Re:In Brazil, Amazon Protections Are Slashed and Forests Fall
by dragonwriter on Sunday July 28, 2019 @10:15AM
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The US is concerned about oil supplies everywhere in the world, because the US economy is driven by oil prices and the US net oil self sufficiency (though it's not self-sufficient in the oil it actually uses) has only slight bearing on this, since prices are driven by global market conditions.
Which is not to say that US interest in oil as the reason for the events at issue is a reasonable, evidence-supported belief.
Re:In Brazil, Amazon Protections Are Slashed and Forests Fall
by Dumblydorr on Sunday July 28, 2019 @10:40AM
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Isn't it true the majority of oil used in the US is from the US now? We fell off in the 90s and 00s but I believe we are now amongst top producers again. I'm not happy about increased fossil fuel production but at least it takes some power from much less desirable hands like Saudis, Iran, Brazil, Venezuela, etc.
Just want to point out to non-Brazilian HNers that this view is as fringe as UFO believers or hardcore Breitbart supporters. No one serious in the country is making these claims that sound more like outdated communism than real facts.
To name one counterpoint: the US is oil sufficient thanks to shale / fracking so it doesn't care about Brazilian "pre-salt" oil which is really hard to extract....