The definitive word was "total oil", which includes "non-conventional" reserves ...

You've been been to Canada ? You have first hand knowledge of "back-gardens" / USA control ?

You're showing your ignorance / animosity.

Canada is actually a pain for the US ... Particularly when it comes to "wacky tobaccy", Leftist politicians, soft lumber, wheat, "immigrants" who use Canada as a landing base in order to make a back end run into the US ...

Remember, we won the war of 1812 ...

And if you think that is only a "blip", think Vietnam, Chetznia, Warsaw, ...

>look at that graphic:
>http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0872964.html
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>Also Canada is the back-garden of USA... Canada already on the USAs control.
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>>Actually, the biggest oil reserves in the world are in Canada ... The Athabasca Tar Sands (all those poor little dinosaurs struggling in the muck) ... It's just a bit more work getting it out than conventional oil ... but with the current oil prices, it all becomes more feasible again ...
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>>(I thought Saudia Arabia had the most conventional oil reserves).
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>>>And oil. It's very very important for USA. Because USA is the first country for use oil on the world. Iraq has biggest oil reserve on this planet. USA will sell some CDs and some cars to Iraq and buy oil.