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osamanobama said:

NJ5 said:

osamanobama said:

America may very well be the most resource rich nation/region in the entire world.

whats stupid is that we dont even use it. we should be energy independent

What energy resources are you talking about? When it comes to oil and gas, the U.S. has less reserves than other countries (I think Russia is the top in gas).

Apparently the U.S. has the most coal, but that's the dirtiest fossil fuel, not something you want to burn quickly to become energy independent.

Still, I agree that it's ridiculous to say the U.S. has no natural resources.

perhaps you havent heard of Alaska, the Dakotas, Texas, tons of other states, and our sea shores

I have heard. Despite all the frequent propaganda (drill drill drill!) about the oil reserves in those places, they're nowhere near substantial enough to make the U.S. the nation with most oil.

There are billions of barrels of oil in those places, but remember the daily consumption rate is 20 million barrels in the U.S. alone, that's 7.3 billion barrels per year. The whole world consumes 4 times that, or around 30 billion barrels per year.

To give some examples, Canada has much more oil than the U.S. So does Saudi Arabia, Iran, Iraq, etc.