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Originally posted by erika
ouch thats gotta suck, they are talking about it going up again,
as well as our electric and natural gas is going up, some horseshit having to do with the possiblily of war with iraq
what the hell does our electricity have to do with them
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That's not all of the issue, the General Strike in Venezuela has cut their crude oil production to only 1/3 of it's normal output.
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http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Oi...ucConsump.html
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Production (millions of barrels per day): Top 20 Countries
Saudi Arabia: 8.528
United States: 8.091
Russia: 7.014
Iran: 3.775
Mexico: 3.560
Norway: 3.408
China: 3.297
Venezuela: 3.137
Canada: 2.749
United Arab Emirates: 2.550
United Kingdom: 2.540
Iraq: 2.377
Nigeria: 2.223
Kuwait: 1.838
Brazil: 1.589
Algeria: 1.486
Libya: 1.427
Indonesia: 1.384
Oman: .964
Argentina: 825
First 20 countries: 62.762
Rest of the World: 12.464
World: 75.226 World Annual: 28,180
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As you can see, a Strike there does have a major impact on the amount of oil availabl in the world
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