There are multiple works of literature that discuss the Spice Trade and it’s influence on the world and culture. Even though the Oil Encounter has few pieces of work written about the topic, it can be held in comparison due to it’s economic and strategic value along with the encounters it has cultivated with politics, culture, and military. There is almost nothing of intellectual merit written about the Oil Encounter in English, nothing of the sort that has been written in Portuguese. Oil holds such a large significance and drama in history and although it is often overlooked, it cannot be ignored. People do not show an interest in oil because they are unaware of the severity and have no understanding of it. The advancement of professional
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According to Rees “the populations of all species [share a preset] to use all available resources” and our way to access these resources depends on evolving technology.(Rees, 2) As the world continues to deplete the oil supply and use all the available resources, people are convinced that we will never run out of oil or that there will be a existing method to completely replace the oil industry. Hughes states, “the EIA apparently assumes that the geology of the United States’ oil provinces, with production long in decline, will miraculously heal itself, and production will go up through 2035”(Hughes, 3). People are unaware of the potential disaster at the end of oil because there is no literature written to inform. Although Rees focuses on human nature and how it is a large contributor to our consumption of oil, the nurture aspect of evolution also plays a key role in our consumption. The nurture aspect in relation with oil is how our global community shares a socially constructed myth of economic expansion. Rees refers to the myth of expansion stating, “the expansionist myth asserts that human ingenuity will find a substitute for any depleting resource”(Rees,4). North America is using a extreme amount of oil and other natural resources relating to the population compared to other continents(Hughes,2). An increase in oil consumption will continue unless people address the lack of literature concerning oil in our
According to Rees “the populations of all species [share a preset] to use all available resources” and our way to access these resources depends on evolving technology.(Rees, 2) As the world continues to deplete the oil supply and use all the available resources, people are convinced that we will never run out of oil or that there will be a existing method to completely replace the oil industry. Hughes states, “the EIA apparently assumes that the geology of the United States’ oil provinces, with production long in decline, will miraculously heal itself, and production will go up through 2035”(Hughes, 3). People are unaware of the potential disaster at the end of oil because there is no literature written to inform. Although Rees focuses on human nature and how it is a large contributor to our consumption of oil, the nurture aspect of evolution also plays a key role in our consumption. The nurture aspect in relation with oil is how our global community shares a socially constructed myth of economic expansion. Rees refers to the myth of expansion stating, “the expansionist myth asserts that human ingenuity will find a substitute for any depleting resource”(Rees,4). North America is using a extreme amount of oil and other natural resources relating to the population compared to other continents(Hughes,2). An increase in oil consumption will continue unless people address the lack of literature concerning oil in our