We have the answer to foreign oil right now! It's called the Bakken Formation in ND, SD, MT and up into Canada!

Check out this small, about 3 minute, You Tube new video clip!  The figures are from the US Geological Survey too!  Not some "wacky" nerd like dude somewhere.  The estimates put just this one formation to have oil reserves that would make it the largest in the world!  That's right, more than Saudi, more than Iraq, more than Iran, more that Kuwait, more than.... well you get the picture!  Please, please, please publish this to your Facebook page, My Space, your blogs, your emails to anyone that will listen!   This along with our natural gas reserves can put the USA completely, totally, absolutely, and unconditionally energy independent!  Get excited about this and pass it on so we can start a serious tidal wave of public opinion!  This is too important not to.  Get on board, right now!




Quick numbers from this report:

Bakken Formation, USA = between 150 to 500 BILLION barrels of oil
Saudi Arabia = around 260 Billion barrels of oil

Now, before anyone "green" starts yelling, this is on dry land and NOT off shore!  Also, I'm all for electric cars, solar and wind power, etc. and one day those technologies will become financially workable.  Today they are simply NOT financial workable.  Today they also are NO WHERE CLOSE (even if it were free to produce) to being able to provide the QUANTITY of energy we need in the US.  Funny how no one talks about that fact in the debate isn't it?

Again, I'm not knocking green energy at all so please stop knocking oil.  Oil is not a bad word.  We can obtain, transport, refine and use it responsibility here in the US.  We have tons of oil (and don't forget about natural gas) within our borders.  We have the technology TODAY to get at it.  So, let's use it until the more renewable energy sources become available to us both in quantity and in technology.

Lastly, again to kinda put a cork in the extremist, oil hating people out there, see the list (and a partial list at that) below showing products we use oil to manufacture and use!  Again, even if renewal energy sources were feasible for current use, we would STILL NEED OIL to make all the things we use on a daily basis that so many of us don't even think about.  Plastics, waxes, drugs, soap, paint, etc., etc. just to name a few.  The list below, again is just a partial list, hopefully will open some eyes.  We still need to make sure the oil industry is producing our own American oil safely, effectively, and efficiently for sure but don't make oil sound like it's small pox, okay?

A partial list of products made from Petroleum (144 of 6000 items) 

Solvents	Diesel fuel	Motor Oil	Bearing Grease
Ink	Floor Wax	Ballpoint Pens	Football Cleats
Upholstery	Sweaters	Boats	Insecticides
Bicycle Tires	Sports Car Bodies	Nail Polish	Fishing lures
Dresses	Tires	Golf Bags	Perfumes
Cassettes	Dishwasher parts	Tool Boxes	Shoe Polish
Motorcycle Helmet	Caulking	Petroleum Jelly	Transparent Tape
CD Player	Faucet Washers	Antiseptics	Clothesline
Curtains	Food Preservatives	Basketballs	Soap
Vitamin Capsules	Antihistamines	Purses	Shoes
Dashboards	Cortisone	Deodorant	Footballs
Putty	Dyes	Panty Hose	Refrigerant
Percolators	Life Jackets	Rubbing Alcohol	Linings
Skis	TV Cabinets	Shag Rugs	Electrician's Tape
Tool Racks	Car Battery Cases	Epoxy	Paint
Mops	Slacks	Insect Repellent	Oil Filters
Umbrellas	Yarn	Fertilizers	Hair Coloring
Roofing	Toilet Seats	Fishing Rods	Lipstick
Denture Adhesive	Linoleum	Ice Cube Trays	Synthetic Rubber
Speakers	Plastic Wood	Electric Blankets	Glycerin
Tennis Rackets	Rubber Cement	Fishing Boots	Dice
Nylon Rope	Candles	Trash Bags	House Paint
Water Pipes	Hand Lotion	Roller Skates	Surf Boards
Shampoo	Wheels	Paint Rollers	Shower Curtains
Guitar Strings	Luggage	Aspirin	Safety Glasses
Antifreeze	Football Helmets	Awnings	Eyeglasses
Clothes	Toothbrushes	Ice Chests	Footballs
Combs	CD's & DVD's	Paint Brushes	Detergents
Vaporizers	Balloons	Sun Glasses	Tents
Heart Valves	Crayons	Parachutes	Telephones
Enamel	Pillows	Dishes	Cameras
Anesthetics	Artificial Turf	Artificial limbs	Bandages
Dentures	Model Cars	Folding Doors	Hair Curlers
Cold cream	Movie film	Soft Contact lenses	Drinking Cups
Fan Belts	Car Enamel	Shaving Cream	Ammonia
Refrigerators	Golf Balls	Toothpaste	Gasoline