Venezuela to close pumps as gas runs short.

[Amun Ra]

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...-pumps-as-gas-runs-short-viral-outbreak-grows

Imagine having the largest oil reserves on the planet and running out of gas. That's socialism for you folks.

 

[Cuddles]

imagine having the largest economy in the world and needing to get checks mailed to you by uncle sam.

 

[Amun Ra]

imagine having the largest economy in the world and needing to get checks mailed to you by uncle sam.

Yeah, that must be terrible for you.

 

[Cuddles]

Yeah, that must be terrible for you.

sadly above 6 figures & I write the checks, so yes, terrible

 

[RedDuke]

Very sad, that in our country, the wealthiest on the face of the planet, I have nurses friends who tell me that there is not enough mask and gloves for them.

 

[Overnight]

Very sad, that in our country, the wealthiest on the face of the planet, I have nurses friends who tell me that there is not enough mask and gloves for them.

The irony of this is that the majority of the mass of those items is made from, your guessed it, petroleum. Now oil is cheep and plentiful. So they can be made cheeply. If only the USA were tooled to make things cheaply. Alas, we're not. :-(

 

[vleaps]

When do I get my check?

 

[Turveyd]

Bet there government, said no need to stock up, there won't be any shortages just like ours is.

No idea, how this is affecting supply in the UK but I'm guessing it's not going to be good, why the prices haven't dropped yet.

 

[The Humble Bunch]

venezuela is very rich in oil. sadly, there are idiotic corrupt greedy fools taking advantage of it. Moral hazard heh?

 

[Turveyd]

venezuela is very rich in oil. sadly, there are idiotic corrupt greedy fools taking advantage of it. Moral hazard heh?

So just like everywhere else then!