Skull Pilot
Diamond Member
- Nov 17, 2007
- 45,446
- 6,164
- 1,830
On another note, this little nugget was in the news today and it is also on wikipedia:
However, in 2011 it was reported that the U.S., for the first time since 1949, had become a net fuel exporter, and fuels (including gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel) were the top export. This leads many to question the validity of the energy security argument, since it seems that additional Alberta tar sands oil processed in the Gulf region is likely to be exported to foreign nations with ease through the Gulf of Mexico. As stated in a USA Today article, "...analysts say those [overseas fuel] sales are likely generating higher profits per gallon than they would have generated in the U.S. Otherwise, they wouldn't occur."
We don't seem to need Canada's oil so why are the Republicans so eager to get it?
You do realize that being a net exporter is a good thing don't you? The more we export, the higher the demand for refinery workers and workers in all the ancillary services that go along with the refining and exporting of petroleum.
In other words the more we export the more jobs.