The tenet of POL as a resource can be observed in the British Lord of the Admiralty, Winston Churchill circa-1912 making the decision to produce ‘oil only’ ships, the Queen Elizabeth-class destroyers that were designed to meet a rising Weimar German Republic due. Notwithstanding, the numerous factors underlying the importance of POL to the continued advancement of countries are far too numerous for this essay and only several need to be, albeit briefly, highlighted to emphasise the standing of POL has within the realm of domestic and international geo-strategic and geo-political influences. Oil over time became an exponentially important and vital source for the upward progress of modern nation-states and to be sure, guaranteed ongoing growth. In more contemporary times, these factors are also important for many Asian, Middle Eastern, Eastern and Eurasian societies although the European West such as Canada, Australia, and the United States of America and Western ‘offshoots’ such as Japan and Singapore, would continue to develop and expand upon the base of oil as a prime driver of their economies. The commensurate knowledge and understanding that in order to keep Western living standards-through the industrial and mechanical base that comprises progress- their societies were, and remain, dependent on oil. Crude oil, or more precisely the petrol-oil-lubricants (POL) that are derived from its numerous post-drill processes have been vital to the progress of Western nation-states in general. The pursuit of oil has a long and tortured history in the Western world, both in terms of gaining access the imposition of European colonialism in order to maintain access and from the ongoing need to maintain a constant supply.
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