For much of the past decade battles have been going on over oil and gas drilling in?
For much of the past decade battles have been going on over oil and gas drilling in
A. the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
B. the Everglades National Wildlife Refuge.
C. Buffalo Commons Wildlife Refuge.
D. Yellowstone National Park.
E. All of these are correct.
July 29th, 2009 at 1:01 am
I would say E, but only as political battles.
I disagree with the idea that "every war fought in the last century has been for oil and gas"
Hitler had many other issues, and wars in small country’s were not fought over oil, usually greed.
July 29th, 2009 at 1:01 am
All of them . Every war fought in the last century has been for oil and gas. The Middle East was carved up by the so-called ‘allies’ after WWI for the oil. That was the start and millions of people have died since and continue to die as a result.
http://www.globalpolicy.org/component/content/article/185/40586.html
http://74.125.153.132/search?q=cache:5zl6FPGdI-QJ:www.wrm.org.uy/actors/WSSD/oil.doc+oil+the+major+cause+of+war+in+the+20th+century&cd=7&hl=en&ct=clnk
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Century-of-War/F-William-Engdahl/e/9780745323091
A few facts about drilling and how and why they generate conflict.
http://www.cleanoceanaction.org/index.php?id=420
http://www.livescience.com/environment/080625-oil-drilling.html
http://www1.american.edu/TED/projects/tedcross/xoilpr15.htm
Incidentally the current wars in Afghanistan and Iraq are for oil.
The previous generations have left us a legacy of destruction and this generation seems to be bent on making matters worse by our refusal to live within our means, and I don’t mean just financially.
It is possible to live decently without squandering resources.