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| Caspian Sea Basin Showing Major Pipeline Routes |
| Western China & Central Asia |
| Table
6.1 Oil & Gas Reserves & Production of Major African Producers (as of end of 2006) |
| West Africa & the Gulf of Guinea |
| Table 6.2 Participants in Angola's Major Offshore Blocks |
| Table 7.1 Oil & Natural Gas Reserves in the Persian Gulf (as end of 2006) |
| Major U.S. Bases in the Persian Gulf Area |
| Disputed Boundaries in the East China Sea |
| Table 9.1 China and the United States: Selected Energy Information |
| Business Week "A Power Shift in the World of Oil" [October 27, 2008, p. 68] |
| Platts' 2008 Top 250 Global Energy Companies |
| Emissions &
Stabilization Wedges |
| Global Climate Change |
| Global Warming | |||
| Currently within 1¼C of highest Temp. in 125,000 years | |||
| forced versus unforced fluctuations | |||
| Radiatively active gases; | |||
| Carbon dioxide (CO2) | |||
| Methane (CH4) | |||
| Nitrous oxide (N2O) | |||
| Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) | |||
| H2O vapor | |||
| Attribution |
| Asks whether observed changes are consistent with | |
| expected responses to forcings | |
| inconsistent with alternative explanations | |
| Most of the observed increase in globally averaged temperatures since the mid-20th century is very likely (>90% certainty) due to the observed increase in anthropogenic greenhouse gas concentrations |