So much effort into mental gymnastics to put together "green power" and "curse". Similarly, some have used the phrase that for a small country to have oil is e

So much effort into mental gymnastics to put together "green power" and "curse". Similarly, some have used the phrase that for a small country to have oil is equal to a curse. What they are neglecting to say, is that those countries with oil will not be able to pursue it for the benefit of the people simply because the big countries will squander it. As if they are trying to rationalize the exploitation of the small countries.