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For decades, the United States has the power and the ability to set oil prices at their convenience, the extent to which even has a weight limit of OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries) to price oil. However, before the oil crisis in the United States has ceased to be equally important in the price.

The proof is an event recorded by the U.S. Department of Energy, according to this body the fuel consumption decreased 1.6% from the previous year, but the decline in demand has not lead to a change in crude oil prices, which continue to increase.

This will cause a period of slow growth. As fuel prices remain high for a long time the company began to produce less to protect against the use of less extensive.

Company drivers and America is no longer a decisive factor in determining the price of oil, the market is now moving beyond the BRIC countries such as China, Brazil, and India also include Saudi Arabia.

On the other hand, demand for oil will continue to improve in all areas. While the U.S. has reduced its consumption by 4% since 2000, these countries have increased their consumption by 76%. Although it should be noted that consumption of the United States of 19.2 million barrels per day, and other countries and is 18.8 million barrels per day. In addition, China is a country where demand has increased over the last decade, an increase of over 100% to the consumption of 9.4 million barrels per day.

The degradation of the natural environment in northern China have strong resource depletion licorice, driven by export interests in recent years on the big pit licorice led also contributed to the trend of desertification in northern China. Licorice is a popular staple of traditional Chinese medicine for roots and rhizomes of legumes, is a perennial herb widely used in Chinese medicine will continue from 10 known medicinal herb known nine.

Currently, the licorice is not only widely used in clinical medicine, will have its products in food, health, cosmetics, smoking, light the oil, fire and many others also benefit, demand the growth of international market. In addition, licorice and areas affected by desertification in China, plants of the largest sand fixation, protect our natural resources play an irreplaceable role. But in recent years, the resources of China were severely damaged licorice. Licorice Licorice serious damage wildlife resources in the fragile ecosystem and environment are spread relatively backward economy in Inner Mongolia, Ningxia, Gansu and Xinjiang is distributed in the Xinjiang and uralensis licorice, etc. There are two types of wildlife and cultures. Widespread in northern wild licorice distributed areas of origin in China, but now the wild licorice resources in northern China have been exhausted, in fact, widely cultivated.

However, given the economic and technical constraints, is the licorice plant is still no substitute for wild licorice. Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region Zhuang horse is a leading producer of licorice. Canton about 72 acres of land, growth of 40 MU licorices. During the last decade, the excavation of licorice, despite repeated bans. Currently, the municipality of the country was searched from 70% often, and some are still dug in the sand, and then dig a new hole on the pasture all green and blue. Today, the excavation of licorice medicine levels is reduced over time, where licorice, resources no longer exists. continue reading…