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4. Don't forget LNG

Reply to joshcryer (Reply #2)

Sat Aug 24, 2013, 04:47 AM

Aug 2013

We're cornering that market too.

And, yeah, I think most Americans don't realize we're set to pass Saudi next year and Russia a few years after that.

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Syria’s proven oil reserves, [View all] Ichingcarpenter Aug 2013 OP

Syria's production is lower than Vietnam's and comparable to Germany's Recursion Aug 2013 #1

Well, it already happened. joshcryer Aug 2013 #3

Your data is false and you give no links...I DO Ichingcarpenter Aug 2013 #8

You keep saying "proven reserves" like that matters Recursion Aug 2013 #11

Due to the civil war Ichingcarpenter Aug 2013 #12

Yeah, they've been at war since 1996... joshcryer Aug 2013 #14

Absolutely untrue. Significant fighting didn't start until we and the Saudis promoted the 2011 leveymg Aug 2013 #27

Tongue in cheek. joshcryer Aug 2013 #29

US energy supplies were projected to run out by 2010 according to 1970s estimates, too. leveymg Aug 2013 #31

The US peaked conventional oil in 1970! joshcryer Aug 2013 #32

They hit peak production in 1996. joshcryer Aug 2013 #2

Don't forget LNG Recursion Aug 2013 #4

Which is a travesty, because the environmental damage is going to be enormous. joshcryer Aug 2013 #5

Who knew. US in 2012, 11 million barrels a day, right behind Saudi, consumption at 18 million a day. napoleon_in_rags Aug 2013 #6

Yup. US don't care about nobody's oil. It already stole it all. joshcryer Aug 2013 #7

That's a pretty big problem with us producing 11 million a day and consuming 18 million a day. napoleon_in_rags Aug 2013 #9

US energy consumption per capita is declining. joshcryer Aug 2013 #10

Ah, that's educational. napoleon_in_rags Aug 2013 #16

We need a carbon tax. joshcryer Aug 2013 #17

Oh God damn, what a mess. napoleon_in_rags Aug 2013 #19

Compared to renewables, yeah, super cheap. joshcryer Aug 2013 #22

Madness. napoleon_in_rags Aug 2013 #24

We can't regionally address a global problem, though Recursion Aug 2013 #20

If adopted here then IP sharing becomes profitable. joshcryer Aug 2013 #21

Also from that website: "Obama is a Liar and a Terrorist" oberliner Aug 2013 #13

I gave a US Government Energy information link Ichingcarpenter Aug 2013 #15

Be that as it may oberliner Aug 2013 #25

Is nobody talking about the Iran-Iraq-Syria pipeline? jakeXT Aug 2013 #18

Yes that's hugh factor too... probable the biggest Ichingcarpenter Aug 2013 #23

The Great Game is important, but there's also the PNAC '97 agenda and the Saudi Jihad against Iran leveymg Aug 2013 #28

This may be the smoking gun. July 25, 2013 signing of Iran, iraq, Syria gas pipieline deal. hedda_foil Sep 2013 #36

This message was self-deleted by its author Adam051188 Aug 2013 #26

The whole "race for syria's black gold" is an easy narrative to spin bhikkhu Aug 2013 #30

the pipeline is a bigger factor .... this thread was Ichingcarpenter Aug 2013 #34

Pipelines are a dime a dozen bhikkhu Aug 2013 #35

Canada is the USA's largest supplier of oil - over 25%. ConcernedCanuk Aug 2013 #33