Destroyed Rise
Destroyed Rise
What to Do With Rising Petrol Prices
Energy is surely the most sought after resource today for reasons more than one. Energy is used to drive engines, used for domestic purposes and in general to make life comfortable. In the search for sources of energy OIL and COAL broadly classified as fossil fuels was regarded as the best possible options in the last century. But the scene is changing quite rapidly. Petrol, being an exhaustible resource continues to get depleted from the face of the earth and today we face a global problem, what we call as “hike in petrol prices” which has aggrieved not just major governments in the world or automobile makers or primary consumers of crude oil but most importantly the COMMAN MAN.
Rising petrol prices in all the major consumers like USA, Australia, England and the developing nations like India, China etc. has literally spoilt the sleep of many. The rise in petrol prices is basically a rise in the price of crude oil on NYMEX where the futures contract for “light sweet crude” has gone up from $20 per barrel at the end of 2001 to over $130 per barrel today and is sure to cross the $150 level.
The White House, as usual, has denied taking the responsibility of this. According to Bush’s government the developing powerhouses India and China which are pressurizing international markets for more supplies of oil are driving up the prices and hence the decline in oil reserves in recent years has increased all the more.
Nobel Laureate Joseph Stieglitz however argues with this as he feels that this pressure on oil supplies by nations like India and China has not dramatically affected oil prices, though the demand from their side continue to increase. Another school of thought feels that the hike in oil prices comes out as more pronounced only after the Iraq War. So here crops up the debate on the appropriateness of the Iraq War again. Seems like Bush has to suffer hard times for the mistake that he made in Iraq. The economics behind this does indicate the possibility of rise in oil prices with simultaneous peak in world oil supplies. Existing oil field are approaching their peaks while future sources of oil are expensive to access. Moreover the numbers of such oil fields are fast declining. Natural calamities like Hurricane Katrina which supposedly destroyed 109 oil platforms in the Gulf of Texas (according to US official figures) is also no excuse. So everything boils down to the Iraq War. Statistics show that before the Iraq War in 2001, Iraq was pumping 2.5 million barrels of oil per day.
US vice president, before the war, promised the world that Iraq would return to pumping 3 million barrels per day by 2003. This is yet to happen and also by January 2006 it recovered up to 1 million barrels. A loss of approximately 2 million barrels everyday is what the world has experienced. No other oil producing nations among the “OPEC countries” has been able to compensate for the loss and Iraq’s oil pipelines continue to diminish because of internal disturbance.
To conclude it would be correct to say that the world is paying a heavy price for a mistake Bush and his decision makers made. Alternative sources should make way for the fossil fuels.
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Ultra Low Rise Jeans
Britney Spears may be most credited for the revival of low rise wear in the year 2000, and for stirring-up the fashion-conscious about this almost forgotten couture of the 1960s. Her meteoric rise to stardom helped propel this curious but highly sexy wear into the international fashion scene and caught the eyes of many designers.
Today, low rise pants, if that’s not a misnomer; have gone neater with the emergence of ultra low rise jeans. Teenagers and those with 6-pack abs love it for no other clothings accentuate those assets better than ultra low rise jeans – absolutely none!
Low rise jeans may show more skin including the buttock cleavage especially when the wearer sits down or bend over. There is no consensus on whether underwear should be visible when you wear such revealing couture, though “sagging” as some may term it is quite common amongst teenagers.
The popularity of low rise jeans including ultra low rise have soared to such heights that well-known jeans manufacturers like Wrangler, Cruel Girl Casey, Levi’s and others have included it in their range of jeans. It is certainly it is unthinkable for jeans retail outlets not so stock it as no other style of jeans come close to the sexy and attention-grapping effect of ultra low rise jeans – whatever the color and style. In addition to skin tight designs, shops also stock baggy, destroyed and flared styles. Other types of pants featuring low rise, known as hipsters, are also getting popular.
Due to its immense popularity, low rise including ultra low rise jeans have a high daily search rate on the internet. This record search popularity is evident in all major search engine statistics. It is therefore most natural that online shops to showcase their range of sensational low rise jeans on their sites.
Eventhough advertisers of low rise jeans see teenagers as their key target audience; there is a distinct and growing population of the twenty-something who now opts for low rise jeans; afterall, how many people don’t want to show-off their midriff if it is perfectly crafted! Like they used to say, “if you have flaunt it!”
As matching wear, the tops should also be short so that the full length of the midriff is visible. A well-designed tattoo on the lower back or belly-button ring often completes the look and turns heads at every street. Torn tee-shirts and V-shaped tops also complement ultra low rise jeans. Some trendy individuals wear gold or silver chains around their waist, adding to their distinctive fashion statement. Others adorn their midriffs with colorful treads.
Needless to say, low rise jeans are not suitable for those with generous midriffs. If you are one of those, not all is lost – there are many ways to get into the right profile so that you can fit into such eye-catching wear. It is only a matter of will to re-shape the middle section of your body.
Whatever it may be, one can certainly say that low rise including ultra low rise jeans are here to stay as it is casual, trendy, sexy and cool for today’s daring and young for no other casual wear makes the wearer standout like low rise jeans do!
About the Author
I am a financial and operational management consultant who has been helping corporations and individuals improve their financial well-being for than 20 years. I have now turn my attention to the Internet as it is a great platform for sharing my other passions and “make life better” discoveries. Read more about jeanlicius articles at http://jeanoholic.blogspot.com/
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