http://www.icis.com/Articles/2012/02/13/9531163/A-five-part-strategy-to-defeat-price-volatility.html

This article discusses the issue of the oil and chemical resource industry in our poor economy today. The article states that with oil going up in price, many other chemical resources are going up too. This, in effect is hurting the people who buy these resources and use them, or distribute them. The Continent of Europe is declining with their investments in the oil and chemical industry, which is no surprise to me with their depleting economy, but Asia is putting more money into these resources because they have a booming industry which has resulted in their rapid growth, economically as a continent.