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| exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity |
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| The idea that countries that are plentiful and have an abundance of natural resources, will do poor economically. Whether it be because they need too much help getting it refined, or if they are being taken advantage of by outside sources. |
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| Basically a "riddle" on how the world is going to make sure we continue to have energy as we need it and how we are going to solve the problem of energy deficiency, if there is one. |
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| Consuming and using up of natural resources so as to run out or come close to it |
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| The curve or middle point as to when the world was supposedly going to begin to run out of oil as a natural resource |
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| a good in high demand, but the price will be the same no matter who sales it, there cannot be a monopoly |
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| resources that can replenish themselves or can be replenished easily, like corn for ethanol |
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| resources that take a long time to make and cannot usually be man made, without more energy to make than can be produced. |
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| The estimated quantity of crude oil or natural gas which geological and engineering data demonstrate with a given probability to be recoverable in the future assuming current costs of operation and market prices. |
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| Unconventional oil is petroleum produced or extracted using techniques other than the traditional oil well method |
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| More than 70% of the total world oil supply is in the Oil Corridor (shaded area). The two most dangerous enemies of the West--Iraq and Iran--are in the exact center of it. |
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| Exxon (Esso), Shell, BP, Gulf, Texaco, Mobil, Socal (Chevron) |
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| was initiated by the Sherif Hussein bin Ali with the aim of securing independence from the ruling Ottoman Turks and creating a single unified Arab state |
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Achnacarry Agreement of 1928 |
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| An agreement that attempted to set petroleum production quotas |
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Red Line Agreement of 1929 |
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| An agreement that allowed oil to be monopolized, by the middle east |
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| a secret understanding between Great Britain and France for the dismemberment of the Ottoman Empire. |
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| promised to create a Jewish National home in palenstine |
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League of Nations Mandate |
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| an authorization granted by the League of Nations to a member nation to govern a former German or Turkish colony. |
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| Nixons approach at foreign policy after the disaster of vietnam |
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| stated that the United States would use military force if necessary to defend its national interests in the Persian Gulf region |
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| basically dirty carbon that is produced by using fossil fuels, bio fuel and bio mass |
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| carbon dioxide that enters the air due to the activity of humans, it is excelerated by the burning of carbon based fuels |
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| warming that results when solar radiation is trapped by the atmosphere, produces infrared radiation |
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| international treaty from united nations to stabilize greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous interference with the climate system |
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| the etiquette of diplomacy and affairs of state |
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| collective action problem |
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| pursuit of a goal or set of goals by more than one person, the problem is that there are many countried int he world that are not trying to prevent their carbon emission outputs and just continue to grow |
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| Hardins idea that people are so self orientated and self interested that eventually all of our resources will be depleted |
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| an environmental policy tool that delivers results with a mandatory cap on emissions while providing sources flexibility in how they comply |
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| People forced to leave their homes because of environmental factors such as drought, flooding and the rise of sea-levels |
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| The destroying of forests in order to replace them with other types of pants, palm oil. |
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| the diversity of plant and animal life in a particular habitat |
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| model used to represent the transition from high birth and death rates to low birth and death rates as a country develops from a pre-industrial to an industrialized economic system. |
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| advertisers use profiles that involve age bands, social class bands and gender in order to sell their product |
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| measurement of population per unit area or unit volume |
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| measurement of population per unit area or unit volume |
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| migration of peoples from home to another place in order to find labor and make means |
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push: reasons for people to leave home; poverty, scare land, cruel government.
Pull: things that attract people to move to a new area; freedom, jobs, new life. |
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| world wide spread epidemic |
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| Eisenhower's 1954 initiative to allow the peaceful uses of atomic energy to be available to other nations |
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| technique that was introduced that aimed to achieve higher productivity by standardizing output |
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| technical solution to a problem caused by human nature |
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| intelligence augmentation |
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| use of information technology in augmenting human intelligence, like cyborgs and robots |
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