Recently surpassing Japan, China is now the second largest economy in the world following the United States (U.S. Department of State). This rise has taken place over the last three decades as China has slowly loosened its trade policies from a central system to a more market-orientated system (CIA). In 2009 its $4.814 trillion economy was one third the size of the United States (U.S. Department of State). ...

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The United Arab Emirates is a very wealthy country due to their global position in the export of oil. Within this country is home of two prestigious cities in the development of becoming international hubs within the business and social world. Dubai is developing as the significant commercial gateway to the Middle East. As stated by Mike Davis, in his article called, "Sand, Fear, and Money in Dubai " he says, "Dubai is a prototype of the new post-global city, which creates appetites rather than solves problems. " In addition he mentions "Dubai has become the new global icon of ˜imagine...

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Despite the lack of fossil fuels Cuba does have an abundance of sunshine, thus the starting-point for Cuba's energy policy is the capacity to transform solar energy to satisfy internal needs, and the widespread social management of energy production. ... This energy consumption of bagasses (the part of sugar cane or sugar beets left after the juice has been taken out: used for fuel and in the manufacture of insulation) traditionally takes place at a very low efficiency and in terms of electrical generation its transformation into energy represents just 19-20 kilowatt hours per ton of gro...

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European Energy Issues Europe mainly consumes fossil fuels and about half of the energy consumed in the EU is imported. ... Although oil remains as the single largest fuel in the primary energy mix, demand for natural gas will grow most rapidly, mainly due to strong demand from power generation. ... In terms of natural gas which is the cleanest fossil fuel compared to other hydrocarbon resources, European dependency is increasing further than oil. ...

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