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The Curse of the Black Gold

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Nigeria is the most populous black nation on earth and is notably recognized within the frame of a number of attached identities, such as being the biggest producer of petroleum in Africa. While it is invariably advancing to become one of the top producers in the world, the country has really come a long way as a fossil fuel-based economy to achieving yet another identity as one of the biggest emitters of greenhouse gases in Africa. The country is yet to find a place among the fully industrialized nations in the world that have been well noted as the all time big emitters. In a way, it has gained commonness for being in the category of generating more green house gases, mostly from the fossil fuel industry, which is the basic bedrock of the nation’s economy. Despite the long standing credentials; the cumulative years of being an oil producing nation with the occasional rise and boom seasons of the oil trade, one would expect a massive all round development and being in the...

The Next Big Thing in Human History!

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Phtot credit: http://info.firstcarbonsolutions.com/ Change is definitely the only constant thing in life and that in a way is the actual definition of the future . Sometime in the not too distant future, fossil based energy will finally give way under the pressure of the ever rising popular opinion on divestment and the many life threatening impacts on the stability of the planet and relatively, the wellbeing of humanity at large. While the most identifiable alternative which would represent a significant shift of event in our common history as humanity would be  “Renewable Energy” . The heavy dependence on fossil energy has indeed come of age and the current global clamour for the complete phase out does not actually seem out of place, considering the more obvious long term consequences which far out weight every form of immediate economic and social benefits made possible so far. Indeed it has been quite a long walk for humanity in the journey of fossil fuel de...

Humanity, Still Far from Absolute civilization if we can’t Move Past Our Dependence on Fossil Fuel.

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M Man's  naturally inclined and continuous quest for absolute control and domination of his natural environment has for a while now induced a transformation that has seen the world changed and entreated as almost the manipulated creation of man. From being the most vulnerable life form on earth, the highly competitive environment we formed a part of drove us to reason beyond the limits of our supposedly capacity into a the new age of sophistication. From primary cavemen tools we evolved on a gradual scale and yet the growth was healthy, then we birthed the industrial age of manufacturing revolution that saw man at the peak of his ingenuity. Overnight, the world took a turn of advancement and gradually the dream of absolute domination became feasible, man was no longer at the mercy of his environment to some extent though it took a while to overcome some stubborn diseases but still, the era marked the beginning of the golden age for humanity. There wa...