A while back I ran a post exploring Venezuela’s significance in the Peak Oil discussion, with some follow-up information here.

The always-informative Tom Whipple has now provided us all with some additional—and troubling—details about Venezuela’s energy woes, with a potentially significant impact on United States oil supply in the months ahead. Read his latest post here.

As I and others continue to point out, there are many factors that affect oil supply considerations, and Whipple’s post is a great example of how issues most of us never even think to consider can nonetheless have far-ranging influence on our economy and societal well-being.

And it’s just one example among many….The news won’t be getting any sunnier as time passes.