can reach 135 degrees. beneath these sand dunes lie 18 billion barrels of oil, more than four times the proven reserves of alaska. and it s costing billions and billions to tap into it. with all the talk about kicking our addiction to foreign oil, the kingdom of saudi arabia is doing everything it can to keep the oil age going. let me be blunt: is it your hope to prevent a switch away from oil? somebody said the country is the oil business. i mean, you absolutely need to do this for your own survival. and what s wrong with that? [ticking] when the u.s. oil companies came here in the 40s and 50s, the americans moved into the area with their families and developed it to suit their tastes and their way of life. they created a replica of american suburbia. today you could be in the outskirts of houston or los angeles. it s almost like it s an enclave within saudi arabia. it s different from the rest of the country. yes, that s true, because very different. it kept a lo
more than four times the proven reserves of alaska. and it s costing billions and billions to tap into it. with all the talk about kicking our addiction to foreign oil, the kingdom of saudi arabia is doing everything it can to keep the oil age going. let me be blunt: is it your hope to prevent a switch away from oil? somebody said the country is the oil business. i mean, you absolutely need to do this for your own survival. and what s wrong with that? [ticking] when the u.s. oil companies came here in the 40s and 50s, the americans moved into the area with their families and developed it to suit their tastes and their way of life. they created a replica of american suburbia. today you could be in the outskirts of houston or los angeles. it s almost like it s an enclave within saudi arabia. it s different from the rest of the country. yes, that s true, because very different. it kept a lot of the american ways. yes, of course. but blocked off from the rest.
more than four times the proven reserves of alaska. and it s costing billions and billions to tap into it. with all the talk about kicking our addiction to foreign oil, the kingdom of saudi arabia is doing everything it can to keep the oil age going. let me be blunt: is it your hope to prevent a switch away from oil? somebody said the country is the oil business. i mean, you absolutely need to do this for your own survival. and what s wrong with that? [ticking] when the u.s. oil companies came here in the 40s and 50s, the americans moved into the area with their families and developed it to suit their tastes and their way of life. they created a replica of american suburbia. today you could be in the outskirts of houston or los angeles. it s almost like it s an enclave within saudi arabia. it s different from the rest of the country. yes, that s true, because very different. it kept a lot of the american ways. yes, of course. but blocked off from the rest. th