Topic: Oil discovery is it a cause or a blessing? (Read 641 times)

Oil is a natural resources so there's no way a natural resources is going to be a curse to a country unless those managing the country are thief that do not want their people to benefit from the natural resources that their country has. A natural resource when used correctly is meant to improve the lifes of the citizens of the country, it mightn't be able to make everybody rich but it should improve the lifes of those living in that country. Most people just want to be able to afford three squad male and they don't care about the wealths in the world but the evil politicians wants to enslaved everyone and become the only ones enjoying by selling out their nation.


This doesn't mean the natural resources was a curse, it just means those in power aren't supposed to be their because they don't have the best interest of the nation at heart. When a good leader takes over, the country is going to enjoy their natural resources. Countries that have been able to make good use of their oil are world richest countries right now. The world is being powered by oil and no country that has it should be suffering but unfortunately that isn't the world we find ourselves in because I'm writing from a country that has one of the best oils yet our minimum wages is around $45.

I prefer you make use of the word "curse" instead of "cause" because your spelling may change the intended meaning. But anyways natural mineral resources like crude oil is a blessing to any society that have it. But it becomes a problem when the greedy politician handle the welfare of such society. Crude oil has caused alot of problem in many places and it is simply because of political manipulation. They shear public fund generated from the natural resources and bride some representative of the host community where the oils is generated and set confusion amongs the youth while they keep enjoying themselves. It's only when people that represent you in your region decide not to sell your right and accept bribe, that is when oil money will be a blessing and not a curse. Although this cases of crude oil crises always happens more frequent in Africa.

It's a blessing for countries that are drilling, refining and selling it and used the money for the betterment of their country, it's a course for countries that has it, sell the oil and then loot the money in other countries but oil discovery is global problem for everyone. We can't go green as long as we continue to use the products, gas emissions isn't affecting the countries that sell but it's everywhere because gasoline is used in almost all part of the countries.

It's just sad that there is no alternative best to oil consumption, it's now something we will use from now till only scientists knows when, cars consume more than 50% of the crude oil but electric cars are not upto the standard, the disadvantages that comes with it is extreme. If we are to even forget about oil, what about the gases, this is why oil will remain forever.

The discovery of oil is one of the most important discoveries in human civilization, because by using oil we can drastically reduce the use of coal in vehicles, increase effectiveness and various other benefits. But even so, everything has its good and bad impacts, as well as oil, it has a massive negative effect on its use by increasing carbon dioxide production and increasing global warming. Not to mention air, sea pollution and many other bad effects. But even so, we need to be grateful to oil because it really helps human civilization.

Discovery of oil has been blessings for certain region and curse for some because human being are so selfish they want to control every resources and we have seen what happened in countries like Iraq and their attack on Kuwait, these were for wider control of natural resources. Why does USA intervenes in the internal affairs of other Middle East nation? It's because of their oil.

But I don't deny it can transform lives of people in that region of planned and utilized to build more wealth out of it. Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Bahrain and Kuwait are the nation's which we can take as an example and even Iraq in 70s. I think it's a boom which can be Bane if we have greedy leaders.

Oil discovery is basically a blessing, all resources do. However, weak economic performance of some oil rich countries indicates that some of the blessing we call natural resources became a curse. It describes how countries rich in natural resources were unable to use that wealth to boost their economies and how these countries had lower economic growth. The term used for this is "resource curse".


I must agree that long lasting ineffective behavior and also corruption are considered to be one of the major causes, figuratively natural resources are not always a curse, natural resources can increase high economic status for countries with efficient economic performance and strong institutions.

Great example would be UAE where the distribution of large oil revenues in the form of social and economic infrastracture, social services, education and health has raised the standard living of UAE citizens. UAE also has a business-friendly environment, with effective public administration for their control of corruption, a major example of avoinding the "resource curse".

Oil discovery is it a cause or a blessing? The simple answer is both, oil can bring blessings in our life look at we now oil bring energy and can be helpful by that means really helpful from our car to our electricity and lot of it.

But also look an oil can bring a country fights each other, war and other problem.

The too many uses of crude oil in the society have made it to be a gemstone that everyone will love to have and control over them. The wealth that resides in crude oil cannot be overemphasised as it is termed the only means of some country to still be alive and striving today. Crude oil has brought about the richest nations today and what they boast of, it’s important that this resources don’t get to the wrong hands to avoid it being mismanaged. Also in the hands of those with leadership powers, it’s important they don’t use it to enrich themselves and focus on how to develop the nations better than it is. Those rich nations used them well to their advantage and are now enjoying the sacrifice they did several years ago.

That's what we should do to avoid the outcome that OP is predicting - oil wars. Oil is only a half-measure. It should be treated like the finite resource it is. It's supposed to sustain us for a while and allow us to build an industry that is based on renewables and can sustain itself. One of those infinite sources of energy is fusion combined with degradable energy cells. Another is hydrogen since we can produce as much as we want, just can't do it in a way that's efficient enough to be cheap.

It's great that we have oil, but we should start conserving it more and we're actually doing that by adding alcohol to gasoline to reduce the demand.

It's not only the state that is fighting back, if the produce of the land is managed poorly, it means that it is unfair in its distribution, even at home if the father is unfair to the children, of course in that house a rebel will be born because of the unfairness of parents, that is a natural law that often happens, that is why greed, a poorly managed economy will produce bad results, on the contrary.

Talking about petroleum, it is indeed a blessing for humans, because it has good economic value, so we often see countries going to war because of oil, However, there are also many countries that are peaceful and peaceful by implementing good, fair and prosperous oil management.

That is true, it all depends on what you do with it, and there are a lot of places that will not do well due to corruption. This isn't just about X nation or Y nation, there are dozens of nations with corruption, and that means it may not end very well at all, we need to just consider how things could change over course of long time. We need to realize that we can't make it work, and this is why I believe that we need to keep on working to make it as best as we could, which would be a lot more beneficial to everyone.

This is why I think if we could have no corruption in politics, that would be a lot better and crypto could be used for all of it. We could just use blockchain to keep track of financial statements of everyone in the politics, and we could use stuff like warren buffet says, like if debt goes over certain gdp, nobody gets reelected.

These type of things could help everyone, and eventually people who will be good could end up with the position instead and properly run the country. Most people do not realize that they are being fooled, they are just told to hate the other side, and because of this we are ending up with a situation that is going to end up with a result with us not looking at our side being bad.

That's not necessarily true. If I'm not mistaken, Venezuela is one of the countries with the largest oil reserves in the world. But let's see, their country is as rich and life is as happy as you think?

In addition, oil exploitation is not easy and not every country has enough technology to exploit it themselves and that is why many wars and invasions break out to compete for resources in the world. I think if your country has oil or resources, that will be an advantage, but whether your country is rich or not depends on politics. An oil-rich country can become rich or it can sink into war, that will depend on that country's foreign policy.

It seems like you are telling about the condition of a country that is not advanced in terms of managing natural resources so that the government still needs help from other parties in order to be able to manage the resources that exist within its own country. It sounds a little sad, but this is also based on the government's ability and also the human resources within the country itself in terms of managing it. Because if the government itself is able to handle it very well, of course there is no need for other people's interference in this matter so that the government can directly use energy from within without having to contact outside parties regarding such matters.

It's better to be in a land where oil is abundant and where its people are living in abundance than in a third-world country where there's a struggle for the rise of the prices inflation due to the rise of oil, which is a big necessity to run an electricity and power the transportation industry.

Our country is being controlled by oil because it lacks it. We are held hostage by countries abundant in oil, so we'd consider it a big blessing if our country had a reservoir of oil.
An abundance of oil defines a country's status in the world economy.

The answer is in both ways, it could be a blessing and it could be a curse, it depends on the leadership of the country. You can imagine Nigeria blessed with crude oil and other mineral resources that can't be finished still retarding in progress. But there are many countries without crude oil and hardly have mineral resources to sell but still found their ways around it and are doing better than Nigeria. This is where creativity and leadership come in. Good things in the hands of bad people will never be allowed to show their goodness.

Practically, if a good country is blessed with crude oil, it should use the proceeds to harness the potential of other aspects of the economy and invest also in the people. But the reverse is the case in African countries, for example, they just relax and become reliant almost solely on crude oil since it is free money for them. Imagine countries having an income source of over 85% crude oil, some are even worse than that. What will they do when the crude oil is finished or the fight against carbon emission is finally won and petroleum fades off? These are countries blessed with good lands for agriculture, but laziness, corruption and lack of vision for the future have entrapped them.

It comes down to how capable the entity that manages the reserve, carbon footprint can be reduced in many ways, the war itself is because greed.

so far oil and any fossil fuel is still the most affordable, widely used energy that become the thing that moves global industry, there are electric energy indeed but the development of it isn't good enough for it to be utilized in the global scale industry.
it's more of a blessing in my opinion and not a curse, after all its just oil, just like how your country might be blessed with rare mineral, it all comes down to the government itself on how to manage it for the prosperity of its citizens.

Violence is a bi-product of greed and corruption! You can take an example of African continent. Despite holding the highest amount of natural resources, they are the poorest! yes, Europeans are also partly responsible for this because they wanted to continue with their colonies so they had created some Frankensteins to ignite the internal wars. But if Africa can really manage their resources well, they will emerge as the richest continent on the earth.

So natural resources are always a blessing. But when such wealth falls into the hand of incapable leaders, things turn into chaos. Then the countries like US, UK, France and China comes to promise a good life by investing billions of dollars and they starts capturing the resources when those leaders fail to pay back the debt.

If you look to middle east, oil has changed the lives of the people there except a few countries. If you look to Africa, natural resources has brought in issues for the citizens. All depends on how you handle it!

There are many examples that we can find and see through our own eyes in countries that have abundant oil resources, where in general these countries are always more advanced due to fairly good governance. Because any resource that is not managed so well can also trigger the destruction of a country so that what is hoped for by the government and society may not actually work because of wrong management. However, from the examples that we have seen for ourselves at this time, of course countries that have oil resources can be better before they start collaborating with other parties because this is because the parties who manage them are very intelligent.

Discovering oil on your soil is the equivalent to find a fortune out of nowhere you can keep, but just as there are lottery winners that are unable to manage their finances and bankrupt themselves in a few years, the same could happen with a government that suddenly finds itself with a lot of money coming from their oil deposits, after all as lucrative as oil can be, it is a finite resource that at some point will run out, and the government needs to finds ways to replace that income once that happens or this could leave a huge hole on its finances.

The discovery of oil is a blessing for a country that has abundant oil resources. However, with good management, this can change their country into a better country than before. However, if we talk about bad management, then this can have a big impact on anyone involved in it. This doesn't even happen only in oil management, but in all industries. However, with good management, all the qualities of the country can be improved.

Discovering oil is a huge natural resources to a particular geographical area, oil can yield enough money to the owners and it can help to increase  the capital of a state or country. When oil is being discovered and it is not properly managed it can causes oil spillage  which can be harmful to humans . Oil can also cause pollution to an entity, a local refinery where oil is being refined can cause suit which is very harmful to the body, with this kind of problem I think the government needs to involve there by making the environment clean and healthy for it citizens to be healthy.

Oil have actually been one of the most relevant resources that have help majority of countries in their economy and they have used the money they have gotten from oil to develop their countries. And fossil fuel has been marked as a significant resource that every vehicle uses except for cars that uses battery but how many people can afford cars that uses battery so this shows that fuel is still in business and since it can not be found everywhere some countries have to buy from other countries so in some cases it’s a big blessing but the fact that people are greedy especially the government officials they are always stealing and even money kept for people that are affected by spillages are not given the money that is allocated to them because when you see areas that are affected by oil spillage they can not even fish or even farm, oil comes with a lot of disadvantages, so a lot needs to be addressed, because even with all this we can still not do without oil. It is already part of us, the government just need to help affected areas.

Some countries that have natural resources cannot manage their own results for the welfare of their country and must collaborate with foreign countries to process the results of these resources by sharing them with other countries, managers, foreign countries, but unfortunately local workers are not involved in state companies and have foreign work to manage state assets.
The government must have a commitment to end contracts with foreign countries when the revenue target has been achieved so that it can continue other projects for the welfare of the country without having to share the proceeds of natural resources with foreign countries.

However, it seems that there are some government officials who deliberately involve foreign countries to process natural resources because they get a percentage of the promised income, but the people living around the project site don't get anything and they just breathe the dust of the project.

It’s a good question but I’m not sure there’s really a great way to answer it. I guess it’s been both a blessing and a curse. On one hand it’s been something that’s helped mankind advance in ways that we would have never got to without it. On the other hand it has been the cause or pollution, war, and all sorts of negative things in that aspect.

Definitely a good idea to try and move away from it.

In recent time we are having good development regarding this with now we are heading for the electric cars which are good for us and future generation, and now we are having few more things which were not working without oil use having changes even speed is slow and adoption is also having problems, but things are going good for the future and having some relief in this Global warming which is going worst every year.

As we are having development we are also having changes which can bring things on balance, but this all is looking not easy even many organizations and other relative authorities are working on this for years with in coming years we will be able to cut our use of oil as fuel rapidly because without this living here on this planet is looking more difficult as things are going heated even few countries are already having conditions like hell.

This summer's high temperatures are breaking records again. People suffer a lot because of this abnormal heat, but every year it only gets worse. Global warming is associated with emissions that appear due to the massive use of petroleum products. Therefore, I do not consider the discovery of new oil deposits to be a good thing if it is again used in the traditional way. By using oil in this way, we ourselves are taking rapid steps towards making our planet uninhabitable. Oil should no longer be used as a fuel; it can be used in other industries, then it will become a blessing.

The government's mistakes in managing the natural resources owned by a country are of course very bad because they only think about their own interests and don't think about the fate of their people who also have the right to get the results of their natural wealth, so it is very important for the government to be able to manage it well. of its natural wealth so that it can be enjoyed by everyone and allows the economy to continue to progress if it can be managed well.

It is true that of the many countries that have natural resources and do not manage them well, of course these countries will find it very difficult to develop and they are even like countries that do not have natural wealth because the government only thinks about part of themselves and does not think about their people.

There is no doubt about that, anything that is mismanaged can cause problems and be worthless or will be used for evil means. Natural resources, be it oil, gold, or anything else, are a blessing for any country where they are discovered as this can change the faith of the country and their people, but this is only possible if the leaders aren't greedy, corrupt, and unethical, because if that is the case, they are not going to use the resources for the betterment of the country and its people but they will use it only for personal benefits.

There are a lot of examples in the world regarding these things, a lot of countries that are rich in minerals and natural resources are developing at a great pace, whereas some countries where there are also a lot of natural resources found are still third-world countries because of their corrupt leaders.

The oil itself wasn't the caurse, it is human greed that's making it look like it was a curse. God gave the resources for the use of the people there. Why will it be a blessing in a particular country and a curse to others? When few individuals want to take all the proceeds there is definitely going to be an oposition. But the oil on its own is not a curse. If the elite class of Yemen never allowed greed to come upon themselves, there wouldn't have been any senseless war in Yemen.

God deposit different natural resources in places for human beings to harness and manage them but unfortunately, some countries have not been able to use theirs for the benefit of all but for selfish and personal gains. It is a blessing that it was deposited and it is suppose to be the economic empowerment for such region or country.

Those leaders who have found themselves to be embezzling the general wealth of the people need to have a rethink because it won't make them inherit all the world riches. Corruption is a weapon that has impoverished the people out of their wealth. The brain drain witnessed today in Africa have been as a result of lack of honest and purposeful leadership which is unfortunate. There are quite some natural resources scattered across Africa from gold, oil, copper, uranium which Namibia has the highest deposit in Africa.

Crude oil has been a blessing to mankind right from it's inception, crude oil and it's byproducts are what almost all our locomotive machines and engines use. The reason why it always comes as an issue for some countries, is as a result of group of persons that will masquerade themselves as leaders and try to siphon the proceeds that will accrue from the sale of crude oil to themselves and leave the majority of the people little to nothing to survive with. So for me, that is the major issue that comes with crude oil and its discovery.

The other one that seems to be another issue for crude oil is the emission of carbon into the air by heavy carbonated machines which to a large extends helps deplete the ozone layer and also increases the case of climate change and unfavorable weather conditions. and I think that is one of the major reasons why electric cars and none combustion engines are heavily in production across Europe and other part of the world, just to help and reduce carbon emission.
 So for me crude oil is a blessing but what we are going to do with it, will determine if it will harm us or not.

It really depends on how stable a country is before the oil is found, but these days it feels like all the biggest deposits have already been detected or countries are at least extracting already. You can see that Saudi Arabia has grown into one of the wealthiest countries on the planet, literally handing out free money to it's citizens because of the vast amounts of wealth that oil has created for it. Yet Iran, which seems to constantly goad it's neighbors with death threats because of it's even more unhinged leadership is still a pariah. There is definitely a path that needs to be navigated by the leaders of all countries, because they can often become pawns in larger geopolitical games if they do not adequately protect their power.

Well, I was supposed to be a blessing, at least nature made it so, but its impact on the lives and infrastructural development of the countries that has it justifies if it meets the purpose of being a blessing or not.

Government pattern of managing these resources has a major role to play, if managed well, and the citizens living conditions are improved with its revenue, then it's a blessing to the country, else it is a curse to that country. In Africa, mostly my country, the leaders mismanage oil proceeds and keep the nations in an underdeveloped and hungry state, here it's a curse and people like me pray daily for the oil reserves to dry up so that the government can straighten up in their bad governance models.

Oil is undoubtedly a blessing provided to us by this planet.
Beyond energy, those long chain hydrocarbons are the basis of much more of our modern world than you may realize.

We may eventually quit burning oil and its derivatives as fuel, but it's unique properties will make it an essential part of our world forever. 

Oil is the driving force of the world economy.  Factories, mill factories and roads are all idle without fuel oil.  Those who have the power of oil are the most powerful countries in the world.  Modern civilization has developed mainly through energy.  So oil is undoubtedly a blessing but it becomes a curse only when oil rich countries or developed countries use it as a weapon.  Fuel oil is sold mainly in the currencies of developed countries.  If the small states that own oil do not follow the word of these rich states, many sanction are issued on them.  As a result these small states face danger.  Despite their oil abundance, they cannot be economically self-sufficient.

You said it yourself. Oil brought about a lot of economic growth and the industrial revolution's propulsion, it also became such a valuable commodity that countries will literally kill thousands upon thousands of people whom they have no business even stepping foot on their soil of for this shit.

If we're only going to look at the good things that Oil brought to us, it's going to be easy to sideline all the slavery, mass genocide, annexing, and a lot of other war crimes committed by super power countries for the sake of the black gold. This I think is gravely unfair to those who suffered, especially in the Middle East, where most of the slavery and forced labor commenced during the 21st century.

On the other hand, if we're going to take all the bad and leave the good out, we're literally dismissing what meant thousands of years of engineering prowess that literally propelled us to the stars and beyond. Without oil this wouldn't be possible, and I don't need to even talk about the massive economic boost it brought about. We literally came from banging sticks and rocks together to make fire and keep ourselves warm to practically making rocks think and make money for us all thanks to oil.

This is one of those nuanced topics that you really couldn't get an answer out of. On one hand human life is precious, but on the other hand to deny advancement is also a transgression against humanity.

OP, this forum thread is so random. Is there any reason why you decided to post this forum thread? Do you live in a country or a region where oil was recently discovered? I don't remember any countries around the world fighting against each other for oil in the last several decades.
Oil discovery was a blessing for the small countries in the Persian Gulf and for a small country like Norway. Other countries that have big oil reserves like Russia, USA, Nigeria and Venezuela aren't that rich(maybe except the USA, but that's another topic).
The world will slowly move towards alternative forms of energy in the upcoming several decades. The oil dependency of the global economy is going to a steady decline.

The countries of the Arab region are a road map as an illustration of the discovery of oil and their escape from poverty to become countries that are highly regarded today. This happens because of good management so that there are many benefits felt by the community in particular.

Having abundant natural wealth but not managing it well will not provide any results for society or the country itself. Because poor management will only enrich a few people or groups and there is no long-term development goal from this process. Just look at how the state of Saudi Arabia is now and the presence of abundant natural products in the oil sector makes this country so financially strong.

A corrupt government can also result in poor management because they do not focus on developing human resources but instead want to enrich themselves. Oil provides blessings to the entire community if it can be managed well and requires a government that has the ability to develop human resources.

Indeed, the benefits generated are very large with the discovery of this oil source, it will change a country to a better economic level, so it depends on managing the oil source, there are many things that need to be done to create prosperity, but it is important to remember that as long as oil has more benefits than its dangers, that is what needs to be done. be considered because there will be many bad impacts that will occur if it is mismanaged and it is very clear that will happen and it requires more adequate preparation from the start.

mismanagement is not a function of resources or lack of resources, even in nations that have little resource, they still mismanage it. Oil is a blessing to the world and has gone to help a lot of regions far more than we've ever imagined. Some countries and regions of the world would have still remained in abject darkness and penury if not that oil was discovered in those part of the world.

The main issue i have with extraction of oil resource in most part of the world is the inability of the exploration companies to take care of the environment they are getting the resource from and just fucose on getting the resource while the life of the average man that's in the surrounding us made worse than it was before the resource was discovered. If proper attention is paid to major issues that comes with exploration of oil resource like the effect it has on the environment, then we would have a huge benefit that will better off ourselves both today and in the future that's coming. But what we've seen in most cases is as though we are eating our future today. We take up the resources and neglect our environment while hurting ourself in the long run.

You can say that with many things but at least with the discovery of oil it brings many benefits and it has changed our society for the better I would say. Food and fuel and for other industrial operations, oil is used. We cannot change how the other individuals can use oil for their own benefits but as long as oil remains to be more beneficial than harmful then there should be no problem

Depends on how you view it? Any discovery of a useable resource is usually a blessing no matter what but if it does cause some unnecessary side effect, most likely a cause of war or something then it can definitely be seen as a curse.

Ofc if you meant how there are better alternatives now which are a lot more environment friendly, then I'd still think it's a blessing. It's still a resource after all and unless said renewable/environment friendly resource was 100% sustainable for the entire world, then I don't think there's any point in trying to compare the two since they'd both still have uses.

You answered your question well but if we look at this from another perspective, it's a blessing. Oil discovery led to the development of too many things in this world, we manufacture more than 6,000 products in the world, thanks to the discovery of oil. We use oil as a fuel (car, truck, airplane), in cosmetics, in medicine and etc... Benefits that we as a modern society receive from you, is great and exponential.
As you said, conflicts happen but it's not because of oil. There were conflicts before B.C. and it's still today, it will always be because that's human nature. Oil can sometimes trigger it but conflict will happen even if oil doesn't exist. I consider oil discovery as a blessing.

Even though each has differences, all of them are the same of helping us to improve our lives. I think apart from us, there are also nature, calamities, animals, plants, etc... that contributes to what is going to be the faith of our resources. Only those who fight for each other, for the sake of resources are bad people and wants to take more advantage than the others.

It may be a human nature or they can be born with that attitude already but it is still possible for them to correct it. Resources can be natural or given by the others. They can't be called resources for nothing but obviously, we are going to use or consume them and the elders said that it's bad to neglect blessings.

It is a blessing for the one who owns that territory and mostly to the citizens who are in that exact location where oil has been discovered. So, for example, and to be exact with fossil fuels, when there are excavations and discoveries have been made with that. People flock there quickly and if it's not the people that takes advantage of it, it is the companies that are into digging and focused into this business. They hire people in that area to be workers of it for the extraction of oil or the process to get that oil that shall into the market. It's just sad that if it's not the government that takes the first move, it is the private companies that are ones that benefits.

Oil has been necessary to keep our societies supplied with resources, thriving, producing and in constant development towards more advanced and sustainable technologies. Oil is part of the process and an essential tool in the present moment. However, it doesn't has to remain like this forever. A shift from fossil fuel to renewable ones would be very benefical to most people in the world.

This shift would mean a real blessing, because we would have access to energy for a cheaper price, causing less damage to the environment, while using a continuous and sustainable source of energy. There would be no more reasons for wars and conflicts due to oil reserves' control. You would produce your own energy to use in your house and to fuel your vehicle. No more expensive electricity bills every month.

Maybe in some decades from now it will be already a reality.

The discovery of oil in some countries has totally led to the total transformation of their economies and a better life for the citizens in these countries, but the same oil in some countries has not had the same effect because a few individuals have become corrupted by it and refused to distribute the wealth it can generate. In such a country, the discovery of oil has become a curse.

Also, if a country discovers oil and decides to neglect other sectors in their economy and other resources that they have, those sectors will suffer because of the discovery of oil. In that situation again, oil discovery has become a curse.

Meanwhile in the real world:


And despite that when a mine closes or an exploration does you will see the first one crying about this being the local communities!
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/03/29/the-kentucky-coal-town-fighting-to-survive-after-coal-mining-closings.html


Seems like people dislike tourism more than mining :
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13607759/angry-tourist-protests-barcelona-overtourism-spain.html

Well, speaking of the advantages of the oil discovery, there are numerous advantages it has caused the world to experience, and if not for it, there would have been some lapses in the new technology that we are enjoying today. Even before the invention of renewables, products of crude oil had a saving and outermost purpose in the development of countries, and even up to date, we can't speak less of the advantage they are bringing. The discovery of oil will only be a cause when mismanaged, and perhaps it will lead to a fight between nations. 

It's true, as you said, we shouldn't all hate oil, because most of the tools we use every day use oil, we should be grateful that we are still given the ease of oil for natural resources, like the country of Qatar, they are rich in petroleum, So we have to remember that everything that has been given is beyond our capacity, so be grateful and enjoy it, because we need it every day, that is a blessing that exists today, for other people who hate oil, it is because they manage tourist attractions where air pollution really disturbs the peace of visitors. and tourists, therefore most of those who hate oil are the ones who suffer losses due to air pollution and climate change.

People must be retarded for hating oil. If they hate oil so much, they should live in a world there they don't consume any oil for a week. Guess what though, it is not possible. Even if you use an EV and cook your food on electricity powered cookers, the food you buy from the grocery store gets transported on trucks, planes and ships that use gasoline. Without oil/gasoline, the civilization we knew wouldn't exist today. So, if you discover more oil, it is obviously nothing but a blessing. The countries that have lots of natural energy sources are mostly rich countries. It is because everybody needs that commodity.

Oil discovery is not a blessing for the community living around the site. Oil extraction means a lot of drilling and spilling, with some waste ending up in rivers and causing pollution. Moreover, the infrastructure that gets built for oil extraction destroys local vegetation and, consequently, makes the area hostile for wildlife. If a local community depends on tourism, oil extraction is a threat to this source of income because tourists are drawn away from all the noise and pollution.
Finally, let's not forget that oil is among the things we must move away from to stop the pace of climate change.

Usually, the discovery of new oil fields brings enormous benefits to the state on whose territory it happened. Oil is highly valued and brings good profits. Of course, the security situation in each state may be different. But overall this is very good for the citizens of this country.

True, for humanity, the continued use of oil as a fossil fuel leads to further atmospheric pollution and negative climate change on the planet. Scientists are already proposing to stop searching for new deposits of it in order to reduce harmful emissions of pollutants.

 There you have your answer. The discovery of oil can be both a blessing and a curse, it all depends on how it is being utilized. Humans are inherently greedy and this affects how well the nation, state grows and benefits from it. There are negative sides to constantly drilling oil as it will affect the land and it's marine ecosystems.
Although, the production of oil will make for easy access to it's end products like fuel, and also make available other things like drugs or plastics that can aid in the growth of the economy so that they don't just depend on the sale of the oil alone, but when it's placed into the hands of those who don't know how to use it for the betterment of the nation, it becomes a problem as poverty will increase which will then lead to conflicts.

This is not a question you should ask you already answered yourself, oil is a natural resource like other natural resources as well it is the Lord God that has put it their he cannot give what will become a curse to his people discovering oil in your land is a very big blessing but it is the selfishness of men that has made it look  conflict able. People who use their oil well don't live in poverty. Some years back when I visited a village by then NNPC where in a hunt for oil the whole bushes in the village were raided some people were even praying for them to find oil in their land and compound. So if oil is a curse they won't pray to have it.

To me  I think oil discovery is a blessing and not a cause.
My reasons below

Oil discovery tend to improve the revenue generation of a country drastically,

Oil discovery Increase job opportunities of a country

Oil Discovery tend to increased export earnings

There is no treasure or natural resources that's a curse, is just about the individual that has been assigned to look after it or what comes from it's sells that matters, i know that people will always say why am i using africa as a case study, yea I will because am from Africa and my country is not doing great in anyway, we have this mineral resources in large quantity in the state where I come from but our government has decided to pay us back with bad, although I know that corruption is everywhere but the corruption in terms of rulership in Africa is nothing to right home about, there is know form of transparency in my country, a country that has many mineral resources but still borrow to finance their budget, unemployment always rising like the price of petroleum product, i think we need change that will impact the life of the citizens positively.

Many developed nations are using their natural resources to developed their states iirespect how populated they are but it is a different case all together in this side of the world, op, if anyone say oil discovery is a curse in Africa don't blame the person because it what it looks like, we see a situation where the previous government is always better than the present one and sometimes one will ask what's the problem with Africa, you will be forced to say that it is greed and too much of wants, people embezzle to accumulate wealth for generations to come without giving it a second thought if the generation can continue in that lane, Africans really needs to change their mindset to make things right unless the want to remain in darkness.

Not every country in the world will be merciful or play fair, many powers will use the excuse of war and invasion of your countries to blatantly appropriate mineral resources. In most wars in the world, especially in the Middle East, they always give thousands of reasons because of disagreements about religion, culture, and eliminating terrorism...but the ultimate goal is still robbing natural resources to serve national interests.

They are more cruel than we think, even after invading and appropriating resources, they claim to be messengers of world peace and are helping the world become more beautiful. A country with many natural resources can be a blessing or a disaster for them.

Conflict will always exist if governance is not very good because currently all parties really want petroleum so whatever efforts they make will continue to be made in order to be able to manage petroleum according to their own minds. I would not be quite surprised if I saw that oil producing countries had conflict problems with other countries because basically all countries still need oil, as well as certain individuals who will also do the same thing if there is an opportunity for them to own and manage these oil resources.

Countries with oil resources are considered oilrich, which is a significant blessing if managed properly.  some of these countries remain poor due to poor leadership and mismanagement of resources. With the revenue generated from exporting or selling oil to other countries, these nations should be economically prosperous. Unfortunately, mismanagement means that the wealth doesn't benefit the economy, but instead lines the pockets of a few individuals. While they benefit from the oil wealth, it's a curse for the country as a whole as the resources are not used to benefit the nation.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.