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A process simultaneous to the expansion of capitalism on a planetary scale was the increase in pressure on natural resources and the degradation of the environment. For specialists, one of the main pillars of this harmful action is explained by the prevailing energy pattern, based on the burning of non-renewable fossil resources, strong emitters of greenhouse gases. Also, there is currently a big pressure for these increasingly scarce resources, which is partly explained by the rapid economic growth of emerging powers such as the People's Republic of China. At this point, Argentina, in its regional framework, takes on a central role, since it possesses large reserves of natural wealth, which China carefully observes when it comes to sustaining its long-standing year-onyear economic expansion. This article pays attention to the study of Argentina's projects for the development of alternative energies and how the strategic interests of the great powers, especially China, influence them. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article about geopolitics and oil seeks to analyze the current international geopolitics in function of the oil variable. With the rise of the crude oil price up to almost 150 US dollars per barrel, the "black gold" has become an instrument for global power more than ever before. Furthermore, the increasingly urging demand for oil by China and India is pushing not only the hydrocarbon price but also the struggle for controlling the oil reservoirs around the world or at least having allied governments in power. Thus, under this logic, China has started an offensive to penetrate the African continent and this explains the amazing growth of the black continent. Last, this paper also shows that the catastrophic data on an impending shortage of the oil does not correspond with reality. In 1987, oil existence was forecasted for 40 years. Today, we have more oil than 20 years ago. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]