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Originally posted by SlaveNoMore
Speaking of foreign dependence, these were the largest suppliers of foreign oil in 2002:
Saudi Arabia: 16.9%
Mexico: 15.1%
Canada: 15.0%
Venezuela: 14.4%
Iraq: 11.4%
Nigeria: 5.9.%
Algeria/Kuwait/Qatar: 2.7%
It truly amazes me how little is ever discussed about Venezuela and Nigeria. Canada and Mexico are never mentioned.
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How little is discussed/mentioned in what context? If you read about US oil imports, you see plenty about Venezuela, Nigeria, Mexico, Canada, and any number of other places (like Norway). Writers on these issues express concern about the instability of Nigeria and, especially recently, Venezuela. Canada has enormous production potential if they can figure out how to get oil out of the.... I think it's "tar sands", or some such thing.
Are you suggesting that US dependence on the Mideast for oil is overstated? That would be a strange thing to say. Because despite all the other sources, Saudi Arabia is the biggest supplier and has the greatest influence over prices.
More importantly, Saudi Arabia has the biggest reserves. Reserves in other countries are dwindling so that Saudi oil dominance will only grow.
National Geo ran an interesting article on this a few months ago. You can read it next time you take a crap at my house.
