Move your eyes away from the tumultuous Middle East for a moment when considering the world oil supply. Africa is a major oil producer that the world is interested in as the Middle East becomes more unstable.
Oil has historically been a cheap source of energy for us. The cost of "new" energy has been a deterrent to it's development in the United States. We worry about the "cost" to our economy and personal way of life for the short-term without considering the future..
Most of Africa is poor and a shift in ocean levels displacing coastal population and a deteriorating climate for growing food will place people scratching for an existence in desperation.
Africa has a much slimmer margin of toleration to global warming than the United States. Several countries in desperation in the heart of an oil rich continent will threaten output from the region and the energy security of the world.
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