@Tfmonkey Regarding Venezuela and oil, Venezuela has a resource called Orimulsion. Its made from bitumen. They have a lake of Bitumen that contains 1,300 billion barrels, which is more hydrocarbons than all the crude oil reserves in the world combined. Orimulsion is a direct substitute for diesel and is very cheap. Its only real disadvantage is its high viscosity at low temperatures, which is true for all diesel fuels.