Brasil Has A Bad Case Of "Fossil-Fuel Fever."

AP.

"An enormous offshore field in territorial waters — the biggest Western Hemisphere oil discovery in 30 years — has Brasilians saying, "Drill, baby, drill," while environmentalists fear the nation will take a big leap backward in its hunt for crude.

There has been virtually no public debate on the potential environmental costs of retrieving the billions of barrels of oil, a project one expert said will be as difficult as landing a man on the moon."

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A nicely done oil impact/Petrobras overview...by Bradley Brooks of AP.