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Originally Posted by milambur
Distillate is mainly Diesel |
When you do a comparison like this though, you can't just go by US consumption charts. A fair chunk of our "stuff" comes from other countries. That oil must be factored in. That's why these charts are inaccurate. Taking just one item again, the car... many of our cars are imports. All the oil required by those factories and their workers and their transportation getting it here, etc. must count against our oil consumption, because with imported items it's no longer about our oil cost... but rather total oil consumption.
Same could be said for exports. The receiving country is the end consumer of all the oil used in the process of making whatever it is they imported.
My reasoning for this is simple. It's the same principle that is applied to anything. No demand for something, no oil used in making or shipping it. I feel our concerns are misplaced as a nation. Everyone is all hot to "go green" and get themselves an electric car, but unless we figure out a way to replace oil completely, nothing changes. And remember, the electricity you're fueling your new car with.... came from an electric plant that's using oil to make your electricity. The ships need fuel to bring the oil to the plant. And all those workers at the plant, driving their cars and trucks, and buying their oil products.... and on and on and on.