Reply #17: how do you figure?

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Sure, global warming is bad, but if Venezuela wasn't selling oil, other countries would just up their production to meet world demand. It's not as if they just pump oil, burn it, laugh, and shout "global warming be damned!!!!". The same amount of oil will be used whether they profit from it or not. I don't have exact figures in front of me, but I'm quite certain that the amount of energy used, per capita, is dramatically less in Venezuela than the US and many other countries.

And please name one - one - way in which Chavez is a dictator. Chavez was elected in free and fair elections - there is no disputing that. He was not appointed by some court, nor did he benefit from having a brother be the governor of a corrupt state. Bush backed an illegal coup to overthrow the democratically elected leader of a sovereign country. To compare the two men is absolutely despicable.