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The New DU. Reply #36: The US could raise the share it takes of leased land, I think it's around 5%.
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joshcryer
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Fri May-20-11 10:51 PM
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| 36. The US could raise the share it takes of leased land, I think it's around 5%. |
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If we raised it to 90% you have an argument, but most of it is either deep offshore (which is not allowed for the most part) and oil shale (which is dubious at best, the in-situ methods do work but the oil companies are sitting on their leases for when it is super profitable in about 25 years).
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