| Fighting wars over Oil? | | | | nascent stage, it could dramatically change our lives |
| Did we really only help Kuwait because of oil? Do we | | | | for the better if were to become a reality. |
| really fight in wars over oil? What will happen with | | | | The Three Main Types of War-for-Oil Conflicts that |
| humanity if and when we are ever free from our | | | | May Occur |
| dependence on oil? Will we let countless millions die | | | | The types of war-for-oil conflicts that we will likely |
| and say - "It is not our concern"? | | | | see are as follows: |
| Another Persons War | | | | There may be conflicts between oil-importing nations |
| While we’re all focused on Bush and his mad | | | | and oil-exporting nations when a powerful oil-importing |
| drive for Middle Eastern oil, a character with just as | | | | nation deems an oil-exporting nation to have an |
| much imperial desire is pushing to secure their own oil | | | | "unacceptable" political regime. For examples, the |
| supply. Venezuela is one of the major oil producers in | | | | current conflicts in Iraq and to a lesser extent, |
| the world and has had an internal battle driven by | | | | Afghanistan. Iran and Venezuela are potential targets |
| Chavez to nationalize all the oil. Now that it is all under | | | | for future US oil wars. Note the never-ending US |
| governmental control, this oil is being leveraged as a | | | | rhetoric against both countries. |
| weapon against uncooperative governments. So | | | | Conflicts between consuming nations are a great |
| when will this charismatic and aggressive ruler starts | | | | possibility. Using their large piles of US dollars, China |
| looking at moving into the neighboring areas with his | | | | has been locking up long-term oil contracts in Central |
| newly purchased guns and ´copters? | | | | Asia, the Middle East and elsewhere. Saudi Arabia, |
| Plans on Making Fuel from Water | | | | interestingly, has given almost all of their recent |
| The very thought of making fuel from water is | | | | long-term oil contracts to China rather than the US. |
| something that was confined to sci-fi movies or | | | | As you can imagine, this has bothered some |
| novels till recently. These days though with the rapid | | | | US-based oil companies. |
| advances that science has made plans on making fuel | | | | Civil wars will occur within oil-producing nations to gain |
| from water are being researched by scientists from | | | | control of power and resources. This was the case in |
| different parts of the world. Hydrogen, which forms | | | | Venezuela several years ago and more recently in |
| a major part of the atomic structure of water, is | | | | Nigeria and Iraq. It is increasingly likely to occur in |
| being increasingly looked upon by today’s | | | | other Middle Eastern nations in the future, as the |
| scientific community as an answer to the needs of | | | | totalitarian governments supported by the West (in |
| an alternative fuel to gasoline. Although the research | | | | exchange for favorable treatment on oil supplies) |
| into making fuel from water is still at a pretty | | | | begin to lose control over those they rule. |