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jswatson@yahoo.com wrote:
> I'm curious to know how many barrels of oil does California take out of
> the earth every year?
> And what percentage of energy does that represnet in what California
> uses:
> 90%?, 95%, 99%?  Or more like 1%, 5%, 10%?
>
> I'm just wondering, because Al Gore and Barbara Boxer, amoung others,
> says that if Prop 87 passes, California will be energy independent from
>
> foreign oil producers.
>
> I wonder if this included Texas.  Or Canada? :-)
>
> So I'm wondering how close this is to being anywhere near the truth ...
> or does this more show that they never saw a tax they didn't like?
>
> If I had some feel for how much oil California produces, verses how
> much
> we import, it might give me a feel for how close we are to becoming
> energy independent
> anytime soon.
>
> I notice that every major newspaper in CA has come out against Prop 87,
> even the San Francisco Chronicle.
>
> And does this "independence from foreign oil" they speak of, factor in
> population growth
> and the therefore increase in energy requirements of California?
>
> Seems like that is always what they forget about in these little
> "energy independence"
> schemes of theirs: that California is growing by about 500,000 people
> every year.

Well, this report tells you everything you want to know about
California oil production except (unless I missed it) what percentage
of California's own energy needs it safisfies.  I had no idea
California produced so much oil.  They rank fourth in the United States
in production behind Louisiana, Texas, and Alaska.

ftp://ftp.consrv.ca.gov/pub/oil/annual_reports/2005/0101summary1_05.pdf

Charles R. Whealton
Charles Whealton @ pleasedontspam.com