if oil is the main reason of disputes among nations,then why not have other alternative source of energy ?
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you're probably refering to the middle east.  I am not a subscriber to most theories on why american troops are there.  I don't think bush did it for the money; he did it as an economic attack on china.  China's growing economy and mass of people makes it  a huge threat to the american way of life, both economically and physically.  Their mass growth is highly dependant on oil, more so than our economy is.  Doubling, or tripling the cost of oil is a very effective assault on a massive country's growth while only lightly affecting america's economy.  That is, how many people do you know who have stopped driving?  An extremely low number of people have even reduced the amount they drive...  Prices of construction, shipping, and other things we take for granted have risen only very slightly.  Using oil is very basic in the technological chain, but to a county still essentially developing it's value is 10 times what it is to a fully developed country.  It has so much to do with politics and so little to do with oil...\n\nWhy we don't switch.  While it is a good point that the oild companies profit from not switching, it's so much more complicated than being a conspiracy of big oil companies against the country.  The cost of converting to an alternative fuel source would be large, incredibly large.  Keeping away from everything else that uses oil, big parts of idustry, and sticking only to transportation.  Every single car, truck, bus, bulldozer, some planes, in america would have to be replaced.  Ok, not too bad, could be done in 15-25 years.  But every person would have to accept the change and people in general don't like change.  Also, every single fueling station would have to change over, which is in the range of trillions of dollars in cost.  The technology must be established, accepted, and actually implemented.  On top of that, the entire country would have to agree as to which particular energy source we switch to; that's very difficult in it's own right.  This is a subject which can barely have the surface scratched on yahoo'o format.  It deserves, and has received, thousands of articles much longer than I care to write and much more technical than I can even pretend to understand without studying them in detail.  It's not a simple thing for a country which is entirely dependant on oil to just up and switch to something else.
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Water as fuel is not reality. Neither is the belief we are fighting for oil.\n\nYou might as well believe in the tooth fairy and Easter bunny.
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Well, Yes i agree with the rest about reducing our dependency on crude oil, and start finding some clean technology  to produce energy, the solution lies in various methods.\n\na) developed countries should promote industries or companies with incentives to  switch over to solar energy or wind power.\n\nb) countries must make optimum  use of tidal energy( energy created through tides at seashores) to produce energy in a industrial level.\n\nc)hydro electric although is second most exploited source, the full potential is not fully tapped yet, countries around the world should utilise it to the optimum level.\n\nd) Developed countries as well as developing countries must set aside a certain percentage of thier budget to set up clean energy such as setting up wind mills,to generate power\n\ne) Nuclear energy is still a disputed energy as it involves  potential risk of exposure to radiation, and its high cost o f operations,Yet the energy produced outweight all odds, it \nproduces enormous energy with little fuel.\n \nf) Countries should fast track the process  of finding an efficient alternative to Petrol(gasoline) or Diesel as Automobile fuel, right now the research is on hydrogen fuel cells , which seems promising, Yet the research lacks impetus from most of the developed nations.\ne) Countries (developed& developing) should start untilizing the Bio-deisel extraction process in massive scale,( that is extraction of Ethenol which can be got extracted from certain plants and certain seeds). The use of Ethenol will ease the stress on crude oil.
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We will never run out of oil, economics ensures that is the case. As oil becomes harder to get prices will increase, as the price increases people will use less oil. As a result there will always be oil in the ground, there will just be so few people using it that it won’t be worth pumping out.\n\nNobody with any knowledge of the subject has ever suggested that oil will ever run out. That is one point that all sides agree on. The only question is  how much more expensive it will get and how fast.
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"oil is just a substance, it can be used by anything or anybody so not much to think about there BUT If you are referring to the "oil crisis" then we might as well focus on the middle east because it is where most of the world conflict happens...why? because the middle east is the cradle of civilization (check your history books) it is also home ground for the two roots of abraham, Jews and muslims and according to this verse..it will remain to be the trigger for world conflicts as foretold by Bible prophesy thousands of years ago yet still happening today.\n\nZEC 12:1 This is the word of the LORD concerning Israel. The LORD, who stretches out the heavens, who lays the foundation of the earth, and who forms the spirit of man within him, declares: 2 "I am going to make Jerusalem a cup that sends all the surrounding peoples reeling.
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The realities of the oil crunch and energy-hungry nations have forced many countries into a potential global conflict. We can't back away from it but we could limit it by producing alternative sources of power. While the US sanctions the war in Iraq (as a source of black gold),it condemns China for seeking the same in African countries...by peaceful means! The American government has been led by wealth over many years,and the current administration is not an exception. Perhaps we should require a different document....not of independence but a curriculum vitae of elected officials as well as proof of their financial dealings.
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Society and the economy demand a steady supply of oil.  I know on no one who has pulled the main circuit breaker of their home or thrown away the keys to their car(s), especially gas guzzlers whether they are liberal or conservative.  It is our problem.  Whoever owns the oil should profit by its sale, but oil need not become a geopolitical football.\n\nThe real question is whether oil will be used to fuel the world or to fuel terrorism.  The fuel problem is only temporary.  We need to capture perhaps 1% of 1% of the sun's solar energy to meet all our needs.  Technology is rapidly improving.  Soon there will be available relatively cheap plastic foil photovoltaic cells to convert solar energy to electrical energy.  The technology already exists.  The roofs of most buildings will be covered with them.  Then we will still need a little oil to lubricate our bikes and hedge clippers.  The problem is to obtain and maintain world peace until then.  And that may be a decade or two.
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Energy> even though energy has had a big run already, it does not look like the middle east will calm down anytime soon. the government and citizens of america seem loathe to tackle the energy problem and i am afraid that oil prices will contine to rise, taking our economy down. \n\nbuy energy.
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Right at this time, the Middle Eastern Nations provide and control the majority of today's oil. Unfortunately, the next 20 years will probably be provided by the same source (for the western world that is unless alternative means are initiated). Other parts of the world do have ample resources to assist in providing oil for the rest of the world. Countries such as Venezuela, Mexico, Russia and even Canada and be self sustaining in this area and the United States is currently purchasing oil from these areas. Canada has a vast reserve underground in what is called "Oil Sands" where the oil is actually trapped in sand which makes it a grainy like tar. It is very costly (at this time) to extract the oil from the sand.
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Yes. In about 150 years there will be no oil if we continue this way.\nAnyway .. there are unlimited resources, at least for energy, ... solar/eolian/waterfall energy.\nHope this helps
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Not if someone or some country can find a source of energy other than fossil fuels. A source so vast that it cannot be depleted. The history of the world is dominated by search for energy. Pretty soon China or India will come up with an alternate fuel that won't require the burning of fossil fuel. With that event will come the end of corporations that are built around the fossil fuel business. And that will bring about the end of capitalism. It is all about energy and the manipulation of energy.
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The argument is that if the price of oil is high enough we will turn to alternative energy sources, one of which is ethanol, made from agricultural products, primarily grain. This demand for high-priced fuel will raise the price of grain, which is also used for making bread.
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Energy is power. Without oil, no economy and army can survive.
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planksheer, again you have hit the nail on the head. Good job, guy.\n\nNecessity is the mother of invention.  If suddenly ALL oil vanished from the face of the earth, we would have another form of energy to replace it in a VERY short time.  And, of course, the oil companies would try to gain control of it.
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You are right.  Because we have comparatively lower costs for oil, and because all these taxes are something which seem hidden and don't hit us all at once in our paychecks, and because we have a good quality of life overall compared to most other countries, we are not a nation that values or sees the need to conserve, reduce, reuse, and recycle.  \n\nAnd you are right again: one side has better x; the other side has better y.  Overall I think Americans need to be more globally aware, realize that oil is a finite natural resource and that when it runs out, it runs out.  I believe if people really cared about the environment and about the quality of life for generations to come, they'd change their behavior.  But humans are pleasure-seeking animals, and a change of behavior is hard to do if we don't see a need or any scarcity.  \n\nThanks for the question.  There are many sides, many facets to this.\n\nCheers, K
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Economic development doesnt preclude, infact it may very soon require, technological forrays into alternative energy production.  A current trend in the commercial sector is that consumers and investors are favoring environmentally friendly corporations.  Therefore, by the economic law of supply and demand, those corporations that avoid environmentally deleterious policies, such as relying on crude oil, will prosper, since they are 'supplying' environmental responsibility, for which demand is currently soaring.  It is shortsightedly immature of us to not move off crude oil quicker, infact.  We underestimate the damage oil does to the health of the worldwide human population, in terms of military repurcussions, adverse health effects, and of course, the environmental consequences.
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The thing is the oil compagnies don't want to lose money so they brainwash people into thinking the alternative isn't any good.\nMeanwhile the others are  powerless.\n(The Oil compagnies are more powerful than the latter)