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Originally Posted by cstreit
Yes. We get less than half of our imported oil from "The East" but it would take a long time to develop our oil reserves here. If that went away and there were lines to Gas and a "peak oil" scare I could see prices getting doubled easily.
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We produce about 36% of our oil needs domestically. At present, we import the most from Mexico. If we simply let the Canadian Pipeline be installed, we would be North American self sufficient.