Side note...Chavez is a pain in the arse and thought he was going to hurt the US. The facts, THE WAY I UNDERSTAND THEM, is that Venenzuela oil has such a high sulpur content that it isn't wanted for much more than heating oil. I know that in the Northeast, it is a big factor(heating oil) but, in fuel production, it is quite undesirable.
I agree 200% that we need to use our own oil and pull it from our OWN soils!
My understanding of this came from when I worked there before the reign of Chavez terror really took effect. We worked there in a Sunoco plant and you should have seen the HUGE piles of sulphur laying around and, even then, they couldn't sell it all! Now days, with even more strict regulation on sulphur levels in fuel, I agree that production costs have shot through the roof!
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