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To: energyplay who wrote (64979)	6/13/2005 3:58:29 PM
From: Slagle	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74559

energyplay, Re: "Florida Drilling" You also have much dirtier water in the Western Gulf, even at Panama City than you have at Sanibel or Sarasota. The Mississippi beaches are awful, nothing but jellyfish. You suppose the drilling has anything to do with it? The water is fairly icky near Veracruz (at least it was in 2000) and on the north side of Yucatan near Merida (and all the oil rigs) while just around the tip at Cancun and south toward Belize the water is unbeliveably clear and clean. No oil rigs there. Slagle

To: energyplay who wrote (64979)	6/13/2005 5:40:05 PM
From: Raymond Duray	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 74559

EP, Thanks for the map. It really does put things in perspective. There was a questionable statistic in the text. The article stated that the U.S. currently imports 53% of its oil. I believe that to be in error, if one includes product as well as crude oil in the calculation. As of late 2004, T. Boone Pickens quoted a figure of 62% of U.S. petroleum products currently being imported. I believe Pickens is closer to reality than the SP Times reporter.