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aggiesal

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42. If they do, their selling all their oil . . .

Tue Jun 18, 2013, 05:16 PM

Jun 2013

because a couple of years back, they announced that they were a completely oil free society.
Imagine that! Brazil completely oil independent.
When will that happen in the US?

They use a SUGAR based ethanol to drive their engines (cars, motorcycles, boats, . . .)
And, sell off any oil that they harvest.

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