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To: sandintoes who wrote (76)	9/7/2003 12:43:12 PM
From: Tom Swift	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 166

I don't think more drilling an Alaska will free us from dependence on foreign oil. There is not enough of it up there. Top 10 nations with proven oil reserves By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS (AP) - A look at nations with the top 10 proven oil reserves as of the end of 2002, based on their percentage of the world's total known reserves. The figures were published by British Petroleum and based on estimates from the Oil & Gas Journal. The level of freedom in those nations is measured by the independent Freedom House organization. The rankings are from 2000. Country - Known Oil Reserves - Freedom Level Saudi Arabia - 25 percent - not free Iraq - 10.7 percent - not free United Arab Emirates - 9.3 percent - not free Kuwait - 9.2 percent - partly free Iran - 8.6 percent - not free Venezuela - 7.4 percent - partly free Russia - 5.7 percent - partly free United States - 2.9 percent - free Libya - 2.8 percent - not free Nigeria - 2.3 percent - partly free newsobserver.com