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Originally posted by Undertoad
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Example: five streams feed the lake. We take our water from the lake. Therefore we can say that most all our water comes only from one stream? Of course not. Water comes from all streams because water comes from the lake.
Oil is equally volatile. Cut off any one source and everyone feels the pain heavily. What happens to Middle East oil affects far more than 20% of US supply on that chart. Should it be cut off, then US oil supply will be reduced by far more than 20%. US supply reduction due to a Middle East oil cutoff could easily be 40% or higher.
A more honest chart shows how quickly US domestic production has been tapped out; is declining. Once the world's number 2 supplier; the US is now dropped to eighth. With little interest in addressing the reasons for that excessive consumption and no domestic alternatives remaining. America is doing everything it can to be completely dependent on foreign sources - including publishing a totally deceptive and factually irrelevant chart.