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Visit 3 of the world’s most prolific 풍요한 oil producers and see 3 very different ways of spending an oil fortune. Saudi Arabia, the world’s largest oil reserves <석탄·석유·천연 가스 등의> 매장량, 보유고. With this latest oil boom, a building boom, soaring 급상승하는 skyscrapers 초고층 빌딩, fashionable western-style bars. The Saudi government controls 100% of the oil.
But with a ballooning population and the first signs of poverty in recent years, Saudi leaders are promising to share the wealth as never before. Gasoline was cut to $.61 a gallon. There is a new national fund for the poor, a first year.
Next stop, Venezuela, some of the richest reserves in the western hemisphere 서반구. President Hugo Chavez is buying influence abroad, supporting other left-wing 좌파<좌익>의 Latin American leaders. We visited socialist 사회주의의-style cooperatives 협동조합의 매점 with jobs, cheap groceries and free healthcare. At gas stations in Venezuela, the gasoline is the cheapest thing for sale. Here, bottled water per gallon is 15 times as expensive as gas. Just $.11 a gallon!
Finally Norway, the world’s third largest oil exporter has quietly become the richest country in the world. Per capita 1인당, Norwegians are 25% richer than Americans. All because of vast oil fields in the icy waters of the North Sea. Amazingly, Norway is saving nearly all its oil wealth. Taxing oil profits 78% to build a huge national savings account 저축예금 for when the oil dries out.
Even gasoline is heavily taxed here. It’s $7.30 a gallon, the world’s most expensive. 3 diverse countries with one thing the whole world needs. For Good Morning America, Jim Sciutto, ABC News.