Warming Scare Tactics | Crude Oil

Give me a break - Oil Prices (Video) (5min) (John Stossel, 20/20)

For Now, Gasoline Is Our Only Cheap Fuel (Cato Institute)
Myths About Breaking Our Foreign Oil Habit (The Washington Post)
The Never-Ending Energy Conspiracy (Competitive Enterprise Institute)

- The average amount of tax on gasoline in the United States is 47.0 cents per gallon (API)
- The average amount of tax on diesel in the United States is 53.6 cents per gallon (API)
- The largest supplier of oil to the United States is Canada (EIA)
- The second largest supplier of oil to the United States is Mexico (EIA)
- 60% of United States oil imports come from non-OPEC countries (EIA)
- No new refineries have been built in the United States since 1976
- The U.S.G.S. estimates 4.0 billion barrels of oil in the Central North Slope in Alaska (USGS)
- The U.S.G.S. estimates 10.4 billion barrels of oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) in Alaska (USGS)
- The U.S.G.S. estimates 10.6 billion barrels of oil in the National Petroleum Reserve (NPRA) in Alaska (USGS)

Prices - Going Green's No Good for Gas Prices (ABC News)
Prices - Price Gouging in the Public Interest (Cato Institute)
Prices - Myth: Price-Gouging Is Bad (John Stossel, 20/20)

Refineries - Behind high gas prices: The refinery crunch (CNN Money)
Refineries - Hyperion says plans first US refinery since 1976 (Reuters)
Refineries - Pain in the Gas: Refinery Troubles Push Gas Prices Higher (ABC News)
Refineries - Refining the Battle Against High Gas Prices (Competitive Enterprise Institute)
Refineries - Refining: the Untold Story of the Oil Chain (BMI)

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- China is the world’s second-largest consumer of oil behind the United States (EIA)
- China's oil consumption is increasing nearly a half million barrels per day (EIA)

California’s Offshore Oil And Gas Platforms Serve As Marine Protected Areas (Science Daily)
Finding New Oil In Long-exhausted Oil Wells (Science Daily)
Massive Canadian Oilfield Could Be Exploited Using New System (Science Daily)
Massive oil field found under Gulf (WorldNetDaily)
Research Shows Little Effect From Arctic Offshore Oil Drilling; Study Reveals Thriving Oceanographic System (Science Daily)
Tens Of Billions Of Additional Barrels Of Oil Remain To Be Tapped Miles Below Gulf Of Mexico, Cornell Geologist Says (Science Daily)

Clean Up - Burning Now An Option To Clean Up Ocean Oil Spills Previously Thought Incombustible (Science Daily)
Clean Up - No Trouble Removing Oil From Water (Science Daily)
Clean Up - Tripling The Efficiency Of A Mainstay Oil Spill Cleanup Technology (Science Daily)

Diesel - The Case for Diesel: Clean, Efficient, Fast Cars (Hybrids Beware!) (Popular Mechanics)
Diesel - 2009 Volkswagen Jetta TDi Clean Diesel: 50-MPG (Popular Mechanics)
Diesel - Volkswagen’s Polo TDi Clean-Diesel: 70-MPG May Head Stateside (Popular Mechanics)
Diesel - No Chance For American Volkswagen Lupo TDi Diesel: 99-MPG (The Car Connection)

Global Warming Fact...

Global warming alarmists would have you believe that a rise in CO2 causes temperature rise. However, this is exactly the opposite of what is actually happening. In general temperatures have risen 400-1000 years BEFORE CO2 starts to rise

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