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Old 09-23-2012, 07:08 AM   #1
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While eating a mundane bowl of gruel(oatmeal) and reading the paper, came across this article from the Kansas City Star..

Interesting observations and commentary... now if they could get those three refineries back on line..

US getting closer to energy independence - Wire Lifestyle - The Sacramento Bee

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A multiprong effort that includes increased domestic oil and natural-gas production, energy efficiency and more biofuels has already helped push petroleum imports down to 45 percent of the petroleum needed to meet U.S. demand, compared with 60 percent in 2005.

Total supplies of liquid fuels come from crude oil, natural gas liquids, biofuels such as ethanol, and even a gain in the refining process that produces more petroleum products than the volume of oil going in. One of the easiest ways to keep track is U.S. crude oil production, which has already reversed a decline.

August production averaged 6.1 million barrels a day compared with 4.9 million barrels four years ago. That happened despite a decline in Gulf of Mexico production, which was more than offset by places such as North Dakota, which is recovering oil from shale.

-Overall U.S. consumption of petroleum has declined by more than 2 million barrels per day
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Good news doesn't seem to get a lot of press with regards to US politics.
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I like oatmeal.
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Decline in use of FF's is a good thing. We need conserve more and we can easily do that. If we really put our minds to it we can do a lot more. We also need to integrate more renewable sources and nukes into the grid.

Sorry anti-nukers. I know the waste is bad, but nowhere near as dangerous as the toxins from FF's and corn-based additives.
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While eating a mundane bowl of gruel(oatmeal) and reading the paper, came across this article from the Kansas City Star..

Interesting observations and commentary... now if they could get those three refineries back on line..

US getting closer to energy independence - Wire Lifestyle - The Sacramento Bee
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While eating a mundane bowl of gruel(oatmeal) and reading the paper, came across this article from the Kansas City Star..

Interesting observations and commentary... now if they could get those three refineries back on line..

US getting closer to energy independence - Wire Lifestyle - The Sacramento Bee
This is a very important development over the past 4 years geopolitically.

Iran was resurgent from the Iraq debacle - and gained strategic power and influence from it.

It's time to put the Iranian government back where it belongs. Their economy is almost completely dependent on oil trade.
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This is a very important development over the past 4 years geopolitically.

Iran was resurgent from the Iraq debacle - and gained strategic power and influence from it.

It's time to put the Iranian government back where it belongs. Their economy is almost completely dependent on oil trade.
I thought Iran was going to implode years ago, after "The Speech". You mean it hasn't yet?
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