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It’s time to rein in this president ! We cannot lose Canada ! This from John William Evans today : WHAT HAS HE DONE NOW? Here’s the problem with Trump pissing off Canada. This isn’t pretty. I hesitated putting this out here right before bedtime. First of all, the U.S. IS the world's largest crude oil producer, yielding over 13 million barrels per day. Trump talks about it all the time. We don’t need anybody’s oil! We’ve got plenty of our own. Right? Well, here’s the problem. Only about 60% of the crude oil processed in U.S. refineries comes from domestic production. Another 40% of our crude oil comes from imports. Why do we need to import oil if we produce so much of our own? That’s because domestic shale fields produce mostly light, sweet crude, while many American refineries are specialized to process cheaper, heavy, sour crude. Gulf Coast refineries are built for heavy crude, for example. Refineries across the American Midwest are also physically built to process heavy crude. And you can’t just throw up new refineries overnight. So guess who we get this needed heavy crude oil from? 60% to 62% of it is coming from Canada. Here’s a breakdown: Canada (~57% to 62% of crude imports) Mexico (~6% to 7% of crude imports) Saudi Arabia (~4% to 7% of crude imports) Iraq (~3% to 4% of crude imports) Brazil (~3% of crude imports) Uh oh. Did you know Canada also supplies the U.S. electricity? New York, New England, Minnesota, Michigan, and the Pacific Northwest rely the most on these cross-border lines. Dozens of international power lines connect the two national grids to balance regional supply and demand. Canada is a major supplier of uranium to American nuclear reactors, frequently acting as the largest foreign source of uranium for the United States. Roughly one-third of the uranium purchased by U.S. nuclear plants originates from Canadian mines. The U.S. relies heavily on imported nuclear fuel, and Canada regularly provides the largest share among international providers. How about fertilizer for our crops? The U.S. imports over 85–95% of its total potash (potassium), and roughly 85% to 90% of those specific imports come directly from Canada. For you non-farmers potassium is a core plant nutrient that boosts crop yields, root strength, and disease resistance. Canada also supplies a substantial share of U.S. nitrogen imports (averaging around 30% of total nitrogen imports), which translates to about 10% of total U.S. nitrogen consumption. Finally, Canada supplies roughly 2.6 to 2.7 million metric tons of aluminum to the United States each year. This amount equals more than half of all the aluminum used in America, making Canada the largest foreign supplier of the metal to the U.S. Of course we use aluminum for a lot of stuff, building airplanes for example. And the Canadian Prime Minister just told Trump to shove it !