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Latin America is rich in water and sunlight and has the potential to grow vast biomass. The Orinoco River in Venezuela is 2.1 times the size of the Mississippi River.
Venezuela is rich in oil. There is no excuse for Venezuela's present economic condition. Venezuela's oil production is presently feeble and it has the potential to expand greatly. Reforming the political structure of Venezuela is the biggest move that can be made for reducing the price of oil and eliminating America's dependence on Middle Eastern oil.
Oil NatGas Coal Rain Rain Rain Sun Pop Area Oil Oil ZJ ZJ ZJ km^3 m/yr ton/prsn kWh/yr M km^2 EJ/yr $/barrel World 9.0 7.3 26.6 107000 .99 20.2 7254 148.9 Venezuela 1.82 .217 .014 1872 .64 60.4 1800 31 .92 4.3 28 Brazil .085 .014 .30 15004 1.76 73.4 1900 205 8.5 6.6 35 Argentina - - - 1643 2.78 47.1 2000 43 2.8 - Colombia - - .19 3700 3.24 75.3 1400 48 1.14 - Mexico .063 .014 - 1489 .76 12.2 2600 122 1.96 - USA .22 .375 7.22 6814 .72 21.7 2000 322 9.5 14.5 21 Canada 1.00 .066 .19 4883 .54 137.0 1500 36 9.1 5.7 27 India .035 .041 2.71 3433 1.08 2.73 1500 1275 9.6 2.2 China .156 .176 3.35 6173 .64 4.54 1000 1371 3.2 8.6 Russia .47 1.90 4.60 7865 .46 10.0 900 146 17.1 21.0 19 S. Arabia 1.63 .32 - 127 .06 9.8 2200 32 2.2 18.5 9 1 ZJoule = 1 ZJ = 1021 Joules 1 EJoule = 1 EJ = 1018 Joules 1 Barrel of oil = 42 gallons = 158.99 liters = 6.12⋅109 Joules The rightmost column is the cost of oil extraction in $/barrel.Extraction data from the Wall Street Journal, April 2016
World total 1184 Amazon 209 Brazil Congo 41.2 Democratic Republic of Congo Ganges System 38 Bangladesh. Bay of Bengal. Orinoco 36 Venezuela Yangtze 30.2 China Rio de la Plata 22 Argentina Mississippi 16.8 US. Gulf of Mexico St. Lawrence 16.8 US, CA. Atlantic Ocean Columbia 7.5 US. Pacific Ocean. Seattle Magdalena 7.0 Colombia Atrato 4.9 Colombia