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Thread #118554   Message #2565213
Posted By: M.Ted
12-Feb-09 - 03:04 PM
Thread Name: BS: How much is US supporting Saudi Arabia?
Subject: RE: BS: How much is US supporting Saudi Arab?
A minor point here, Robomatic, but in actuality, crude oil is not, strictly speaking, fungible--there are, of course, certain kinds of crude that are, but crudes from Saudi Arabia and West Texas are not--because of the sulfur content, some US oil refineries can only refine oil from certain places, meaning that they don't and can't use Saudi oil, which tends to be much more sulfurous--