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Bill Maher: "... I mean Brazil got off oil in the last thirty years..."
George Will: "Can you just explain to me in what sense Brazil got off oil?"
Maher: "Uh, I believe they did. I believe they, in the seventies, they had a program to use sugar cane ethanol. And I believe that is what fuels their country."
Will: "I think they still burn a lot of oil and have a lot of it offshore."
"The largest share of Brazil's total energy consumption comes from oil... Most of Brazil's crude oil production is offshore..." The Energy Information Administration, Dept. of Energy.
Source: Energy Information Administration, Dept. of Energy.
Hoven's Index for May 3, 2010
Rank of Brazil in the world in energy consumption: 10th.
Rank of Brazil in Latin America in energy consumption: 1st
Rank of oil in Brazil's energy consumption: 1st
Rank of Brazil in South American oil production: 2nd
Brazil's offshore Marlim Leste field's daily production capacity (barrels): 180,000 bbl
Brazil's offshore Marlim Sul field's daily production capacity: 180,000 bbl
Brazil's offshore Japuti field's daily production capacity: 100,000 bbl
Brazil's total oil production in 2010: 2.81 million bbl/day
Source: Energy Information Administration, Dept. of Energy.
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