Which of the following is true of oil? a. Oil was discovered by Baron von Drusenberg of Austria in the later eighteenth century b. The United States imports about 5 percent of the total annual oil it consumes c. Libya has the world's largest proven oil deposits d. Oil was a minor resource until the diffusion of motor vehicles early in the 1900s e. Oil was not produced in the United States until the middle of the twentieth century

oil was a minor resources until the diffusion of motor vehicles early in the 1900's

Explanation: until the 1900's when motor vehicle was developed oil wasnt a significant resources. The shift from use of coal to oil to fire engines in the early 1900's brought about more significance for oil . Technological breakthroughs of the early 20th century was the driving force behind oil emerging as the preferred source of energy .

as university of miami psychologists debra lieberman and adam smith pointed out in a recent article in the journal current directions in psychological science, humans have social and psychological mechanisms to deter incest. with very few exceptions, marriages between brothers and sisters and between parents and their children are verboten in every human culture. the primary psychological anti-incest mechanism is the yuck response. even the idea of sex with their mom or dad, bro or sis is upsetting to most people. the psychologist jonathan haidt has found that nearly everyone is repelled by the prospect of brother-sister sex, even in hypothetical situations in which there is no chance of pregnancy).

the biological cost of incest

this raises an interesting question: just what’s so bad about incest? sure, having sex with your dad or your sister seems gross — but why? some anthropologists have argued that incest taboos are learned social conventions. this explanation, however, doesn’t make sense to me as it does not explain the widespread existence of anti-incest mechanisms in creatures ranging from cockroaches to chimpanzees. second, the incest taboo is about as close to a universal law as human moral rules get.

why should mechanisms to avoid incest be so widespread both in nature and across human societies? the answer is simple. the problem with having sex close with relatives is that there is an astonishingly high chance that your offspring will be born with a serious birth defect.