Western media sources have been considering the possibility that Brazil could weaken the present leadership of the Middle East in terms of oil production.

Some mid eastern producers are unstable and are not friendly towards the USA or Europe.

Brazil, one of the main Latin American economies, is taken as a steady oil producing region.

Peter Zeihan defends the idea that discoveries in Brazil could help to finish the Occident dependence on some mid-eastern countries.

Europe and the USA will soon be self-sufficient in oil production.

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The mid eastern countries have the monopoly of oil production.

The text confirms that Brazil alone can supply around 10 million bpd to the USA.

At present, the USA exports about 10 million bpd of crude oil.

Brazilian exports to the U.S. will most certainly decrease.

American economy depends on the stability of the Gulfbased countries.

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Oil prices have doubled three times as much all along the last ten years.

Western countries do not need the petroleum found in Middle Eastern countries.

Washington succeeded in getting free from its dependence on foreign energy.

The goal of energy independence is understandable but, for the author of the text, it is an illusion.

President Nixon was the only person to worry about the North American energy independence.

America today imports more than three times as much the amount of oil it used to by the mid seventies.

currently, the U.S. imports two-thirds of its consumption everyday.

the Bush administration officially determined a slower exploitation of America's own oil reserves.

ethanol from corn will reduce external dependence of the U.S. on foreign oil during the decades to come.

the priorities of the nation may be mixed up with the priorities of the domestic oil industry.

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About 80% of the liquid fuels used in Brazil come from ethanol.

No disadvantages can be found in the use of ethanol when compared with the use of petroleum.

The use of great quantities of ethanol may also be harmful.

Corn prices will become lower once the demand for it increases.

There is no relation whatsoever between the price of corn and that of hamburgers.