The End of Petroleum=s Tyranny:
Welcome to the Fuel Cell
The years of the 21st century have brought about great changes and taught us many new things about our planet Earth and its residents. One of the most convincing is the realization that our world revolves around the detection and refining of petroleum. Many of the American population would argue that this is the very reason that our troops were sent into Iraq to conquer its leader and promise Ademocracy@ to its inhabitants. At no time in the past has oil flexed its amazing power and shown its awesome strength as it has recently through the two Gulf Wars. It is a proven fact that our world must have this precious commodity in order to sustain our present standards of living as well as provide transportation for nearly half of Earth=s populous.
According to New York Times writer Youssef Ibrahim, the world consumes nearly 81 million barrels of oil in a single day=s time. This consumption is up nearly 3% from just......
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