Or black gold as some call it. In truth it is far more important thatn gold. You can't do anything without energy. Your car, yor power plant, everything you do and use requires energy. if your source of energy is in peril then you are screwed. The economy fails, people go unemployed, parents can't afford medical care for their kids, kids don't go to college yoru population gets less educated, you have less hospitals and doctors and neat gadjets that hep you be safe, etc etc etc. . .

Oil, right now is essential to our way of life, so when a saddam Heussain puts your oil in danger, you better step up and protect it else you could be paying tribute to him.

-Justin Kelly