Hey George, can you make us a pie chart for this data?
Sure! Mmm, pie. Now, what the fuck am I supposed to do with this chart thing..?
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In case people are wondering why Trump is trying to start a war with Venezuela.
Also because they have heavy crude, which the US needs, and is only available from Venezuela and Canada.
Why heavy crude? Sweet light crude is typically the most valuable so it seems weird that America wants a low quality oil.
Oil Refineries in the US can only refine heavy crude. The light crude coming from US fracking is exported. Building new refineries would cost billions and take years to complete.
Because US refineries are designed to handle heavy crude.
https://edconway.substack.com/p/america-still-needs-canadian-oil
And is why Canada is the largest supplier of oil to the US, as most gasoline, aviation fuel etc in the US is made from Canadian oil.
I wonder if there's any correlation between sizeable oil reserves and CIA funded coups... 🤔
This is an actual photo of the dartboard the CIA uses. If you hit a nation with a pedo island, you have to throw again.
At current annual global consumption levels, all of this will be gone in 48 years.
Venezuela's about to get so much freedom.
Ok, now break down the heavyness of the oil.
Well you see, if you carry more oil, it gets heavier
Thank you for coming to my TED Talk
Not to hijack your ted talk, but the heavier the oil the harder it is to refine.
Some countries like Venezuela have extremely heavy oil so it needs a lot more refinement. Also of note, most of the USA's refineries are for heavy oil.