Oil in the Modern Context
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"...At the moment, oil is a dilemma that the world has not found a solution to – namely, finding a less-polluting energy source that is still efficient and allows us to live a comfortable, modern lifestyle. ..."
Key Terms
- James Young
- Standard Oil
- John Rockefeller
- Coal
- Internal Combustion Engine
- Stalingrad
- Automobile
- Commercial Aviation
- OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries)
- Yom Kippur War
- 1973-1974 OPEC oil embargo
- Iranian Revolution
- Saddam Hussein
- Kuwait (invasion)
- Saudi Arabia
- Operation Desert Storm
- Carbon Emissions
- Global Warming
- 2015 Paris Agreement
- Peak Oil
- John Gray
Guided Viewing Questions
- Why did oil become an important fuel in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries?
- How did oil play an important role in the Second World War?
- How has oil become even more important to the global economy since the Second World War?
- What are some of the major problems that the world’s dependency on oil has caused?
- Why might these problems only worsen in the future?