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In response to
"saudi arabia had been #1 since the late 90s per that chart, mexico was second, then canada passed both in 04. now nigeria is making a move for top 3 -- nm"
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tRuMaN
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It's ultimately sort of irrelevant. All the oil pumped out of the ground gets consumed by somebody. Whether it comes from here or there doesn't really
Posted by
Reagen
Sep 6 '12, 21:48
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matter. That's why I've always found the "dependent on foreign oil" thing to be such a red herring. It's fungible, and a drop you buy from here isn't bought from somewhere else, and vice versa.
I understand why it's done politically, but in a global marketplace it's complete nonsense.
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