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Old 03-21-2008, 12:55 PM
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When we think of oil reserves in the US, we think about coal. But it turns out that America may be sitting on a huge, 200 billion barrel oil field that has gone unnoticed and could make us energy independent.
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Originally Posted by Dee8go View Post
Doh! You're right. I didn't even stop to do the math. Well, presummably, this 200 million barrels would be used to suppliment other sources. I could last for a couple of months or more . . .
200 Billion barrel supply
14 Million barrels per day
= more than 14 days but more than my cheapo calulator can calculate and more than my frazzled brain can grasp (doesn't that come out to 14K days?)

Too bad the current environmental state would probably prevent us from accessing it.
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