The discovery of oil comes with a huge blessings capable of transforming individual lives communities, states and even countries if well managed. But a situation where the proceeds are miss managed it will turn to be a cause as individual will rise against individual, states Wil rise against starts, countries will rise against countries.
you know discovering oil in a community or in someone lands is a big blessing that's what so many people are praying about, it's totally transformation in where ever it's find i Know of some family in my community they have kept their lands for long but other who have their own have sold their own. But their own was there so one day I asked my father is it that this people don't want to sell the land and so many people have come to price them with a good amount of money they don't want to sell it, my dad said they have reason why they're still keeping it maybe they're waiting so that whenever lands start to get higher in price they would sell it in good rates but not knowing that my dad knows that they have oil in the land that they're keeping for so long. When I discovered it's when some companys came to clear up the place they started fixing so many things in the land, as I'm talking to you now the family they're all in outside the country living well so it's totally a life transformation and blessings when oil is discovered in someone lands or in a community. 
Topic: Oil discovery is it a cause or a blessing? - page 4. (Read 628 times)
As long as the country is stable enough politically discovering oil reserves will be a blessing, definitely better than having no oil at all since the entire system depends on these fossil fuels to run despite there exist renewable energy and EV for example but they are nowhere near the point where these alternatives are mature enough for the world's industrial sector to shift to them.
if a country aren't capable enough to manage oil mining they could easily delegate the means to private company or something like that. so really it's a blessing since if we are speaking frankly anything could be a double edged sword but as long as you know how to take advantage, you will prosper, same with country with big oil reserves. It definitely takes bravery to manage something massive like oil reserves but I think it's good opportunity to turn around country's condition.
if a country aren't capable enough to manage oil mining they could easily delegate the means to private company or something like that. so really it's a blessing since if we are speaking frankly anything could be a double edged sword but as long as you know how to take advantage, you will prosper, same with country with big oil reserves. It definitely takes bravery to manage something massive like oil reserves but I think it's good opportunity to turn around country's condition.
I think the OP meant "curse" in the title.
It is a natural resource and it runs the world, in literal sense, being a fossil fuel. Finding a oil reserve, but not knowing what to do with it will lead to some company buying the land from you and then ousting you away. So then it becomes a curse.
In either case, you will never be able to compete with the big energy companies of oil, even if you start nicely, you will have to sell out to them. But the objective to note, is that profiting from the sale and the deal should be enough for you to start something new.
It is a natural resource and it runs the world, in literal sense, being a fossil fuel. Finding a oil reserve, but not knowing what to do with it will lead to some company buying the land from you and then ousting you away. So then it becomes a curse.
In either case, you will never be able to compete with the big energy companies of oil, even if you start nicely, you will have to sell out to them. But the objective to note, is that profiting from the sale and the deal should be enough for you to start something new.
I think it's a blessing more than anything because when you got oil in your land, that would mean that a lot of countries would be currying your favor because they want to make sure that they can get oil from you at a cheaper price if not free at all, you will also have the favor of the big and influential nations although most of them are at a disadvantage for you, you will still get the favors that would've been unavailable to your country if you didn't have any oil, take for example, you have US in your tail courting you, they're happy to supply you with weapons to fight against your enemies and money if you let them get some of that oil, that's why oil is called a black gold after all.
Although it is not so black and white but I'd say it depends on where!
For example new oil reserves are found in a place like Iran that's a blessing since as a super power Iranians control their own resources and it is used by themselves. Although we could find some downsides as well due to mismanagement.
But at the same time when new and massive oil reserves were found in a place like Yemen it was not much of a blessing since it brought war to this poorest Arab country for more than 8 years and countless people died because of that foreign invasion with the purpose of taking over their resources.
For example new oil reserves are found in a place like Iran that's a blessing since as a super power Iranians control their own resources and it is used by themselves. Although we could find some downsides as well due to mismanagement.
But at the same time when new and massive oil reserves were found in a place like Yemen it was not much of a blessing since it brought war to this poorest Arab country for more than 8 years and countless people died because of that foreign invasion with the purpose of taking over their resources.
The discovery of oil comes with a huge blessings capable of transforming individual lives communities, states and even countries if well managed. But a situation where the proceeds are miss managed it will turn to be a cause as individual will rise against individual, states Wil rise against starts, countries will rise against countries.
It is always better to have something than to not have it, as by having possession of something new options are open to you about what you can do, so even if there is an additional responsibility that comes naturally from the possession of a new asset, giving it up is not an option, after all if someone won the lottery, do you think that anyone will be crazy enough to give all of that money away and keep nothing for themselves? This most likely has never happened and it is because the advantages of having more of an asset surpasses whatever problems that may come with it. 
Conflicts emerge in this case because human beings are envious and greedy. They can't see another human being being lucky or competent that they immediately want the fruits for themselves as well. But since they can't display the same competency, or can't be lucky to make such findings, they appeal to physical threats and violence. It has always been like this with the most primitive and bad character human beings.
A good example of that are the bullies at the school which abuse and beat the other children, usually the called "nerds", because they lack devotion and intelligence to reach the quality of results nerds deliver.
That is why even peaceful and friendly countries have to invest in self military defense. Not to attack another countries, but to defend themselves from external hostile threats, to defend their people, their country and their patrimony from usurpers.
A good example of that are the bullies at the school which abuse and beat the other children, usually the called "nerds", because they lack devotion and intelligence to reach the quality of results nerds deliver.
That is why even peaceful and friendly countries have to invest in self military defense. Not to attack another countries, but to defend themselves from external hostile threats, to defend their people, their country and their patrimony from usurpers.
The discovery of oil comes with a huge blessings capable of transforming individual lives communities, states and even countries if well managed. But a situation where the proceeds are miss managed it will turn to be a cause as individual will rise against individual, states Wil rise against starts, countries will rise against countries.
Every resource on earth is a blessing and each serves different purposes in the world. What we do to those resources or actions taken because of it is being done by us. We choose to be good or bad, and that is why you see people fighting for most of the resources. It is human nature that paved the way for wickedness. So it doesn't stop the people from making good use of the resources that were given to their country. Anyone who wants to be wicked and evil should continue and everyone who wants to be good should as well do is a matter of choice.
The discovery of oil comes with a huge blessings capable of transforming individual lives communities, states and even countries if well managed. But a situation where the proceeds are miss managed it will turn to be a cause as individual will rise against individual, states Wil rise against starts, countries will rise against countries.
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