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The Pros And Cons Of Syrian Refugees

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Currently the world faces a great challenge. Syrian Refugees. The first two sentences of my essay starting off with Syrian Refugees. You're probably like,” what?” Well, the reason I bring up Syrian Refugees is because of an even bigger problem that coincides with this topic. Currently, we face a refugee crisis consisting of over 17 million people. What if I told you that we could have another crisis not of 17 million people but of over 28 million people ? Presently the country that hosts this population is Saudi Arabia, the most renowned country for its endless supply of oil. Currently 88 % of Saudi Arabia's gross income comes from oil. This is why in 2014-2015 Saudi Arabia suffered. From 2014 to 2015 oil prices dropped dramatically sending Saudi Arabia into economic turmoil. Oil is essential, not only for Saudi Arabia but for the rest of the world. The clothes on your back are made by a machine fueled by oil. The car drive to work was fueled by oil. That bottle of water you just drank was made by a machine fueled by oil, and so on. Oil is essential for many products and parts of our economy. In 50 years, it is claimed that the world will run out of our this precious substance. Oil. …show more content…

Macleans wrote an analogy stating that our economy is similar to a computer running on a finite supply of oil. It seems the computer will run out of energy at some point, but there's a way the computer can survive. Incrementalism. If the computer can use its finite source of energy more efficiently it could survive even longer. Using alternative renewable energy sources would also keep this computer running. The computer could attach a small solar panel to its screen. The computer can gradually start using 90% oil and 10 % solar. The computer could attach a windmill to its rouder. The next year 10% solar, 10% wind and 80% oil. After several years the computer would be able to survive without any

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