Petroleum is a finished good which is technically difficult to handle.
It was the XXth century fuel, the architect of changing geopolitics, the cause of wars. However, as time has passed it has always been used more for transportation purposes leaving to gas, the other hydrocarbon, the task to see to other needs of ours while petroleum was also becoming famous for the extreme volatility of its price.
Today enthusiasm has turned into worry because of the impact its use can have on climate and on the environment, and also because of the idea that one day there couldn't be any petroleum anymore.
The abundance of petroleum was the fuel of our growth. Its shortage might be the fuel of our decrease.
The paradigm of the unlimited development of the productive forces is based on the unlimitedness of the energy sources.
About the author
Massimo Nicolazzi is Chairman of Olt Offshore LNG Tuscany and scientific counsellor of the geopolitical magazine Limes. He is the author of many articles and publications.
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3 March 2010
3 March 2010