration is more concerned with having illegals made legal than doing something about our pathetic energy situation.
The other countries with high prices are socialist and pay a lot of their socialist agendas with high gas prices... this isn't a fair measure.
1. Ghawar Unknown |
2a. Burgan CONFIRMED DECLINE ~14% |
2b. Cantarell CONFIRMED DECLINE ~14% |
3. Bolivar Coastal Unknown |
4. Safaniya-Khafji Unknown |
5. Rumaila Unknown |
6. Tengiz Unknown |
7. Ahwaz CONFIRMED DECLINE ~64% |
8. Kirkuk CONFIRMED DECLINE |
9. Marun CONFIRMED DECLINE |
10. Gachsaran Unknown |
11. Aghajari CONFIRMED DECLINE |
12. Samotlor CONFIRMED DECLINE ~ 9% |
13a. Prudhoe Bay CONFIRMED DECLINE ~11% |
13b. Kashagan Unknown |
14. Abqaiq Unknown, but have you seen the cross section? It's all water! |
15. Romashkino Unknown |
16. Chicontepec Unknown |
17. Berri Unknown |
18. Zakum Unknown |
19. Manifa Unknown |
20. Faroozan-Marjan Unknown |
21. Marlim, Campos CONFIRMED DECLINE ~8% |
1. Ghawar, Saudi Arabia 75-83 billion barrels |
2a. Burgan, Kuwait 66-72 billion barrels |
2b. Cantarell, Mexico (often listed as a large complex of multiple smaller fields) 35 billion barrels |
3 Bolivar Coastal, Venezuela 30-32 billion barrels |
4 Safaniya-Khafji, Saudi Arabia/Neutral Zone 30 billion barrels |
5 Rumaila, Iraq 20 billion barrels |
6 Tengiz, Kazakstan 15-26 billion barrels |
7 Ahwaz, Iran 17 billion barrels |
8 Kirkuk, Iraq 16 billion barrels |
9 Marun, Iran 16 billion barrels |
10 Gachsaran, Iran 15 billion barrels |
11 Aghajari, Iran 14 billion barrels |
12 Samotlor, West Siberia, Russia 14-16 billion barrels |
13a.Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, USA 13 billion barrels |
13b. Kashagan, Kazakhstan 13 billion barrels |
14 Abqaiq, Saudi Arabia 12 billion barrels |
15 Romashkino, Volga-Ural, Russia 12-14 billion barrels |
16 Chicontepec, Mexico 12 billion barrels |
17 Berri, Saudi Arabia 12 billion barrels |
18 Zakum, Abu Dhabi, UAE 12 billion barrels |
19 Manifa, Saudi Arabia 11 billion barrels |
20 Faroozan-Marjan, Saudi Arabia/Iran 10 billion barrels |
21 Marlim, Campos, Brazil 10-14 billion barrels |
Stats > Energy > Oil refining ability
Rank | Country | Amount (top to bottom) | |
#1 | Russia | 6,600,000 barrels per day |
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#2 | Japan | 4,800,000 barrels per day |
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#3 | China | 4,500,000 barrels per day |
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#4 | Korea, South | 2,600,000 barrels per day |
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#5 | Italy | 2,300,000 barrels per day |
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#6 | India | 2,100,000 barrels per day |
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#7 | France | 1,900,000 barrels per day |
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#8 | Brazil | 1,800,000 barrels per day |
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#9 | Saudi Arabia | 1,750,000 barrels per day |
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#10 | Mexico | 1,700,000 barrels per day |
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#11 | Singapore | 1,300,000 barrels per day |
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#12 | Spain | 1,300,000 barrels per day |
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#13 | Taiwan | 1,220,000 barrels per day |
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#14 | Ukraine | 1,150,000 barrels per day |
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#15 | Indonesia | 992,745 barrels per day |
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#16 | Kuwait | 889,200 barrels per day |
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#17 | Australia | 846,250 barrels per day |
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#18 | Egypt | 726,250 barrels per day |
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#19 | Turkey | 719,275 barrels per day |
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#20 | Thailand | 681,750 barrels per day |
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#21 | United Arab Emirates | 514,750 barrels per day |
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#22 | Malaysia | 514,500 barrels per day |
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#23 | South Africa | 468,547 barrels per day |
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#24 | Azerbaijan | 442,000 barrels per day |
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#25 | Nigeria | 438,750 barrels per day |
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#26 | Kazakhstan | 427,000 barrels per day |
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#27 | Greece | 406,500 barrels per day |
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#28 | Libya | 343,400 barrels per day |
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#29 | Norway | 310,000 barrels per day |
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#30 | Portugal | 304,172 barrels per day |
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#31 | Colombia | 285,850 barrels per day |
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#32 | Bahrain | 248,900 barrels per day |
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#33 | Syria | 239,865 barrels per day |
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#34 | Pakistan | 238,850 barrels per day |
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#35 | Israel | 220,000 barrels per day |
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#36 | Peru | 190,950 barrels per day |
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#37 | Ecuador | 176,000 barrels per day |
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#38 | Yemen | 130,000 barrels per day |
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#39 | Jordan | 90,400 barrels per day |
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#40 | Oman | 85,000 barrels per day |
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#41 | Korea, North | 71,000 barrels per day |
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#42 | Bolivia | 63,000 barrels per day |
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#43 | Panama | 60,000 barrels per day |
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#44 | Qatar | 57,500 barrels per day |
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#45 | Cameroon | 42,000 barrels per day |
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#46 | Bangladesh | 33,000 barrels per day |
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#47 | Guatemala | 22,000 barrels per day |
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#48 | Gabon | 17,300 barrels per day |
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#49 | Brunei | 8,600 barrels per day |
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#50 | Paraguay | 7,500 barrels per day |
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#51 | Iran | 1.47 barrels per day |
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Total: | 46,332,805.47 barrels per day | ||
Weighted average: | 908,486.4 barrels per day |
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In terms of Arabia's Ghawar field, the alarming potential Iranian/al-Qaida, anti-Western 'economic' target of preference, which if ignited into an incontrollable inferno, panicking the international energy markets as never seen previously, rocketing crude prices between $125 to $200, coupled with plummeting stock indexes to record lows.
Please... It is a choice, not a birthright. How many have been $90,000 in debt with no job prospects and no assets? I was a poor schmuck who coudln't pay his bills... I had to live on $40/week for food/household expenses, no cell, no cable, no internet for years... Five years from the start of my financial problems (medical bills w/ no insurance), my market assets were worth $50,000 and my net worth went from -$90,000 to +$65,000. It is a choice that anyone can make, if they are willing to seek opportunity instead of security, and to make the sacrifice and educate themselves-- seek opportunity in every challenge...
In my experience, based on my observations, education is only possible if
1.) you have some aptitude for education. A lot of people, whether by virtue of a poor underlying education or because they just aren't the intellectual type.
2.) You must have a support system to make it possible - a spouse willing to work through school, parents who can at least partially support you, or need-based aid from the university. With the skyrocketing cost of education, it's becoming more and more impossible to work your way through school - even in public universities.
Most people are but this is a free market economy. We know we're being price gouged, but what can we do about it? We've let the environmental whackos get away with this for so long that we've boxed ourselves into a hole. We've got the biggest reserve of oil possibly bigger than the middle east sitting under Colorado and we cannot drill because of regulations. If the Republican Party doesn't take up the call and publicize the fact that because of all the regulations we're in this mess and the Democratic Party has aided and abetted the enviornmentalists, they are the stupidest part who has ever lived and they deserve to lose.
Wind has also reached a point where it can be economical in some places. It's already providing a significant amount of power in the California deserts. There's a huge wind farm on the way from LA to Palm Springs, if you ever plan on taking that drive.
They wanted to put in a wind farm off the coast of Cape Cod, but the Kennedys and their limousine liberal buddies blocked it because they didn't want their view to be damaged. Amazing hypocrisy, no?
The funny thing is, that's correct, for the last 5 years every industrialized nation or third world nation industrializing, has stock piled up oil. National Oil stocks (for all countries) are at the highest levels ever.
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