permafrost wrote:
What!!??? Who opened any wells? how do you come up with that. we have a huge excess of wells, going back to as early as the 80s.. read the link,, big oil is just hanging on to them as assets perhaps and not producing as they could. by a lot.. so what do you make of that.. oil is holding production down, which results in,,,,,, what do you think.
If supply is reduced what would you expect that to do to price? those oil guys may be evil , but not stupid..
America is still the land of plenty.
And America has plenty of gold yet in the ground plus, Natural gas: this is mainly used to power appliances which use natural gas rather than electricity.
Crude oil: this is used to come up with a number of petroleum products including kerosene, diesel and petrol which are used to power vehicles and machines.
Bauxite: bauxite is the ore from which aluminium is extracted. It is important based on the many uses that are associated with aluminium. The element is often purified and used to make parts of aeroplanes and ships.
Zinc: this is an important metallic element which is used in manufacturing of collapsible tubes and for the sacrificial protection of iron. The element is also used to make electrodes.
Rare earth elements: these are used in the electronics industry to make important parts of electronic devices. They are used in all electronics products including television sets, tablets and mobile phones.
Coal: the coal is mainly used to heat up steam in coal powered plants around the US.
Uranium: this is used to power up nuclear power plants, as it is one of the main reactors in such plants. It is also used to create nuclear weapons. the US sold some to Russia,
Copper: copper is used to make electric cables, sockets and even electrodes.
Silver: silver is often used to make jewelry, although it may also be used to come up with electric circuits, solder, cables and other components in special cases.