Only 15- 17% of our oil comes from the middle east.
Opening up offshore drilling will easily replace them.
Me thinks the masses are having games played with them.
(Generate phony crisis, then manipulate.)
17% of our daily consumption of oil comes to around 3.6 million barrels of oil.
What untapped offshore sources of oil could replace that oil if that could be done how long would it last?
Oil is a global commodity and thus fungible. It really doesn't matter where our imported oil comes from. World demand is growing as countries like China and India become more affluent. And we are adding 57 million people a year to the world's population and will do so at least until 2050. It is like adding another Italy every year to the world's population.