8. Abiotic oil:
Oil deposits are mostly formed by inorganic means, rather than by the decomposition of organisms, โ€žfossil fuelsโ€. America feels incumbent upon itself since it claims oil production and discovery have peaked and will fade to nothing in several decades, that America feels it must make war to take other people's oil: Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, the Caspian Basin, Sudan, etc. In the concept of 'Peak Oil,โ€™ you have the system's secret to hold the world hostage.