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Submitted by Ethan Arpi on July 12, 2006 - 09:49.
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Ah, wouldn’t it be nice to be Venezuelan?  Not only are Venezuelans governed by a coffee guzzling fiend who, at one point, drank twenty-six cups of espresso a day (now, he is down to only sixteen cups), but they also enjoy the lowest gasoline prices in the world.  At 12 cents per gallon, a price low enough to make everyday feel like Friday, gasoline in Caracas, Venezuela’s bustling beachfront capital, is actually cheaper than mineral water.  But don’t pack your bags just yet.  Roy Dibley, a mechanical engineer and social entrepreneur in Cape Town, South Africa, drives a 1980s Mercedes Benz, which is actually cheaper to fill up than any ride in Venezuela.  And if he gets his way, many more people in South Africa will be paying less at the pump than their Venezuelan counterparts.
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