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On 2/25/10 10:36 AM, Damon L. Chesser wrote:
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<pre wrap="">On this we agree. Dare I say, Drill hear, Drill now?
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This GOP rallying cry hides a certain facetiousness: we have been and
already are. <br>
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The US produces more than 90% of the petroleum products it
consumes and imports about 3M barrels per day of refined
petroleum products. Furthermore, we
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export almost 2M barrels a day of oil, almost all of it in the form of
refined products.<br>
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We import more oil from non-OPEC countries than OPEC countries and that
has been true since the 1990s and was true through much of the 1980s. <br>
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Funny thing, reality.<br>
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