Leonard, it's obvious you have never been to Brazil. It is nowhere near energy independent, much less oil independent. It has some of the most polluted cities in South America (look at Sao Paulo for example, a jungle of cars and pollution). Now with Lula and Chavez best friends Brazil gets a lot of oil from Venezuela (the fourth oil exporter in the world though a country with a poverty of 70% in the population).

Things in Denkmark might not be perfect, but they sound a hell of a lot better than in many other countries around the world, even ones with lots of natural resources to exploit.