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Trailrider1951

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72. That description is not really correct

Mon Jan 12, 2026, 12:56 PM

5 hrs ago

I've seen that "oil". At room temperature it is a solid waxy substance that looks like poop and smells as bad. I'm a retired geochemist who used to work at a multinational core testing laboratory in Houston. The sample came from PDVSA. That "oil" requires lots of treatment with heat, water, and surfactants to get it to move at all. Very expensive. Also, when you go to refine it into gasoline, kerosene, fuel oil and other useful things, you get very little of the lighter fractions with much wax and tar left over. Not much $$ in that. Those oil company execs know this. JMHO.

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Now he looks like an idiot? ... [View all] aggiesal Yesterday OP

One would think they should find that out first Uncle Joe Yesterday #1

Came here to suggest he thought of that first. Irish_Dem Yesterday #10

The Oil industry popsdenver 5 hrs ago #73

The only way the oil industry will do it is if the US taxpayer fully funds the oil production. Irish_Dem 5 hrs ago #74

Did they not tell him that in their secret meetings beforehand? Beartracks Yesterday #27

Do you really think he would have listened? You can't tell him anything. paleotn Yesterday #30

I guess I needed a "facetious emoji" for my post! Beartracks 23 hrs ago #41

Sorry for my misinterpretation. And big oil is most definitely NOT going to do that on their dime. paleotn 23 hrs ago #43

Of course they told him Ohioboy 2 hrs ago #78

Unless you are Trump PatSeg Yesterday #29

Yeah, his uncle taught at MIT, you know!!! He has the best brain, you know!!! hatrack Yesterday #31

Poor, poor Donald PatSeg 23 hrs ago #44

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So did his mother... GiqueCee Yesterday #4

Per Politifact, there is no evidence that she ever said that spooky3 22 hrs ago #51

I believe his sister, the judge, happy feet 7 hrs ago #68

Sadly that disaster involved and impacted millions of people. efhmc 31 min ago #81

The only thing he's good at is manipulation of others. ImmigrantsWGTJD Yesterday #34

All dictators end badly PJMcK 23 hrs ago #40

ALSO good at grifting, stealing our money and lying vapor2 21 hrs ago #58

Now? Dan Yesterday #5

My question exactly. patphil 22 hrs ago #48

Oopsie...a dead end alley! Hope22 Yesterday #6

I just broke this. You should pay for it. milestogo Yesterday #7

He, not only, LOOKS like an idiot indigoth Yesterday #8

I've always known that t-rump was a total idiot. He lucked into millions from his family and continues to be lucky... wcmagumba Yesterday #9

Trump is a toddler with a loader gun that cannot be taken away Bok_Tukalo Yesterday #11

Impeachment would do it. n/t returnee Yesterday #17

That's not happening. Bok_Tukalo Yesterday #21

Didn't say it was happening. returnee 22 hrs ago #46

The real reason is, he wanted a cut for himself like Putin does. Justice matters. 22 hrs ago #54

He has always looked like an idiot. I have always thought he was an idiot. cksmithy Yesterday #13

He's looked like an idiot for decades... NotHardly Yesterday #14

He stated emphatically that the Oil Companies can't wait to get in there and get all that oil. Marie Marie Yesterday #15

Fortunately for everyone concerned (except Trump), the oil execs are smarter than he is, Ocelot II Yesterday #23

Kick dalton99a Yesterday #16

He was born an idiot. It doesn't change during your life when you're born that way. ashredux Yesterday #18

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When didn't he? Ocelot II Yesterday #20

How ungrateful of them. RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES Raven123 Yesterday #22

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His idiocy is CONFIRMED, yet again. Martin Eden Yesterday #25

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Exxon's CEO tells Trump that Venezuela's Oil is uninvestible! LetMyPeopleVote Yesterday #28

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They didn't have a long range plan for after the abduction of Machado. WestMichRad Yesterday #33

I foresee the Sunni Triangle with jungles. paleotn Yesterday #36

KKKaptain bonespurs will send his "suckers and losers" to die in Venezuela. Justice matters. 22 hrs ago #55

Anyone with a function frontal cortex knew it all along.... paleotn Yesterday #35

Does that mean we fly Maduro back and drop him off? NBachers Yesterday #37

"Garbage": How Trump Used to Talk About Venezuelan Oil LetMyPeopleVote 23 hrs ago #38

I look forward to the day when nobody cares how he feels or what he says. calimary 22 hrs ago #49

That description is not really correct Trailrider1951 5 hrs ago #72

and the tanker ships joho260 3 hrs ago #76

NOW? 3Hotdogs 23 hrs ago #42

Can't pass the buck to Biden for THIS fuck-up, clown. Grokenstein 23 hrs ago #45

But he will sure as hell try, won't he? Ray Bruns 8 hrs ago #62

I bet security is the main issue. BradBo 22 hrs ago #47

Yeah and Fuck Off Blowhard PEDO Homicidal Cha 22 hrs ago #50

Maniac, fool, clown BlueWaveNeverEnd 22 hrs ago #52

No wonder that despicable clown bankrupted casinos... Justice matters. 22 hrs ago #53

Donald, why don't you force the oil companies to invest and take over the oil? Norrrm 21 hrs ago #56

Or you could invest your own money. Norrrm 21 hrs ago #57

Don't you remember? ... aggiesal 17 hrs ago #60

As Emily Litella would say... Totally Tunsie 17 hrs ago #59

"He may look like an idiot and talk like an idiot, but don't let that fool you... alterfurz 14 hrs ago #61

He always looks like an idiot. liberalla 8 hrs ago #63

So Trump decided to blame Exxon for telling the truth about the uninvestibility of the Venezuelan oil industry. Martin68 7 hrs ago #64

Oh gee, how silly of me. freethought 7 hrs ago #65

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K&R spanone 7 hrs ago #67

trump's feelings were hurt LetMyPeopleVote 6 hrs ago #69

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Looks like an idiot? vapor2 6 hrs ago #70

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