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Then how are we supposed to get our oil?
Are you really aware of where our oil comes?
Percentages from 2007 http://www.consumerenergyreport.com/research/crude-oil/where-the-us-gets-its-oil-from/
From 2012 Where Does America Get Oil? You May Be Surprised : NPR
Canada is by far the largest importer of oil to the US, almost double what Saudi Arrabia inports.
Wow, only 12.9% from the entire Persian gulf region. As you can see from the links, it dropped from 16% in 2007. It was also pretty low back when we were "fighting wars for oil" and after. In fact, oil from the Persian gulf has been below 20% of our oil for a very longtime now. If we were fighting the wars for oil, Venesuela is a hell of a lot closer, still run by an evil bastard and would of gotten us more for our money.
Also take a close look, our domestic share of our own oil market has dropped 3.2% since Obama took office. Imports have been decreasing in total volume also. (U.S. Total Crude Oil and Products Imports) you will notice that from 2006 to 2008 (data from that site available for Bush Era and pre-economic crash) our imports fell by 276,088 thousand barrels or 138,044 thousand barrels per year average, under Obama, the 4 year drop has been 580,728 thousand barrels. or 145,182 thousand barrels per year average. So, after the economic crash, with a stagnant economy, the Obama administration only has reduced our dependence by 7,138 thousand barrels per year. Way to go Obama, hell, just the economic collapse could account for that much change.
Persian gulf oil simply is not that big of a deal for the US. We could fairly easily make up that 13% from elsewhere. Hell, if the russians would actually let our companies go in and drill (they are blocking it to protect domestic drilling operations), we could tell the whole persian golf area to piss off as far as oil is concerned. Of course, if the Obama administration would actually (in deed not word) reopen the American Gulf Coast, we could make a huge dent in that percentage ourselves.
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