http://michaelgracie.com/2006/03/05/where-did-you-say-that-oil-came-from/ Clever Tagline Unavailable At Publication Time Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:17:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 http://michaelgracie.com/2006/03/05/where-did-you-say-that-oil-came-from/#comment-24 michael Sat, 11 Mar 2006 16:37:33 +0000 http://www.michaelgracie.com/?p=263#comment-24 <p>Noted the map of top oil producing countries: <a href="http://www.mapsofworld.com/world-top-ten/world-top-ten-oil-reserves-countries-map.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.mapsofworld.com/world-top-ten/world-top-ten-oil-reserves-countries-map.html</a> Is instability in those regions, which exacerbates per-barrel price increases, really worth the effort? You could call this long-term thinking, meaning those reserves are to be protected. But, I wonder if it is short-term thinking, meaning the draining financial resources (think budget and trade deficits) could be better allocated to R&D for fossil fuel alternatives. Would be interesting to see such an analysis.</p> Noted the map of top oil producing countries: http://www.mapsofworld.com/world-top-ten/world-top-ten-oil-reserves-countries-map.html Is instability in those regions, which exacerbates per-barrel price increases, really worth the effort? You could call this long-term thinking, meaning those reserves are to be protected. But, I wonder if it is short-term thinking, meaning the draining financial resources (think budget and trade deficits) could be better allocated to R&D for fossil fuel alternatives. Would be interesting to see such an analysis.

]]> http://michaelgracie.com/2006/03/05/where-did-you-say-that-oil-came-from/#comment-23 Will Wed, 08 Mar 2006 22:25:03 +0000 http://www.michaelgracie.com/?p=263#comment-23 Because Iran/Iraq/Saudi Arabia's oil reserves make Canada's look like a drop in the bucket? Because Iran/Iraq/Saudi Arabia’s oil reserves make Canada’s look like a drop in the bucket?

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