• CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
    9·
    2 months ago

    Venezuela has a ton of oil and it happens to be chemically very similar to Canadian oil which the USA has a lot of refining capacity for.

    It definitely is about trump wanting to use the military he thinks he owns. But it also means they don’t need to worry about Canadian oil as much.

    • Skullgrid@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      2 months ago

      But it also means they don’t need to worry about Canadian oil as much.

      Great, so the albertan conseratives can get fucked too. win win /semi-sarcastic

    • rbesfe@lemmy.caEnglish
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      2 months ago

      Venezuelan oil infrastructure will take a decade to modernize at least. No oil company wants to take on that kind of investment in an area with so much risk