But before oil euphoria kicks in, Brazil's leaders should ask themselves why so many other countries have made bigger returns from a much smaller natural endowment.
And the kicker: "[W]hile poor people do receive entitlements, and the oil industry kicks in some money for the folks, few Alaskans are asking for handouts".
Oil trucks kicked up dust along the gravel roads.
Candied peel is a Christmas treat here, and Nigel Slater does earth-moving stuff with curls of orange peel sweated with "chubby garlic cloves", bay leaf, anchovies, thyme and a slug of olive oil to kick off an aromatic fish stew.
"Looking forward, we expect growth to slow down to more moderate rates, as world trade growth loses some momentum and fiscal policy tightening and higher oil prices kick in," Aline Schuiling, senior economist at ABN Amro Bank in Amsterdam, wrote in a note.
Fast-rising oil prices kicked in the door to higher ticket prices and other fees that the airlines couldn't wedge ajar in recent years, thanks to a plethora of Internet travel sites that passengers use to find the cheapest fares.
G8 oil ministers kicking off the next summit in Japan begged OPEC to increase production.
Trump is a climate denier who wants to expand coal and oil production, kick out Mexicans and Muslims, and start a war because the Iranians gave a US ship the finger.
The Media Archangel swooped down from above, anointed Barack Obama with precious oils while kicking Hillary Clinton to the ninth circle of political hell.
Ousting Saddam is necessary for promoting the spread of democracy in the Middle East, but it won't be sufficient, it won't stick, without the Mideast states kicking their oil dependency and without us kicking ours.
