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Originally Posted by RawAlex
If you want to send him to hell, here is a tip: Save fuel. Don't fly so much, get a ore fuel effecient car, etc. This guy (like the rest of the OPEC people) can thumbs their nose at the US because without the oil, the US would stop dead. So nobody wants to piss off Mr Chavez.
I would love to see the US raise the CAFE fuel economy standards to 30MPG within 3 years, and make all "light trucks" fit into the same category. It would make a huge difference in the amount of oil the US has to import in the long run.
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Chavez is not whining at the US in particular - he just despises the current regime (and sure not alone in that) - and kinda amusing and refreshing in his vocal rhetoric.
If the US wants to buy less oil that will not make one ounce of difference to Chavez or OPEC. Venezuelan oil is already oversold in the east for years to come and world demand already outstrips supply. Chavez already has supply contracts with eg China etc which he has no hope in hell of filling.
Is there tinges of "hate" in your post?? *lol* Predictable. But sure, like all of the human species when they get power, there is an inclination in some to abuse. Chavez "could" be another instance of this in the future and like all assholes on a powertrip need watching.