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?
2. 40 years.
Long enough to start synthesizing (Fischer-Troupe)
our own fuel using nuclear power.
Are you aware that the Air Force is already bringing large
plants on line to produce JP8-100 jet fuel?