All Entries Tagged With: "oil"

Drill, Baby, Drill !

Coal companies and Oil companies are defining the future energy plans of this country.

We are at a key moment in our economic, political and environmental futures. There is an increasing awareness of the need for energy independence and environmentally friendly energy. We have an opportunity to solve these legitimate issues in a far reaching, planet saving, approach or fall back on the easy way. I, for one, do not want to be part of a generation that takes the easy way.

Obama must be reading MyGreenSuit

LANSING, Mich. - Barack Obama put forward a broad energy plan Monday designed to end U.S. reliance on imported oil within 10 years and shore up his standing amid a tightening White House race and high-anxiety over gas prices.

How to reduce the price of Oil by 20% immediately

UPDATE:
In thinking about this more, let’s kill several birds with one barrel. Or more specifically, how about we (the government) sell the oil to the oil companies at below market rates instead. After all, this was an investment the government made with our money, and for once it actually had a return. [...]

Oil Imports by Country

This is government information from the Energy Information Administration.http://www.eia.doe.gov/pub/oil_gas/petroleum/data_publications/company_level_imports/current/import.html
In summary, this is where our imports come from;

Country

CANADA
21%

SAUDI ARABIA
15%

MEXICO
16%

NIGERIA
12%

VENEZUELA
11%

IRAQ
5%

ANGOLA
6%

KUWAIT
2%

COLOMBIA
1%

ALGERIA
5%

ECUADOR
3%

BRAZIL
2%

CONGO (BRAZZAVILLE)
1%

CHAD
1%

RUSSIA
0%

Obviously we have some potentially problematic sources here. Countries, with shall we say, problems with the western culture. We [...]