[Looking for Diogenes]

If the U.S. consumes roughly 17 million barrels every day (see post 67) that equals a puddle 1 foot deep by 2191 acres. Which means every year we consume a lake 2191 acres in area and 365 feet deep. (Central Park is 843 acres. It would be flooded to a depth of 948 feet wih our annual consumption).

[74dodgedart]

If the U.S. consumes roughly 17 million barrels every day

So unless oil is being reproduced at the rate of millions of barrels a day, the point is moot.