Subj : Re: Gas Crunch
To   : Newborn
From : Finnigann
Date : Wed Aug 31 2005 21:18:00

-=> Newborn wrote to Deuce <=-

 Ne>   Re: Gas Crunch
 Ne>   By: Deuce to Newborn on
 Ne> Wed Aug 31 2005 11:15 am

 >   Re: Gas Crunch
 >   By: Newborn to Deuce on Tue Aug 30 2005 23:41:00
 >
 >  >  > They've been doing it for years and it's been economically feasable th
 >  >  > time.
 >  >  >
 >  >    Maybe so, but I don't think it's done a thing to improve OUR suply of
 >
 > Hrm... from the USA embassy website:
 > The U.S. and Canada enjoy the largest energy trade relationship in the world
 > with Canada being the single largest foreign supplier of energy to the Unite
 > States \u2013 17% of U.S. oil imports and 18% of U.S. natural gas demand.
 > Recognition of the commercial viability of Canada\u2019s oil sands has raise
 > Canada\u2019s proven reserves to 180 billion barrels, making it the
 > world\u2019s second-largest holder of reserves after Saudi Arabia. The
 > electricity grids of the United States and Canada are linked and both countr
 > share hydropower facilities on the Western borders. Quebec is a major source
 > electricity for New England.
 >
 > Considering we're a large part of your oil support, and we have gobs of it,
 > appears you're wrong.
 >

 Ne>    I agree with the Candian/US relationship, the US developed the
 Ne> Alaskan pipeline and then turned around and sent that oil to Japan,
 Ne> with the though of replacing it with Saudi crude.  Thus using one of
 Ne> our OUR own resources for supporting a foreign country instead of our
 Ne> own economy.


I heard/read that we didn't have refinning capacity enough to handle the Alaska
crude on the west coast.

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