Part 6 on Geology, Politics and Philosophy: Oil, Shale Gas, Coal – Local and International Politics

 

Part 6 on Geology, Politics and Philosophy: Oil, Shale Gas, Coal – Local and International Politics

The Topic Idea

The search and control of oil played a massive role in international relations  post WW2. The competition for oil is quite a fierce one.  It helped to set the post war order such as the American Saudi Arabian relationship. Or how in these modern times, China engages with Africa to feed its energy hungry economy.

Bulldozer pushing coal in Ljubljana Power Station

Interesting video on the subject

Part 6 on Geology, Politics and Philosophy: Oil, Shale Gas, Coal – Local and International Politics / Working & Learning at the University of Edinburgh - Student Ambassador, Geologist, Red Lichtie by blogadmin is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution CC BY 3.0

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