has influenced growth, warfare, and technological advancement, but what if mankind were to run out (Alois)? The possibility of this eventuality was first vocalized by M. King Hubbert who introduced the notion of “peak oil.” When global oil production “peaks” it reaches its greatest output level and then permanently declines (Hubbert). There is much debate as to whether this “peak” exists, has already been passed, or will be passed in the near future. Despite the debate there is one undeniable fact;
Oil is a very important recourse in our daily life; it would be very hard to imagine life without oil. Though recently scientist have discovered that oil is about to finish in the near future, but some argue otherwise. Should the world continue to rely on oil as a major source of energy? Should we find a new source of energy? How much time do we have left? A lot of questions are left unanswered, or answered with different point of views. In this situation, we have to look at things from different
The world, in which we are living, is being built and developed using much oil ever since the year of 1950. Many of a time, the food we eat, the cars we drive, the electricity we use need oil in order to be delivered, to operate and to be produced. Oil can have negative effects on economy as well, because oil can lead to unpredictable situations such as the decreases of oil prices recently or the peak oil crisis in July 2008. Therefore, I strongly agree that we should not heavily rely on oil as the
Jacques-Yves Cousteau once said, “Overconsumption and overpopulation underlie every environmental problem we face today” (“Population,” Internet). With the current statistics, Jacques could not be more accurate. Every second, 4.2 people are born and 1.8 people die, which would be a net gain of 2.4 people per second (“Population,” Internet). At this steady rate, the environmental health is spiraling downwards, and it is safe to assume humans are responsible for this. As the population increases, harmful
are unwilling to responsibly face our energy future and instead choose to maintain a policy of increasing oil supply through importation. One of the main problems with this strategy is that it is a short-term remedy. Studies conducted by M. King Hubbert in 1956 predicted the rise, peak, and subsequent decline of global oil production. He predicted that global oil production would rise until around 2002 and then start declining (Campbell et. al., 1998). If one takes the oil embargo of 1977 into
In The First Resort of King, Richard Arndt argues cultural diplomacy has been a norm “for humans intent upon civilization” since the Bronze Age, when diplomacy has evolved in parallel with language to facilitate cooperation between large groups defined by customs, therefore, in its earliest form, diplomacy meant relations not between nation-state, but between cultures (1). However, over the course of history, the concept of cultural diplomacy changed. Today, cultural diplomacy is typically viewed