i'm sorry if it sounded confusing. i have seen projections of 1 million bbl/day peak production from ANWR (from a 10.6 billion bbl reserve). the US consumes 20 million (domestic and international) bbl/day so 1/20 is 5%.
if we were able to extract all that oil at one time those 10.6 billion /...
ANWR would not ween us off ME oil. ANWR at it's peak projected output (1 million bbl/day) would supply the US with 5% of our current daily consumption. if all of the projected oil is used it gives the US tops 2 years of oil, if we were able to recover it all spontaneously. ANWR would do little...
accumulating heat under continents has and will continue to 'fracture' large continental masses. at some point in the future, that heat (which also drives plate tectonics) will diminish and the continents will be locked into place.
erosion will then erode all the mountains and then subsequent...