The state of Texas has a very rich history. If you have ever visited or lived there, you know of the immense pride Texans have for their state. I have lived in Texas the majority of my life and can attest to this feeling of pride towards “The Lone Star State”. The Battle of the Alamo, which took place in present day San Antonio, is the most famous battle in Texas' fight for independence. The battle is a long-recognized representation of bravery in the face of death. Although the battle only lasted
never seen an oil shortage, but one was soon approaching the oil industry. Standard Oil in the United States needed new ways of getting oil and had to look out of the country to do so. They sent Walter Teagle to look in the Middle East for oil where they ran into Calouste Gulbenkian who became an ultimate problem. Gulbenkian was granted rights to the oil prospects in Mesopotamia, which is now Iraq, by the Turkish Empire who controlled the Middle East. In 1914, they declared that if oil was ever found
Keystone pipeline essay- Sponsored by Canada Oil your #1 Place for Oil! The keystone pipeline: a gateway for economic growth. The keystone pipeline is a 2000 mile long pipeline that delivers crude oil from Canada straight from Canada directly to refineries in Texas. The keystone pipeline will simply just run through the United States deliver shale oil from Canada to refineries in Texas. Although gas prices will remain at a sane price of $3 a gallon. Though many have debated on whether this pipeline
Chloe K Period.2 Cause and effect essay 10-26-14 Wasted Water (The strong effects that water bottles have on the consumers and the environment) Did you know that in 2009, United States consumers bought 8.45 billion gallons of bottled water? “Bottled water is a drain on the environment: The U.S. public goes through about 50 billion water bottles a year, and most of those plastic containers are not recycled” wrote Elizabeth Royte's in her 2008 novel Bottlemania: How Water Went on Sale and
AIM OF THE ESSAY The main objective of the present essay is to investigate and have a thorough look at the water situation in Yemen, background, causes, facts and present some possible solutions. Coming from Yemen myself and witnessing the situation, I felt an urge to investigate and gain a broad understanding of the water situation in my country, and try to end up with a conclusion on how the situation can be address to permanently resolve the existing water scarcity issue. In this essay, I have opted