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Old 01-06-2018, 10:35 PM
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Your numbers are off by a factor of 5 but your statement on the thin oil is spot on.

"In 2016, the United States consumed a total of 7.21 billion barrels of petroleum products, an average of about 19.69 million barrels per day."

How much oil is consumed in the United States? - FAQ - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)
READ before you admonish...

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The world NEEDS oil...the world doesn't exist without oil...we use about 100 million barrels of oil a day...that's 4,200,000,000 gallons a DAY.

The problem is getting it out fast enough. The thin "sweet" oil has all been sucked up.