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1Peak oil — A logistic distribution shaped production curve, as originally suggested by M. King Hubbert in 1956 …
22003 to 2008 world oil market chronology — This article is a chronolgy of events affecting the oil market. For a discussion of the energy crisis of the same period, see 2000s energy crisis and Effects of 2000s energy crisis. For current fuel prices see Gasoline usage and pricing. From the …
3Greater Los Angeles Area — For the urban area consisting of Los Angeles and Orange Counties, see Los Angeles metropolitan area. Greater Los Angeles Los Angeles Long Beach Riverside   CSA   …
4Gazprom — Газпром Type Public Traded as RTS:GAZP MICEX …
5Containerization — Shipping containers at the Port Newark Elizabeth Marine Terminal in New Jersey, USA …
6Kunming — 昆明   Prefecture level city   昆明市 Clockwise from top: Kunming s Skyli …
7japan — japanner, n. /jeuh pan /, n., adj., v., japanned, japanning. n. 1. any of various hard, durable, black varnishes, originally from Japan, for coating wood, metal, or other surfaces. 2. work varnished and figured in the Japanese manner. 3. Japans,… …
8Japan — /jeuh pan /, n. 1. a constitutional monarchy on a chain of islands off the E coast of Asia: main islands, Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu, and Shikoku. 125,716,637; 141,529 sq. mi. (366,560 sq. km). Cap.: Tokyo. Japanese, Nihon, Nippon. 2. Sea of, the… …
9United Kingdom — a kingdom in NW Europe, consisting of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: formerly comprising Great Britain and Ireland 1801 1922. 58,610,182; 94,242 sq. mi. (244,100 sq. km). Cap.: London. Abbr.: U.K. Official name, United Kingdom of Great… …
10United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… …
