1. Security, Economics, and Environmentalism in Oil Policy
America’s Oil Dependence
Unstable Resources
Major Changes

2. Question:
Which is winning? Economic, National Security, or Environmental Interests?

3. Presentation: Security Interests: Conservation Conclusion
Economic and Embargo Vulnerability
Why OPEC?
Funding the Enemy
Conservation
Environmentalists vs. Industry
Solutions
Costs
Conclusion

4. Security Interests

5. Economic and Embargo Vulnerability
OPEC= Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
1973 Oil Embargo and the Yom Kippur War
Hubbert’s Peak
American Oil Use

6. Economic and Embargo Vulnerability
US consumes 20 million barrels a day
US imports nearly 60% of oil
1/2 from OPEC countries

7. Why OPEC? Canadian oil is derrived from sand-oils.
Canada has the second largest proven reserves and can only produce 1 million barrels/day.
Saudi Arabia has centralized, easily accessed crude oil.
Saudi Arabia has the largest and produces 29 million barrels/day

8. Proven Oil Reserves

9. Solutions?

10. Funding the Enemy Oil exports support OPEC economies.
Media propaganda against the United States.
Terrorists.
Nuclear Power in Iran

11. Conservation

12. Environment vs. Industry
Economists see the environment as a subset of the economy.
Ecologists see the economy as a subset of the environment

13. Solutions Conserve Use Domestic Sources of Fuel
Use Efficient Equipment
Use Alternative Sources of Energy

14. Conclusion

15. Conclusion
The United States is looking forward to a successful future. With energy conservation in the forefront of American thought the complexity of the relationship between the Arabs and Americans will be reduced and progress can be made toward resolution.