Sentences with phrase «oil wars such»

A ban follows from the 1) accelerating impacts of global warming, 2) the accelerating depletion, due now to demand and soon depletion, of the petroleum resource, and 3) oil wars such as that in Iraq.

Not exact matches

The region in recent years has seen investor sentiment rattled by developments such as the drop in oil prices, the war in Syria and a sudden corruption purge from Riyadh.

To be fair, there have been a several times that markets didn't recover as quickly after seismic geopolitical events such as the invasion of France in 1940 and the Yom Kippur War (which led to a complete realignment of control over global oil), according to the Credit Suisse team led by Keating.

Regional wars and conflicts have cost Chinese enterprises massively in countries such as Libya, Ivory Coast and South Sudan, while investment in the oil industry is going to areas where extremist groups like Boko Haram are expanding.

Before branching out on his own, he was one of legendary investor Julian Robertson's first so - called tiger cubs, responsible for some big market calls during the 1990s such as the collapse of oil prices after start of the Persian Gulf War and the plunge in the British pound.

She suggested shipments of oil from Alberta and B.C. natural gas traversing Alberta could be on the chopping block, and had no firm answer about what Horgan's NDP government would have to do to provoke such a last - resort retaliation, a nasty flash of trade warring that could send Lower Mainland gasoline prices skyward.

For another, the more we conserve scarce and nonrenewable resources, such as the oil used so extensively in modern agriculture and elsewhere, the less pressure there will be to engage in an interventionist and imperialist foreign policy and the wars that follow from such a policy.

We have waged wars for no reason, such as the one with Iraq, so we can get our greedy hands on their Oil!

Wessely, like many researchers in the field, believes that Gulf War illness arose from a combination of the stress of war, the use of experimental vaccines, and possibly exposures to environmental hazards such as oil - well firWar illness arose from a combination of the stress of war, the use of experimental vaccines, and possibly exposures to environmental hazards such as oil - well firwar, the use of experimental vaccines, and possibly exposures to environmental hazards such as oil - well fires.

The 1970s were a tumultuous time in the U.S, defined by such events as the Vietnam War; the Watergate scandal; the Arab oil boycott; serious economic problems; and shocking revelations about illegal activities by our intelligence agencies.

The display ends with Hamed Ewais's Le Guardien de la vie (1967 - 8), a large - scale oil painting that depicts a fighter, weapon in hand, while underneath him everyday events such as a wedding taking place and a child riding a bike are shown, suggesting the possibility of societal renewal following the collapse of the Pan-Arab ideal after the Six - Day War in 1967.

Through imaginative studies of objects such as flags and helmets, Marzouk tackles politically loaded themes such as war, sports, nationhood, space technology and oil industry and how they habitually manifest themselves in our daily life.

Texas, the country where Europeans often only think of keywords such as slavery, native American wars, oil exploitation, capital punishment, weapons lobby, creationism, and militant anti-abortionists.

RP: I am a contemporary artist who wishes to engage with challenging issues such as war, crime and personal trauma through the traditional medium of oil paint.

It traces a sense of Angola's colonial past and maps its present, touching on issues such as the aftermath of civil war, AIDS and oil production.

What I find ironic is that it is his can - do optimism that is in this case working against our ability to do something about our dependence on fossil fuels and the climate change that this dependence is resulting in, that is, switching to alternate energy, preserving modern civilization and the world economy beyond Peak Oil and Peak Coal, preventing climate change from becoming such a huge problem that it destroys that the world economy — and more than likely leads to a series of highly destructive wars over limited resources.

I honestly think she's too young to be listening to me going on and on about such confusing stuff as oil, gas, coal, greenhouse effect, global warming, manmade climate change, population explosion (she knows about it), deforestation, desertification, rapid extinction of other species, pollution, problems, overconsumption, overindustrialization, problems, politics, economics, consumerism, and problems, religion, war, etc., etc., etc..

The world will see more wars, such as the conflict in Iraq, unless a path is opened that can dramatically reduce demand for oil.

Back then, we were still focused on terms such as The Cold War, nuclear winter, the war on poverty, racism, the oil shock, the Middle East situation, and later on, towards of our «three score and ten» on Earth newer terms such as 9 - 11, terrorism and global warmiWar, nuclear winter, the war on poverty, racism, the oil shock, the Middle East situation, and later on, towards of our «three score and ten» on Earth newer terms such as 9 - 11, terrorism and global warmiwar on poverty, racism, the oil shock, the Middle East situation, and later on, towards of our «three score and ten» on Earth newer terms such as 9 - 11, terrorism and global warming.

I feel such a sense of well - being The problems have come to be solved And what I thought was proper for mankind I see now is proper for War And I think I will travel to Riad Using Globemasters for flight There's only oil I know of in Riad And it's something worth engaging in fight It's only a whimsical notion To fly down to Riad tonight I probably won't fly down to Riad But then again We just might

But in a place like Wyoming, where the oil, gas and mining industries are the soul of the economy, some view such symbolism as a declaration of war.

You should apologise to your grandchild for me, as I am one of those lucky people who hasn't yet been fired from the oil industry (though I imagine it will happen soon enough), so, as such, I am an evil fossil fuel sympathiser, going out of my way to actively promote wars, poverty, death, and environmental rape.

ONLY half of USA oil imports goes into gasoline fuels, the other half makes PLASTICS: Your carpet, paint, almost everything you own (that isn't REAL leather, wood, or metal)- is most likely made out of toxic petroleum oil that offgases dioxin and a mess of other problems such as oil wars - even your plastic toothbrush you clean your mouth with is made out of petroleum oil.

From bloody wars and huge disasters like the Exxon Valdez and other vast pollutions like the Gulf oil spill, Chernobyl and Fukushima and the resulting cancers and ruined lives (human and other species) to other hideous environmental destruction such as mountaintop removal to climate change to the Culture Of Fear that pervades almost every aspect of our lives today because of all of these.

Typical P&I cover includes: a carrier's third - party risks for damage caused to cargo during carriage; [2] war risks; [3] and risks of environmental damage such as oil spills and pollution.

Finally, an exogenous shock to the economy, such as an oil price surge or a global war, can tip an economy into the recession.