ONLY half of USA
oil imports goes into gasoline fuels, the other half makes PLASTICS: Your carpet, paint, almost everything you own (that isn't REAL leather, wood, or metal)- is most likely made out of toxic petroleum oil that offgases dioxin and a mess of other problems such as oil wars - even your plastic toothbrush you clean your mouth with is made out of petroleum oil.
Not exact matches
Beyond the actual gas project and LNG sales, China's state - run shipping conglomerate COSCO has also secured a 50 percent stake in the four LNG shipping carriers serving Yamal.90 Chinese engineers and workers have been deployed to the Yamal Peninsula to help construct surrounding infrastructure, which includes a Chinese - produced polar drilling rig.91 Moreover, a Chinese
oil and gas rig producer now provides Russia with about 60 percent of its
imported oil rig supplies, indicating that China is becoming a dominant player in this sphere.92 Chinese media recently hailed Yamal as an example of China's construction and engineering prowess and a symbol of its transformation into an Arctic player.93 In return for China stepping into support the project, senior officials from Novatek, the main shareholder of the project, announced that the first LNG shipment would symbolically
go to China.94 But a British subsidiary of Malaysia's Petronas purchased the first shipment of Yamal LNG and sold it to France's Engie, which then shipped the cargo to its Boston
import facility for American use.95 Western sanctions on Novatek, Russia's largest independent national gas producer and a company with close ties to the Kremlin, made Yamal's pivot to China possible, as sanctions forced Russia to find an alternative source of investment and technology.
The fraction of crude
oil consumed in the U.S. that was
imported went from 35 % immediately before the 1973
oil crisis, peaked at 60 % in 2005, and then returned to 35 % by 2013 [7] thanks to increased domestic production [8] from the shale
oil boom.
What are they
going to produce and how much does it cost to
import oil from China?
We will become increasingly reliant on
imports as North Sea
oil and gas production
goes into steep decline;
We've got a choice: Either we're
going to continue
importing efficient cars to help replace foreign
oil, or we're
going to employ our own people to make efficient cars and
import neither the
oil nor the car — which sounds like a better idea.
Chef Nancy Silverton has a precise recipe for this that includes a knockout scallion
oil, but I'm gonna
go out on a limb and say that
imported prosciutto (unless it's high - quality domestic) draped over a split baguette spread with butter is one of the nicest things you can do for yourself.
No
oil is
imported and no fossil fuels are burned when you
go whale watching with us.
I set this goal knowing that we're still
going to have to
import some
oil.
The
oil shocks of the 1970s were followed by low prices, and away
went almost all the research and efficiency initiatives that might have reduced American dependence on
imported oil (and CO2 emissions).
In my letter, I wrote, «Were it not for George's determination, we would be on course to spending $ 100 billion a year to
import liquefied natural gas — and our
oil imports would be
going up and up.
Going to 54 miles per gallon as the E.P.A. and the car companies agree can be done lowers our
oil imports and reduces greenhouse gases.
We reminisce about the beginnings of the Plan in the summer of 2008, how we were
importing $ 1 billion of foreign
oil (it's about half that today), how we had no energy plan and no prospects for one from either candidate, Barack Obama or John McCain, and how we focused on converting heavy - duty trucks from diesel to natural gas right from the get -
go.
Oil Tax credit for this car — we import $ 200 billion in oil every year going to nations that despise
Oil Tax credit for this car — we
import $ 200 billion in
oil every year going to nations that despise
oil every year
going to nations that despise us.
Oil imports have dropped dramatically over the past five years, from 60 percent of consumption to around 35 percent; but the credit
goes to the shale revolution that has greatly boosted domestic production.
I think everybody can see that we're gonna break the country if we pay 700 billion dollars a year for, uh,
imported oil.
«The only downside has been the increase in
imports of used cooking
oil to feed the bio-diesel industry, which has not only driven up the cost of feedstock, but raises concerns over the environmental impact through the supply chain, so this is something we will need to address
going forward.»
... If natural gas
went for transportation fuel it would reduce our
imports [of
oil] by 38 %, which would save us $ 300 billion a year in this country.
Which brings me to another advantage — domestic production of ethanol resulted in over 220 million FEWER barrels of
oil imported into this country, saving over $ 16 billion
going to foreign countries.
As the U.N. Council approved new sanctions which
went against North Korean economy by capping
imports of crude
oil and banning condensates and natural gas, the hacking activity might just get a newfound impetus to sustain its financial requirement.