A Crude Pie

(You can click on the chart to enlarge)

Slices of the petrol pie, aka who gets what. This chart, compliments of the good folks at NPR, dishes up the take on every gallon sold in the US. Puts a whole new spin on the NAFTA ramp up. To those of you who think that the US is in Iraq because of oil, and that as policy one shouldn't negotiate with terrorists, and facing the FACTS that the Senate just passed ANOTHER funding of the debacle in desert, this time to the tune of 165 billion, where then, does the profit go? Hint: A lot closer to home than you think. Or, better yet, answer this (honestly): If Team Bush had of said that the reason we are invading Iraq is to stabilize (sweet) crude oil supplies to ensure sub $2/gal gas for the American drivers for the next 10 years as we work towards alternative fuel technologies, would the current percentage of the populace see the quagmire as "acceptable". Hummmmmmmm.

And this just in from the "How the 10,000 Things are all Connected" Department.

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2004435762_cornfilm24.html