What is percentage world oil consumed by USA?

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Out of the 75 million barrels of oil consumed daily, what is the USA's percentage that we take out of that 75 million barrels? I need this info. Does anybody have a guestimate.

-- Peter Scott (rwcapitalmana@Home.com), February 17, 2000

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According to the BP Amoco 1998 World Energy Review , in 1998:

US Produced 7.995 million barrels/day US Consumed 17.810 million barrels/day World Produced 73.1 million barrels/day

-- rocky (rknolls@no.spam), February 17, 2000.


Let's try better formatting:

According to the BP Amoco 1998 World Energy Review , in 1998:

US Produced 7.995 million barrels/day
US Consumed 17.810 million barrels/day
World Produced 73.1 million barrels/day

That's a little over 25% of the world's oil that we use.

-- rocky (rknolls@no.spam), February 17, 2000.


Try this link:

International Petroleum Supply and Demand

-- Maher Shalalhashbaz (mahershalalhasshbaz@mail.com), February 17, 2000.

So total demand for 1999 for the US was 77.2 divided by total demand of 297.9 = .2591 = 25.9% of total world demand. If there are 600,000,000 people living in the USA of 6,000,000,000 worldwide, the conclusion is the 10% of the world population (here in the USA) is creating 25% of the demand for total oil.

And remember, total supply for the same period equaled 295.7. So if total USA demand was realized, we consumed 26.1% of total world oil last year.

Finally, remember that over 6,000,000 children die each year from malnutrition each year in the developing world. Is it possible there is a correlation? How long can these inequities last? And the USA consumes many, many more resources per capita than any other nation on the earth or in the history of the world.

And don't give me all the phony speeches about the morality of capitalism and the great American way of life.

-- Maher Shalalhashbaz (mahershalalhasshbaz@mail.com), February 17, 2000.

Maher:

And, how much of the world's food and consumer goods are produced while consuming that 25% of the world's oil? That's the true gauge of consumption, In addition, the US population is a little over 300,000,000 so at least get your figures right.

Starvation is caused mostly by the corrupt governments of those countries stealing the lifeblood of the nation, not by capitalism or the United States.

-- Jim Cooke (JJCooke@yahoo.com), February 17, 2000.



Maher Shalalhashbaz,

You said: "...don't give me all the phony speeches about the morality of capitalism and the great American way of life."

You sound like a communist! Or a democrat, I don't know which is worse. My way of life is my own, therefore it is the best for me. You may think yours is the best. You're entitled to that opinion.

If it wasn't for the United States, 95% of the world would more than likely be living under Hitler or Stalin's (or your) version of government. If the US has directly caused a single person to die of starvation, show me the proof!

People die of starvation everywhere, most of them because they're unlucky enough to be unprepared for hard times or drought or natural disaster. That isn't caused by any actions of the US government.

More times than I can remember, the US has tried to save third world ingrates from themselves. Remember Somalia? We tried to do the right thing and what did we get in return? Spit on, shot at, killed, and dragged through the streets! It's a damn good thing I wasn't President then, they would STILL be exporting glass from what was left of Somalia!

So what if we consume more oil than the rest of the countries out there. I've visited a lot of them, lived in a couple, and there's not all that much to compete with the US.

Just because the current president is a wimp, a liar, and a traitor, don't underestimate the power of this country, it's economy, or it's people. Ever. It's still the most powerful thing going. Even if we do have our own problems.

-- Powder (Powder47keg@aol.com), February 17, 2000.


Believe US population in closer to 260,000,000.

-- JB (noway@jose.com), February 17, 2000.

According to the Census Bureau at www.census.gov, the estimated US population as of 11/1/99 is 273.8 million residents.

-- Bill (billclo@blazenet.net), February 17, 2000.

Powder:

Why is it that if anyone disagrees with your world view, that person must be a communist or a democrat? And you think republicans are any better - HA! You forget Nixon selling the USA out to North Vietnam and the Regan Iran Contra Scandal.

I am not a communist for saying that 6B children die of malnutrition each year because of the USA's (and other Highly Developed Nations) arrogant squandering of precious, limited resources. It's a fact! Wake up.

There is a tsunami heading this way and all the chest thumping in the world will not delay it.

What I'm really saying is this: Question Everything! Seek the truth in your own heart. Look around you and tell me the massive media driven consumer over-consumption campaign of greed and hedonism in America and elsewhere is not evil. Then, take a moment, and think of all the people in the world who don't have enough rice to sustain themselves and their families. How can you and others in this country live with yourselves? Soon you will all be brought low by your own hand.

-- Maher Shalalhashbaz (mahershalalhasshbaz@mail.com), February 18, 2000.


Jim - I stand corrected. So then, what you are saying in reality is that it is even worse than it looks. Only 5% of the worlds population consumed over 26% of the world oil last year. AMAZING! And that doesn't even count any other precious, scarce resources.

And, thank goodness, it's those other corrupt and evil governments that are to blame for the millions of needless deaths that occur around the world each year because of these things. You can rest easy now! After all, we have the Clintonists teaching this hedonistic, anthropocentric nation moral values.

-- Maher Shalalhashbaz (mahershalalhasshbaz@mail.com), February 18, 2000.



Maher,

I said: "You sound like a communist! Or a democrat, I don't know which is worse." That means: You SOUND like one. NOT THAT YOU ARE ONE! Got it? Although from reading all of your second post, I think maybe you have Marxist leanings. Even if you don't realize you views echo Marxism.

You said: "Why is it that if anyone disagrees with your world view, that person must be a communist or a democrat?"

Actually try reading what I said, "My way of life is my own, therefore it is the best for me. You may think yours is the best. You're entitled to that opinion." Does that sound like someone worried about what you think?

By the way, if you're going to criticize our presidents, try SPELLING THEM CORRECTLY! Regan was never one of our presidents.

I also never said a word about Republicans did I? For better OR worse.

You also said "I am not a communist for saying that 6B children die of malnutrition each year because of the USA's (and other Highly Developed Nations) arrogant squandering of precious, limited resources. It's a fact! Wake up."

I still maintain that if you can show me ANY credible proof of that statement, I'll believe it. By the way, B means BILLION not MILLION.

You also said "What I'm really saying is this: Question Everything! Seek the truth in your own heart. Look around you and tell me the massive media driven consumer over-consumption campaign of greed and hedonism in America and elsewhere is not evil. Then, take a moment, and think of all the people in the world who don't have enough rice to sustain themselves and their families. How can you and others in this country live with yourselves? Soon you will all be brought low by your own hand."

TRANSLATION: Down with the imperialist capitalist pigs in the Great Satan country!

You said: "think of all the people in the world who don't have enough rice to sustain themselves and their families. How can you and others in this country live with yourselves?"

You know something? A great philosopher in the US named Sam Kinison once said "If you live where you can't grow food, MOVE to where the food is!"

That doesn't mean I'm not compassionate. But I've earned everything I have in my life. Nothing has ever come easy. From when I was fifteen I have been on my own. I lived on the streets, slept in parks, starved a lot, and barely survived. I survived being kidnapped in Turkey, over a decade ago, by relying on my own ingenuity and survival skills. I earned every damn thing I have, I earn every penny I get, no one helped me, and I don't feel bad about ANY of it.

-- Powder (Powder47keg@aol.com), February 18, 2000.


Maher,

I do have one thing very much in common with you. We both seem to hate Bill Clinton and what he stands for. Realize, I'm not in any way defending him. Just my country.

-- Powder (Powder47keg@aol.com), February 18, 2000.


Powder:

No doubt you are a good man! And, thank you for pointing out the typos and mis-spellings in my posts. I should be more precise. Here is some information for you.

The Extent of Malnutrition

The extent of malnutrition in the world is hard to estimate with a high degree of accuracy. This is because when malnourished individuals get sick or die it is usually from another intervening cause, such as acute respiratory illness, measles or diarrhea. Although we know that malnourished individuals are prone to more illnesses and are less able to recover from them, malnutrition is seldom acknowledged as the primary cause of illness or death. However, given these difficulties some sources place the number of people in the world who are consuming inadequate diets at over 300 million (McGuire, 1988).

Another sobering statistic on malnutrition is quoted in Dreze and Sen's (1989) book Hunger and Public Policy. The figures that are quoted come from the Nordic Conference on Environment and Development in 1987. These figures state that "more than 500 million women, children and men are reported to suffer from chronic malnutrition or famine" and that the number of people who die from hunger each year is "equivalent to more than 300 jumbo jet crashes per day with no survivors, almost half of the passengers being children".

Link

Here is another table that shows that 5M may be a LOW estimate.

Link

HUNGER FACTS

About 24,000 people die every day from hunger or hunger-related causes. This is down from 35,000 ten years ago, and 41,000 twenty years ago. Three-fourths of the deaths are children under the age of five.

(According to this last paragraph, the total number of children dying of malnutrition {or hunger related deaths} is 11,680,000). It is many children - right?

Today 10% of children in developing countries die before the age of five. This is down from 28% fifty years ago.

Famine and wars cause just 10% of hunger deaths, although these tend to be the ones you hear about most often. The majority of hunger deaths are caused by chronic malnutrition. Families simply cannot get enough to eat. This in turn is caused by extreme poverty.

Besides death, chronic malnutrition also causes impaired vision, listlessness, stunted growth, and greatly increased susceptibility to disease. Severely malnourished people are unable to function at even a basic level.

Sources (by paragraph):

1. The Hunger Project, United Nations
2. CARE
3. The Institute for Food and Development Policy
4. United Nations World Food Program (WFP)

Link

I hope Americans will think about these things as they drive around in their SUV's stuffing their faces with Big Macs and Whoppers. Resources are scarce and there are so many needs.

Powder: Please, do not take this as a personal attack. It is just the mourning of one person for those too weak to speak for themselves.

-- Maher Shalalhashbaz (mahershalalhasshbaz@mail.com), February 18, 2000.

Maher:

So, you just ignored my question so you could go on another rant? What percentage of the world's food and products are produced by the US? Is this more in line with our resource consumption, regardless of Big Macs and SUV's?

What countries do these unfortunate people live in who are starving? How many live in capitalist, respresentative government countries? How many live in countries where the governments steal everything they get their hands on? Corruption on a grand scale causes starvation, not the US. Why is this so difficult to understand?

-- Jim Cooke (JJCooke@yahoo.com), February 18, 2000.


Maher,

I read your reply, and I followed the links all the way through. I still did not see anywhere any proof, or conjecture that the US is responsible for all that world hunger.

I admit hunger exists, but it's not because of the US. The US has done more to help starving people, and fix the problem than hurt them.

-- Powder (Powder47keg@aol.com), February 19, 2000.



Maher, Many times over the last 30 years I seen and lived among the starving people in many lands. I have witnessed their well fed local politicians harangue them as they sat in blazing sun and monsoon rains about how their plight was the fault of America.

Funny how grateful they were when I was able to say "schools Out" and dismiss the teacher.

-- Chief (bmc@sealret.com), February 19, 2000.


The Coming Anarchy. How scarcity, crime, overpopulation, tribalism, and disease are rapidly destroying the social fabric of our planet, by Robert D. Kaplan.

-- Old Git (anon@spamproblems.com), February 19, 2000.

Old Git,

Thank you for that link. His prediction for the future of Africa mirrors my own, however I disagree with his assesment of Latin America and Asia. I think the overwhelming tragedy of Africa so devastated him he was incapable of seeing anything else.

-- Chief (bmc@sealret.com), February 19, 2000.


im asked this question:

"And, how much of the world's food and consumer goods are produced while consuming that 25% of the world's oil? That's the true gauge of consumption..."

Jim - You have indeed brought up a good point. And, to be honest with you, I do not know the answer. But, I think your question is (forgive me) irrelevant for the following reasons:

#1. The USA does not flood the world with products it manufactures - since it long ago lost the manufacturing superiority it held for years at the beginning of the last century. Very few products are produced in the USA from beginning to end. Surely, you would agree with this assessment.

#2. The USA trade imbalance was higher at the end of last year than at any time in recorded history. In other words, the USA is a debtor nation that imports many more goods and services than it exports.

Everyone in the world knows that the USA is the unquestionable consumer champion of all time. And so, it is for these reasons that your argument does not hold water.

But, I am willing to here listen to anything you may say to the contrary. And, BTW, I LOVE the USA!

-- Maher Shalalhashbaz (mahershalalhasshbaz@mail.com), February 23, 2000.

Powder Wrote the following:

"I read your reply, and I followed the links all the way through. I still did not see anywhere any proof, or conjecture that the US is responsible for all that world hunger.

I admit hunger exists, but it's not because of the US. The US has done more to help starving people, and fix the problem than hurt them."

Tell that to the people of Belgrade or the people of Iraq, etc.

The USA is an imperialist nation whose presumed strategic interests justify (to themselves) interference in the affairs of nations they should leave alone.

Many times excuses of humanitarian abuse in the target country are used as a ruse for that interference. When in fact, according to your own Monroe Doctrine, the USA has no right meddling in the internal affairs of another sovereign nation (Yugoslavia - for example).

Surely, you cannot justify the bombing campaign of President Clinton in Yugoslavia. The USA bombed that nation back into the 1920s. And, many countries in the world are upset by what was done. All, Clinton did was make the refugee problem much worse and create many more enemies for your country.

In the final analysis, it is all about precious resources. If it were strictly humanitarian, as you think. Where was the aid to Rwanda to quell that civil war? Was no humanitarian aid offered because they were black and there was on strategic reason for it? I think so. It makes no sense if you argue that the USA does everything just because it is avuncular in nature. So, please try to think more clearly and see it through the eyes of those of other countries. You'll be a better person for your intellectual honesty.

Thank you Powder - I think you are a good and honest man.

-- Maher Shalalhashbaz (mahershalalhasshbaz@mail.com), February 23, 2000.

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