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  • From: Clansgian AT wmconnect.com
  • To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Homestead] Morning musing
  • Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2007 20:24:02 EDT

In a message dated 9/21/2007 12:32:36 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
timopp AT gmail.com writes:


> The government own the Strategic Petroleum Reserves some 30 billion
> barrels filling old salt mines in Louisiana. But there are lots of
> areas with oil, the problem is the cost of extraction. Why spend the
> money if you can get it cheaper elsewhere.

We use 30 million barrels of oil a day. Even if the reserves were completely
full (which they have rarely been in modern times), than means in about 32
months we would be flat out of oil. </HTML>




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