began to dominate the European market. The first commercial oil wells in Europe were manually dug in Poland in 1853, Romania in 1857, Germany in 1859 and Italy in 1860, before the gradual introduction of mechanical cable drilling rigs started in the early 1860s. In the late nineteenth century...
Several factors that will influence the prices ofheating oil,propane,natural gas, and electricity in the upcoming winter season October 2007 thru March 2008 include: 1. China and India and other areas of the world have a strong demand for diesel fuel which is similar to home heating oil. 2....
commission of inquiry has not been allowed intoSyria, but its 20 investigators carried out 258 interviews withrefugees, defectors and others, in the region and in Geneva,including via Skype, for their 11th report in two years. Guest Created on: 12/13/2020 7:01 AM qkmODJqUAaH Ver...
The supermajors place significant emphasis on the virtues of science, human ingenuity and technology as the means to address climate change and “reach for the prize of clean, green fossil fuels” (van der Veer2005a). Through the techno-fix myth—the most dominant myth in our dataset as ill...
“CEO-speak” about climate change, we show how mythmaking facilitates the disregarding, diverting, and/or displacing of sustainability tensions. In doing so, our findings further illustrate how certain defensive responses are employed: (1)regression, or retreating to the comforts of past familiar...
For most areas of the world, climate change is a growing problem in ensuring an adequate level of food production for an ever-growing world population due to declining yields [17] and rising food prices [18–20]. This is evidenced by the value of the so-called transferable stocks of ...
Perspectives on Responsible Natural Resource Management in Conflict-affected Countries; World Economic Forum: Geneva, Switzerland, 2013; pp. 49–52. [Google Scholar] Sigma, C.; Garcia, L. Extractive Industries: Optimizing Value Retention in Host Countries; UN Publications: Geneva, Switzerland, 2012....
Perspectives on Responsible Natural Resource Management in Conflict-affected Countries; World Economic Forum: Geneva, Switzerland, 2013; pp. 49–52. [Google Scholar] Sigma, C.; Garcia, L. Extractive Industries: Optimizing Value Retention in Host Countries; UN Publications: Geneva, Switzerland, 2012....