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Where gasoline is cheap, and why it's making yours pricey
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<blockquote data-quote="Bill V" data-source="post: 706305" data-attributes="member: 54538"><p>Gene and Scott-SVT, regarding your comments about the tankers hauling oil half way around the world--Do you know what country provides more of our oil than any other country?</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>USA! We produce about 40% of the oil we use.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Any guesses to who's second and third?</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Saudi Arabia? Nope.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Kuwait? Not even in the top 5.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Venezuela? Still wrong.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>#2 is--Canada! Closely followed by #3--Mexico. Those two combine to provide about 35% of our oil. That's right--over three fourths of our oil comes from North America! But the rest is all from the Middle East, right? No--#4 is Venezuela, and although Saudi Arabia is #5, we actually get as much of our oil from Africa as we do from all the Middle East put together.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>If you know this already, great--more power to you. But I think you can agree that a LOT of Americans are under the misperception that the majority of our oil comes from the Middle East, and your comments seem to suggest you are in that group...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bill V, post: 706305, member: 54538"] Gene and Scott-SVT, regarding your comments about the tankers hauling oil half way around the world--Do you know what country provides more of our oil than any other country? USA! We produce about 40% of the oil we use. Any guesses to who's second and third? Saudi Arabia? Nope. Kuwait? Not even in the top 5. Venezuela? Still wrong. #2 is--Canada! Closely followed by #3--Mexico. Those two combine to provide about 35% of our oil. That's right--over three fourths of our oil comes from North America! But the rest is all from the Middle East, right? No--#4 is Venezuela, and although Saudi Arabia is #5, we actually get as much of our oil from Africa as we do from all the Middle East put together. If you know this already, great--more power to you. But I think you can agree that a LOT of Americans are under the misperception that the majority of our oil comes from the Middle East, and your comments seem to suggest you are in that group... [/QUOTE]
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