The Center For American Progress has a fascinating map that shows exactly how much oil the U.S. imports from “unsafe” countries, ten of which are on the State Department’s Travel Warning List.
Currently, we spend about $1 billion per day overseas on oil.
In 2008, the U.S. imported 4 million barrels of oil a day (1.5 billion barrels total) from “dangerous or unstable” countries, at a cost of roughly $150 billion.
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