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DCKit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-24-08 08:05 PM
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16. Big Oil already has 26 million acres of leases they're not using.
Why are they holding the leases if they aren't using the land?
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  -The Republicans and Drilling - Possible responses FLDem5  Jul-24-08 07:00 PM   #0 
  - A few more year's worth  PetrusMonsFormicarum   Jul-24-08 07:02 PM   #1 
  - I modified yours to be more "my level of speech" friendly,  FLDem5   Jul-24-08 07:07 PM   #6 
  - Where will all of this new oil be refined? Which new refinery?  Captain Angry   Jul-24-08 07:02 PM   #2 
  - Guarantee me that the price of gas for the U.S. consumer will go down.  zbdent   Jul-24-08 07:02 PM   #3 
  - Also, refineries are running at full capacity  Beaverhausen   Jul-24-08 07:03 PM   #4 
  - a take on post # 2  zbdent   Jul-24-08 07:04 PM   #5 
  - - these are all GREAT! Keep them coming!  FLDem5   Jul-24-08 07:07 PM   #7 
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  - since we're already sending 1/3 more gas OUT of the country than we did  AZDemDist6   Jul-24-08 07:12 PM   #9 
  - I'm not quite sure how to condense that  FLDem5   Jul-24-08 07:14 PM   #10 
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        - Holy Crap!  FLDem5   Jul-24-08 07:28 PM   #12 
           - and here's why....  AZDemDist6   Jul-24-08 07:33 PM   #13 
              - LOL! Thanks for that link.  FLDem5   Jul-24-08 07:39 PM   #14 
  - ANWR contains about 10 billion gallons  Mendocino   Jul-24-08 07:40 PM   #15 
  - Just to clarify, US consumption is about 21 million barrels/day, not gallons. n/t  IDemo   Jul-25-08 12:33 PM   #19 
  - Big Oil already has 26 million acres of leases they're not using.  DCKit   Jul-24-08 08:05 PM   #16 
  - The USGS is not telling the truth concerning arctic energy resources  gbrooks   Jul-24-08 08:26 PM   #17 
     - thanks for the info.  FLDem5   Jul-25-08 12:10 PM   #18 
 

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