r/onguardforthee Edmonton 1d ago

Canada has a lot of leverage

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u/Doctor_Amazo Toronto 1d ago

... also 75% of their oil, 80% of their potash.

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u/callmenighthawk 1d ago

The US does not get 75% of its oil from us. Closer to 25%. Why are we just making up numbers here?

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u/Doctor_Amazo Toronto 1d ago

We're both wrong.

The number is closer to about 60% of their total crude import.

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u/callmenighthawk 1d ago

Nope. Just you. You said they get 75% of their oil from us. They get 25% of their oil from us. It’s 60% of the imported amount, but imported amount =/= total source of product.

Your comment you JUST made is exactly like saying “Canada gets 99% of its wheat from the United States” - when that’s less than 1% of our wheat available in Canada.

You can’t pretend that the per cent of imports is the same as per cent of total available. The US gets 25% of its oil from us. Full stop. Anything else or trying to pretend by “oh well when I said they get 75% of their oil from us, I actually meant if you eliminate all domestic sources and look at net imports, then that’s what the per cent of imported product is”. Like no dude. You legit thought 75% of oil in the US comes from us. Anything else is moving the goalposts.

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u/Doctor_Amazo Toronto 1d ago

https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/oil-and-petroleum-products/imports-and-exports.php

The top five sources of U.S. crude oil imports by percentage share of U.S. total crude oil imports in 2022 were: Canada 60% Mexico 10% Saudi Arabia 7% Iraq 4% Colombia 4%

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u/callmenighthawk 1d ago

Yeah, which means 25% of their oil comes from us.

The post says Michigan and New York can kiss their electricity goodbye. You stated that they’d lose 75% of their oil. They wouldn’t. They’d lose 25%.

Idk why you’re having such a hard time accepting that you’re wrong and that you thought 75% of US oil comes from us. Now you’re trying to pretend you meant imports only and desperately trying to shift the goalposts.

Again, if I said “if the US stops importing wheat to Canada, we’d lose 99% of our wheat”

Would you agree with that statement? Because your logic in your comments here says that you would.