Oil Tanks – from my office window.
We have lots of them in Tulsa, the former Oil Capital of the World. The United States burns about 19 million barrels of oil per day compared to about 14 million barrels per day for all the countries of the European Union put together. That takes lots of refineries and lots of tanks and lots of oil wells, and lots of pipelines. We may complain about the price of oil, but we want it and lots of it and we’ll want more next year than what we are using this year.
Statistics from the CIA – The World Factbook
love this shot not sure why exactly but i do
An interesting photo and your comments provoked thought.
Unfortunately there are some major down sides to burning 19 million barrels of oil per day. One of them is that we likely have passed our peak production and use, and are now on the down side. The amount of the world’s oil is finite, and may be gone in a generation or less. We do need alternatives to survive. Fine photo.
impressive !
In a “I don’t know why” sort of way, I rather like your picture. Wonder what they’d look like if they were painted different colours?
That’s a lot of tanks!
An Arkies Musings
It is a sad truth.
America’s fuel pantry. Thanks for this view. You have me thinking.
The scale of it really hits you when you see this. Terrific photo of a complex issue we all face now.
i hope there’ll come a time when we don’t need oil anymore. mayble living in Mars is a good option, after all.:p
Unfortunately true, and it’s likely killing us.
ROG, ABC Wednesday team
I don’t think many of us will be giving up oil in our near future.
Much to think about here.
An eye-opener.
OUTSTANDING
I may be always late in commenting, but I am trying to catch up.
Rose, ABC Wednesday Team.