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To: Pokey78
Even these figures understate our dependence on the Saudis. Enough oil is known to exist in the United States to maintain current production levels for about 10 years, and in Canada for about 8 years...

Plenty of time to build a bunch of breeder reactors, if we just get the government (in the hands of the NIMBYs) out of the way.

but it's safe to assume that engines that run on something other than gasoline will not be significant for a good long while. And this irreplaceable gasoline accounts for about 45 percent of all our oil consumption.

What would our situation look like if 100% of our oil went into transportaion? Assume that anything that's stationary and can hook up to the grid is run by coal, hydro, wind or nuclear.

Bringing back the nuclear industry is now a national security issue - something the French and Japanese have understood for a long time.

21 posted on 11/10/2001 5:44:19 PM PST by N00dleN0gg1n
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To: N00dleN0gg1n; Travis McGee; Lent
Did you know that your favorite Hollywood stars who live in Beverly Hills, live with oil wells, in some cases in their back yards and basements (and collect royalties)? There is a massive oil well on the grounds of Beverly Hills High School. 10 to 1 Monica Lewinsky never even noticed it!

Did you know we have oil wells all over Ohio, literally in back yards, cow pastures, parks, woods , and every other place you can think of? ditto Pennsylvania, Western New York State, and God knows where else.

Do these tree hugging clymers actually think a Caribou is going to give a tinker's dam about living next to an oil well? Jeesh, this country has been taken over by the stupidly evil or the evilly stupid!

Drill Anwr, dammit. When the first well comes in, we'll meet at my house for some roast spotted owl and throw darts at Barbra Streisand and Diane Feinstein posters.
(BTW, did you ever notice the same people who want to preserve the environment have no qualms about allowing 10 million illegal aliens crowd into the US and have 10 kids apiece. This certainly hasn't helped the environment in Southern California. Without development, how are we supposed to feed, clothe, house, educate, and employ these Third World Border Bounders who are turning many areas into little Third World Hellholes?)

31 posted on 11/10/2001 6:16:52 PM PST by Francohio
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To: N00dleN0gg1n
What would our situation look like if 100% of our oil went into transportaion?

Nearly impossible. Our manufacturing base depends on oil (all machinery does), not to mention plastics.

43 posted on 11/10/2001 6:49:27 PM PST by monkeyshine
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