He’s also very particular about the factory and the chocolate it makes. Candy with a hint of gloop sounds about as appealing as Gloop fudge, and Wonka may just chuck out the whole batch.

Wonka didn’t defy the laws of reality just so he could cut corners in the factory.

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“Drill, baby, drill!” has always been an immensely stupid rallying cry, even if you don’t care about the environment.

But a funny one, if it was in an Austin Powers movie.

Fun fact #2: Not all oil is equal. Refineries are designed to process certain grades of oil into specific products, and different parts of the world have different grades. Refineries also often blend oils from different parts of the world to get the characteristics they need for their process.

And the infrastructure to do that doesn’t currently exist. Even if they could drill overnight, they don’t have the pumps, platforms, and refineries set up.