Isn't it interesting that Brazil, the world's leading producer of ethanol from sugar cane, has no illusions about building a robust economy without massive quantities of petroleum!
Even that enviro-Star, Thuggo Chavez, depends solely on black gold to feed his regime. Too bad for his people that he feeds them with half-arsed Russian military equipment instead of actual food.
Brazil and Venezuela are two leftist nations where enviro-wackos will get zero traction. Both nations will extract oil and other resources any darn way they please
It’s the wimpy developed nation that have a left-environmentalist alliance full of global warming dolts and polar bear lovers who think they are going extinct. Not so in the 3rd world