RE: The Only Explanation
October 31, 2015 at 11:01 pm
(This post was last modified: October 31, 2015 at 11:01 pm by TheRocketSurgeon.)
(October 31, 2015 at 9:59 pm)Chad32 Wrote: Yet with all of our military we grovel before countries like Saudi Arabia as if they'd dare to just cut us off completley. Like we wouldn't have a quick answer for them not giving us oil anymore.
Actually, with the increased dependence of rapidly-modernizing China and India on imported oil, we stand to have almost literally half the planet opposed to us, if we try to take SA's oil by force.
Right now, right this very minute, we could easily take them out--that is, reduce them to meaningless squabbling without real power to reach out and ruin our day--with our combined naval and air power, if we ignore the fact that both nations have nuclear weapons.
But as Rhythm pointed out, the cost-benefit analysis isn't anywhere close. That's why, despite the problems with drilling and fracking and tar-sands, we've quietly moved almost entirely to North American sources of oil.
Quote:The United States exported about 4 MMb/d of crude oil and petroleum products in 2014, resulting in net imports (imports minus exports) of about 5 MMb/d in 2014. Net imports accounted for 27% of the petroleum consumed in the United States, the lowest annual average since 1985.
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http://www.eia.gov/tools/faqs/faq.cfm?id=727&t=6
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