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Originally Posted by genderhazard
Obama's comment was asinine. Face it if those same words came out of Bush's mouth you would be the first to say what a moron he is.
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Part of the reason he made the statement is that off-shore drilling could reach full capacity of 200,000 barrels per day (abbreviated as bbl for some reason) by 2030. Oil consumption in the United States of America was measured at 20,730,000 barrels per day by The CIA Factbook as of 6/14/07 and posted by
NationMaster.
So in twenty years we could increase our oil supply by almost 1% of the demand.
When you look at the actual numbers, his statement makes sense. But you're correct, without those numbers it just seems stupid.