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SOOHWA101
Joined: 04 Mar 2006
Location: Makin moves...trying to find 24pyung
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Wow, I am amused at this inflated ego for being Americas "BIGGEST" oil supplier.
Crude Oil Imports
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CANADA 1,710
MEXICO 1,601
SAUDI ARABIA 1,582
VENEZUELA 1,171
NIGERIA 1,022
IRAQ 531
ANGOLA 389
ECUADOR 312
ALGERIA 256
Who would have thought that America would get most of it's oil from it's neighbors?Hmm.
What I can't understand is why America pays $2.75 USD a gallon and Canada pays over $8.00 USD a gallon. Now that blows my mind. Why would a Canadian be bragging about where America gets it's oil? |
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ajgeddes
Joined: 28 Apr 2004
Location: Yongsan
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| Posted: Wed Jun 28, 2006 9:42 pm Post subject: |
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| SOOHWA101 wrote: |
Wow, I am amused at this inflated ego for being Americas "BIGGEST" oil supplier.
Crude Oil Imports
(Thousand Barrels per Day)
Country Apr-06
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CANADA 1,710
MEXICO 1,601
SAUDI ARABIA 1,582
VENEZUELA 1,171
NIGERIA 1,022
IRAQ 531
ANGOLA 389
ECUADOR 312
ALGERIA 256
Who would have thought that America would get most of it's oil from it's neighbors?Hmm.
What I can't understand is why America pays $2.75 USD a gallon and Canada pays over $8.00 USD a gallon. Now that blows my mind. Why would a Canadian be bragging about where America gets it's oil? |
First of all, who's bragging?
Second of all, $8 a gallon? Who you kidding? Try $3.15USD a gallon |
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SOOHWA101
Joined: 04 Mar 2006
Location: Makin moves...trying to find 24pyung
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| Posted: Wed Jun 28, 2006 10:01 pm Post subject: |
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| ajgeddes wrote: |
First of all, who's bragging?
Second of all, $8 a gallon? Who you kidding? Try $3.15USD a gallon |
My mistake. Rather closer to .8 a liter.
Bragging? No one is being inconspicuous about the motive of this post. Don't be so obtuse. |
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mithridates
Joined: 03 Mar 2003
Location: President's office, Korean Space Agency
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| Posted: Wed Jun 28, 2006 10:20 pm Post subject: |
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| SOOHWA101 wrote: |
| ajgeddes wrote: |
First of all, who's bragging?
Second of all, $8 a gallon? Who you kidding? Try $3.15USD a gallon |
My mistake. Rather closer to .8 a liter.
Bragging? No one is being inconspicuous about the motive of this post. Don't be so obtuse. |
The motive being what? I started the post because it was interesting how assertive Alberta's becoming. That's where I'm from. |
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SOOHWA101
Joined: 04 Mar 2006
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| Posted: Wed Jun 28, 2006 10:25 pm Post subject: |
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The motive being what? |
Sorry mithridates!! I suppose I am defensive tonight for some reason. I made the mistake of sifting through Daves and reading all of the anti-American rhetoric. Not your fault. ;( That and a few cocktails didn't help.  |
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mithridates
Joined: 03 Mar 2003
Location: President's office, Korean Space Agency
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| Posted: Wed Jun 28, 2006 10:38 pm Post subject: |
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| SOOHWA101 wrote: |
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The motive being what? |
Sorry mithridates!! I suppose I am defensive tonight for some reason. I made the mistake of sifting through Daves and reading all of the anti-American rhetoric. Not your fault. ;( That and a few *beep* didn't help. |
That's all right. I assume you mean c*cktails?
Only one person here actually believes I'm anti-American but his opinion doesn't count.  |
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Privateer
Joined: 31 Aug 2005
Location: Easy Street.
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| Because then they would have to promote democracy there too! And could you imagine a sudden influx of massive amounts of French people! It would destroy America. |
Build a wall around Quebec!
It's working for Israel. |
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Privateer
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Location: Easy Street.
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A province that conducts business in your country's dollars, imports your culture voraciously, is friendly to you, legislates itself to complement your laws, sends product to you, desires open trade with you, and which you don't pay to govern? There's no need for costly invasions--sounds like an empire's dream to me!
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More of an anschluss than an invasion then? |
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mindmetoo
Joined: 02 Feb 2004
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| Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2006 5:50 am Post subject: |
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| SOOHWA101 wrote: |
CANADA 1,710
MEXICO 1,601
SAUDI ARABIA 1,582
VENEZUELA 1,171
NIGERIA 1,022
IRAQ 531
ANGOLA 389
ECUADOR 312
ALGERIA 256
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It's a good point. However these days where oil production is only marginally higher than oil consumption, America could ill afford Canada to send its oil to China. Canada is about the only stable, corruption free democracy on that list.
Also if you add in Canada's total energy exports to the USA, from oil to gas to hydro, Canada would have a major share of the pie. |
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Ya-ta Boy
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Established in 1994
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| Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2006 5:56 am Post subject: |
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| I don't know about anyone else, but I spend an inordinate amount of time calculating where natural resources come from. I don't understand people who don't know and don't care where pop corn and bamboo shoots come from. |
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Octavius Hite
Joined: 28 Jan 2004
Location: Househunting, looking for a new bunker from which to convert the world to homosexuality.
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| Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2006 5:59 am Post subject: |
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| I can't imagine why Arabs would have a chip on their shoulder. |
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fiveeagles
Joined: 19 May 2005
Location: Vancouver
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| Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2006 6:48 am Post subject: |
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I had no idea that Canada was #1 with the US. That is incredible!
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It's a good point. However these days where oil production is only marginally higher than oil consumption, America could ill afford Canada to send its oil to China. Canada is about the only stable, corruption free democracy on that list.
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Are you joking? Martin and the liberals could have given the maffia a run for their money. And it's going to take a lot to clean up the house. Regardless, a mute point.
Mith, why are oil prices so high if Canada has so much to export? Is it as simple as supply and demand? Too much demand in the world. Why then does the price of oil go up with the instability in the middle East? Canada couldn't make up the lack?
BTW...Have you heard that their surplus is projected to be 19 billion next year.
Also, did you read that the Washington Post's editorial on its support for off shore drilling. A major shift from greenpeace's stance on off shore drilling.
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The Man known as The Man
Joined: 29 Mar 2003
Location: 3 cheers for Ted Haggard oh yeah!
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| Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2006 6:49 am Post subject: |
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Most Canadians don't know Canada isn't even a real country.
God Save the Queen! |
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mindmetoo
Joined: 02 Feb 2004
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| Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2006 7:57 am Post subject: |
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| fiveeagles wrote: |
I had no idea that Canada was #1 with the US. That is incredible!
| mindmetoo wrote: |
It's a good point. However these days where oil production is only marginally higher than oil consumption, America could ill afford Canada to send its oil to China. Canada is about the only stable, corruption free democracy on that list.
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Are you joking? Martin and the liberals could have given the maffia a run for their money. And it's going to take a lot to clean up the house. Regardless, a mute point. |
I don't recall any elections being stolen in Canada or the cost of bribes being the cost of doing business in Canada. Of course there is corruption to be found in all governments. We're talking a relative sense:
http://ww1.transparency.org/cpi/2005/2005.10.18.cpi.en.html |
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Octavius Hite
Joined: 28 Jan 2004
Location: Househunting, looking for a new bunker from which to convert the world to homosexuality.
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| fiveeagles, the reason gas is so expensive in Canada is because of taxes we impose on it GST, PST and various gas taxes. Also the oil in Alberta is not bubbling out of the ground, it is trapped in sand and needs massive amounts of electricity, water and natural gas to get it out of the sand. It is not profitable to removce the oil unless it is more than 50$ a barrel, so the higher the prices the more oil that will be brought online. Of course with Enbridge building its Gateway pipeline to the west coast soon China/India/Japan/Korea will be getting into the Alberta game. |
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