Michael T. Klare‚ Blood and Oil: The Dangers and Consequences of America’s Growing Dependency on Imported Petroleum (New York: Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt‚ 2004). Preface How to explain the post-Cold War violence? Some attribute it to identity politics (xi-xii). Pace Samuel Huntington‚ the cause is a struggle for resources (xii). Oil as special resource: 2001 and since revelatory of the consequences of oil dependency (xiii-xv). Goal of book: “Tracing the evolution of U.S. oil policy and weighing its
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Deepwater Horizon oil spill July 5‚ 2010 Word count: Background: BP plc is a British-based global energy company which is the third largest energy company and it is the United Kingdom’s largest corporation the fourth largest company in the world (BP‚ Wikipedia). Its name is initials of the company’s former legal names British Petroleum. British Petroleum merged with Amoco in December
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Spearmint and Caraway Oils: (+)- and (-) – Carvones Purpose Compare (+)- carvone from caraway oil to (-)- carvone from spearmint oil‚ using gas chromatography. Experimental Odor: Smell containers of spearmint and caraway oil and two carvones. Analytical Gas Chromatography: Put five individual samples by different group members into Gas Chromatograph to calculate the percent composition. Claudia tested S- (+)- carvone and R- (+) – Limonene‚ Daniel tested Spearmint oil (pure)‚ Greg tested R-
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essential oils. I have used several different kinds of natural remedies‚ including homemade formulas‚ homeopathic remedies‚ and dried herbs‚ but none have the effect of high-quality‚ therapeutic-grade oils. Following are ten powerful reasons to add essential oils to your natural medicine cabinet. 1. They are more powerful than synthetic medications. While I do not recommend that you quit taking prescription medication without consulting your doctor first‚ I will tell you that there is an oil that can
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The Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill The largest marine oil spill in United States history began on April 20‚ 2010‚ with an explosion at the Deepwater Horizon offshore oilrig in the Gulf of Mexico. Millions of barrels of oil flowed into the water over the next 87 days‚ much of which washed up on shore along the Gulf coast region of the United States and Mexico. The accident was the result of numerous shortcuts undertaken by BP‚ and resulted in both environmental destruction and legal action. The events
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Palm oil is a vegetable oil that can be eaten that comes from fruit plantations‚ grown over staple African palm oil. Palm oil comes from West Africa‚ but can flourish wherever heat and rainfall are abundant. Today‚ oil palm planted throughout Africa‚ Asia‚ North America and South America. All global palm oil produced and exported from Indonesia and Malaysia but most of the time not using sustainable measures. From my views‚ in the formation of the oil palm industry it would apply to major issues
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MAHUA OIL Mahua Oil (MO Oil) is an underutilized non-edible vegetable oil‚ which is available in large quantities in India. The fuel properties of the MO Oil biodiesel were found to be within the limits of biodiesel specifications of many countries. Fuel properties of diesel‚ mahua oil and blends are comparable. The calorific value of mahua oil was found as 96.30% on volume basis of diesel. It was found that mahua could be easily substituted up to 20% in diesel without any significant difference
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Article for Crude Oil Crude oil: good or bad? You decide Recently I have discovered an interesting fuel which humans use. It is a sludgy‚ black‚ gloopy liquid like fuel called “crude oil”. They have found it in many of the earth’s oceans and I believe it has come from many dead animals piling on top of each other but didn’t decay properly because of the anaerobic conditions making layers of rock. The heat of the rocks and the increased pressure turned the dead animals into crude oil. I have found out
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had a headline about the BP oil spill? Do you think if America would have started converting to another resource such as wind‚ this would’ve still happened? Are oil and oil based products are taking over the economy? Think about everything you used today that uses or is made with oil such as gas‚ plastic‚ ink‚ and tires. Americans consume petroleum products at a rate of three-and-a-half gallons of oil and more than 250 cubic feet of natural gas per day each! However‚ oil brings in 331 billion dollars
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