claim: the united states can immediately tap a domestic energy resource of "more than 1.5 trillion barrels of oil, six times more than saudi arabia."
author: eric hovde
evidence_1: at the same time, we have consumed more than 340 billion barrels of oil, almost  60 billion short tons of coal, and more than 1,090 trillion cubic feet of natural gas.  .... the united states had 30 billion barrels of proved oil reserves,6 yet from 1980  .... to put this in context, saudi arabia has about 260 billion barrels of oil in ...
evidence_2: the united states can immediately tap a domestic energy resource of "more than  1.5 trillion barrels of oil, six times more than saudi arabia." — politifact ...
evidence_3: jul 5, 2016 ... reliable sources .... america now has more untapped oil than any other country  on the planet. ... the u.s. is sitting on an incredible 264 billion barrels of oil  reserves. ... would have been the result," jarand rystad, ceo of rystad energy,  ... all told, the world has 2.1 trillion barrels of untapped oil, or 70 times ...
evidence_4: the united states can immediately tap a domestic energy resource of "more than  1.5 trillion barrels of oil, six times more than saudi arabia." ... "the failed  economic policies" of president barack obama, the democrats and the federal  reserve "are making gas prices higher while america's economy is running on  fumes.".
evidence_5: mar 29, 2012 ... (usgs) estimates that our oil shale reserves could be greater than 1.5 trillion  barrels of oil. this is five times larger than saudi arabia's proven.