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Obama: U.S. has only 2 percent of world reserves. March 15, 2012 9:32 am TB

This is a lie.

Although the Washington Post ruptures its spine bending over backwards to call it “True but False.”

More information and links here.

Reserves

  • The term "Reserves" has a very specific definition in the resource game, I'm glad the president is using his words ... by podrock 2012-03-15 15:24:07
    • Yo, Podrock, by ER 2012-03-15 20:07:09
      • I don't know. That's the simple answer. The good folks over at the Oil Drum blog http://www.theoildrum.com/ would be where ... by podrock 2012-03-15 21:05:32
        • The Oil Drum is a good resource. by TB 2012-03-15 21:20:50
    • That was a great speech, wasn't it? Thanks for turning me on to it. It must have made quite ... by ER 2012-03-15 10:20:10
      • Well there is the tiny bit of savings from the elimination of tanker freight. by RobVG 2012-03-15 18:21:17
        • You have a point, but it is not going to allow us to go back to the days of dollar ... by ER 2012-03-15 19:33:12
        • I linked to two articles on either end of the political spectrum to bracket the results as best I could. by TB 2012-03-15 11:00:38
          • It's times like these I wish we would crack down on politicians more when they lie. Besides, isn't the ... by VelociraptorBlade 2012-03-15 13:15:54
            • Promiscuous drilling will only profit the drillers. No one else will benefit, unless new crude production rises so high ... by ER 2012-03-15 11:23:48

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