darthtang aw
Active Member
Here is the basic truth. This is why you pay so much to fill up your car.
In 2004 we shipped over seas 268 million barrels of oil. We imported close to equal the same amount that same year. So essentially the consumer is feeling all the shipping costs of oil. If we stopped outsourcing our oil I bet gas would come down as shipping costs overall would be reduced by 95%.
Further more...i hear a lot about middle east oil being our main intent and purpose for being in the middle east. I disagree with this completely. Here are the top 15 importers of crude oil to the U.S.
CANADA 1,726
MEXICO 1,692
SAUDI ARABIA 1,413
VENEZUELA 1,190
NIGERIA 1,149
IRAQ 498
ALGERIA
ANGOLA
RUSSIA
BRAZIL
ECUADOR
CONGO (BRAZZAVILLE)
KUWAIT 139
UNITED KINGDOM
GABON
The numbers I have in place represent thousands of barrels shipped to us per day.
Our top two importers of oil are our border states. After looking at this I believe this is why politicians refuse to deal with Illegal immigrants coming through Mexico...Look at who is number 2.
In 2005 the U.S was pumping 5100 thousand barrels a day. This is down 800 barrels from 2000. since 1970 we have had a steady decline from 9700 thousand barrels pumped a day. Essentially we have cut our production in half.
Since 1970 our gas prices (national average) have been on the raise steadily for the most part with the exception of 1998 and 1999 we saw a significant drop in 1998 and 1999 was (while increased) was still lower than the past 7 years to that point.
Since that date oil prices have been on the move up and our gas prices have increased at the pump. What forced us to start importing more oil and decreasing our production?
Think about it......when you come up with the answer...remember everything has a price down the line.
In 2004 we shipped over seas 268 million barrels of oil. We imported close to equal the same amount that same year. So essentially the consumer is feeling all the shipping costs of oil. If we stopped outsourcing our oil I bet gas would come down as shipping costs overall would be reduced by 95%.
Further more...i hear a lot about middle east oil being our main intent and purpose for being in the middle east. I disagree with this completely. Here are the top 15 importers of crude oil to the U.S.
CANADA 1,726
MEXICO 1,692
SAUDI ARABIA 1,413
VENEZUELA 1,190
NIGERIA 1,149
IRAQ 498
ALGERIA
ANGOLA
RUSSIA
BRAZIL
ECUADOR
CONGO (BRAZZAVILLE)
KUWAIT 139
UNITED KINGDOM
GABON
The numbers I have in place represent thousands of barrels shipped to us per day.
Our top two importers of oil are our border states. After looking at this I believe this is why politicians refuse to deal with Illegal immigrants coming through Mexico...Look at who is number 2.
In 2005 the U.S was pumping 5100 thousand barrels a day. This is down 800 barrels from 2000. since 1970 we have had a steady decline from 9700 thousand barrels pumped a day. Essentially we have cut our production in half.
Since 1970 our gas prices (national average) have been on the raise steadily for the most part with the exception of 1998 and 1999 we saw a significant drop in 1998 and 1999 was (while increased) was still lower than the past 7 years to that point.
Since that date oil prices have been on the move up and our gas prices have increased at the pump. What forced us to start importing more oil and decreasing our production?
Think about it......when you come up with the answer...remember everything has a price down the line.
