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Serving proudly since 1873 as the beautiful Nebraska Panhandle's first newspaper
I came across some stats the other day that, if remotely accurate, are astounding, shocking and demand action. Fasten your seatbelt and prepare for a jolt.
According to this info it takes 21 to 35 days for a Russian oil tanker to get to a US port to be offloaded. It takes between 35 to 60 days for a tanker from the Middle East to make the same trip.
It takes about 10 hours to load a tanker and up to 24 hours to unload if it has to wait in port, and to get to an unloading dock can take up to 3 days.
The average tanker burns 2,600+ gallons of diesel fuel per hour. Burning 1 gallon of diesel fuel...
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