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linksnapzz 5 hours ago

There's plenty of crude oil in CA. Certainly enough for California's needs, in fact.

JumpCrisscross 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

> There's plenty of crude oil in CA. Certainly enough for California's needs

California has 1.7 billion barrels of proven reserves [1] and imports 373 million barrels a year [2]. That's 5 years of imports in the ground. (At current rates, California depletes its proven reserves in 2040.)

[1] https://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/hist/LeafHandler.ashx?n=PET&s=R...

[2] https://www.energy.ca.gov/data-reports/energy-almanac/califo...

john_strinlai 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

that is not my understanding or what is implied in the article. where would i go to find this fact?