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FpUser01/03/20261 replyview on HN

>"making the point that it doesn't make economic sense"

Baloney, you said this:

>"You can't profitably extract Venezuelan crude without US involvement"

Pretty sure given enough efforts could play for others as well.


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monerozcash01/03/2026

>Pretty sure given enough efforts could play for others as well.

Not really, given the investment involved in developing the necessary technology in the first place.

Only way this could make sense for any third country would be if it was strategic, but Venezuela is kind of poorly located for that.